Tag: Soiled Dove Underground
Why Jazz Matters: Track 8
by Norman Provizer If you were to draw up a very short list of the most significant bass players in the history of rock, one slot would definitely be reserved for Jack Bruce who died just a week before this past Halloween at the age of 71. Before he turned 20, this Scottish-born musician was […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 6
by Norman Provizer Sankofa is a term from the Akan people of southern Ghana and the neighboring West African states of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Togo. Essentially, the term means that you need to reclaim your past before you can move ahead. It’s an idea frequently symbolized by a bird that is looking backward […]
Why Jazz Matters- Track 5
by Norm Provizer This month, drummer Ginger Baker celebrates his 75th birthday. From the perspective of the 1960s, when Baker propelled Cream (the first rock super group with Baker, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce) and Blind Faith (with Steve Winwood and Clapton), the very idea that the drummer, who had a lot of habits, would […]
Backyard Hero: Rhett Lee of Soiled Dove Underground
Rhett Lee has put in his time in the music world. Currently, he holds it down as the Talent Buyer at the Soiled Dove Underground, which sits comfortably underneath The Tavern in Lowry. But he has certainly not spent all of his days in the “back of house” side of the business- he was the […]
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