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FTV: Knockdown Gigs

From the Vaults:  Knockdown Gigs        When my high school band, The Twig, broke up the summer after graduation, I made the conscious decision to not get into another band until after my freshman year at Northern Michigan University.  After working at the Huron Mountain Club in the summer of 1971, I knew working there […]

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FTV: No Shows

       For the record, I hate ‘no shows’.  You know, when a band decides to cancel a show for some reason.  I have no problem if it happens because someone falls ill or is having a family emergency.  Canceling a show due to a hangnail or slow ticket sales is another thing altogether.  While a […]

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FTV: Bill Wyman

       Quick, when you think of the Rolling Stones, whose name(s) come to mind?   Mick Jagger and Keith Richard(s), aka Mick and Keef or the Glimmer Twins,  of course.  The second ‘(s)’ is present for Keith because early on, Keef was just plain ‘Keith Richard’.  Along the way, the adoring press and/or fans added […]

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