Oh, how the mighty have fallen: after paltry sales of 120,000 copies of his most recent album, The High End of Low, Interscope Records dropped Marilyn Manson from its roster last week.
This is a good thing, according to the singer.
"I was so restrained from the music that I wanted to make - what they would allow, [what] they would put out, what ideas they would allow to be conveyed in these videos. At least half of my creative output has been squashed, so now I think people can expect a whole lot more," Manson told Metal Hammer.
Well, he no longer has to deal with the corporate middle man and can now release his records and videos however he chooses. And, having been thru the record label machine and established himself already, if he can sell three-quarters or even half the copies he did last time--The High End of Low was released this past May--he stands to make a lot more money than thru Interscope.
But the sad thing is, at this point in his career, getting released by Interscope made less headlines than his reuniting with 22 year-old starlet Evan Rachel Wood. Don't care what he says, that's gotta hurt.
12/12/2009
12/08/2009
Luis Dias [1952-2009]
Singer/songwriter/guitarist, musical anthropologist, and one of rock and roll's pioneering forces in the Dominican Republic, Luis Dias passed away from a heart attack and other health-related complications on the morning of Dec. 8th, in Santo Domingo.
Nicknamed "El Terror" due to his fiery spirit and decidedly mainstream-shunning, anti-establishment stance, Dias was, nonetheless, a towering influence on Dominican popular music, and one of his country's most often-covered contemporary songwriters. Active since 1968, Dias started making music in his teens, leading him in the early '70s to join Convite, a celebrated group dedicated to rediscovering long lost native musical idioms, of which he was a tireless researcher and supporter all his life. This was coupled with an expansive knowledge of rock and jazz, to boot: in an early '90s interview with us, he named Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix as formative influences on his playing and praised Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, while speaking glowingly of The Clash, and commending then-current acts Soundgarden and Nirvana on their contributions. As for his avowed love of jazz, suffice to say, we once witnessed Dias and fellow guitarist Juan Francisco Ordoñez duet on a Charlie Parker tune and rip thru it like nobody's business.
But it is the seminal Transporte Urbano—a band whose mission statement was, as Dias himself described it, "to subvert traditional Dominican music until it becomes rock", throwing in palo, gá-gá, merengue, and bachata, among others, with elements of rock music ranging from rockabilly to metal—that influenced a generation of Dominican musicians, including Juan Luis Guerra, once one of Dias' numerous sidemen. Popularly referred to as "El Transporte" by its fans, the band was formed in the mid '80s, but despite periods of inactivity, had maintained a loyal and rabid following for a quarter of a century.
In 2004 Dias was honored by the Dominican government as a “cultural asset”; most recently, Dias was featured on the soundtrack of the Ed Norton-Colin Farrell police drama Pride and Glory, and won a settlement stemming from alleged copyright infringement between Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" and his own "Carnaval (Baila en la Calle)", which, in a popular cover version by Fernando Villalona, has been the unofficial theme song to Dominican carnival celebrations since 1984.
Dias was 57 years old.
12/07/2009
The Kiko Jones Experience: Episode 17 - The '00s
Back by popular demand: Here's the playlist for this special edition of the podcast: 90 minutes dedicated to featuring some of our faves from the last ten years. Enjoy!
1. SPOON “Don't You Evah” from the album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga [Merge]
2. GUSTAVO CERATI “Uno Entre 1000” from the album Ahí Vamos [BMG US Latin]
3. THE CURE “Before Three” self-titled album [Geffen]
4. AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB “The Sleeping Beauty” from the album The Golden Age [Merge]
5. MIKE VIOLA & THE CANDY BUTCHERS “Kiss Alive II” from the album Hang On Mike [RPM/Sony]
6. THE LEMONHEADS “Poughkeepsie” self-titled album [Vagrant]
7. WILCO “I'm The Man Who Loves You” from the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch]
8. FREELOADER “Minutes Past” from the album Cantina Claqueur [JSS]
9. NELSON POKET “Las Bombas Del Armagedón” from the EP Bonanza [La Viuda Negra]
10. THE MARS VOLTA “Wax Simulacra” from the album The Bedlam In Goliath [Universal]
11. ROGER MANNING JR. "Pray For The Many" from the album The Land Of Pure Imagination [RJM/Pony Canyon]
12. TEARS FOR FEARS “Call Me Mellow” from the album Everybody Loves A Happy Ending [Universal]
13. MATTHEW SWEET “The Ocean In-Between” from the album Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu [RCAM]
14. FINN’S MOTEL “Recent Linear Landscapes” from the album Escape Velocity [Scat]
15. STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS “Trojan Curfew” self-titled album [Matador]
16. ALEX FERREIRA “A Ciencia Cierta” from the EP Serenata De Plástico [WEA Spain]
17. 12 RODS “Marionette” from the album Separation Anxieties [V2]
18. ROBERT POLLARD “The Killers” from the album Standard Gargoyle Decisions [Merge]
19. BRAD MEHLDAU “When It Rains” from the album Largo [Warner Bros]
20. BRENDAN BENSON “Metarie” from the album Lapalco [Star Time]
21. TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS “Old Souls Know” from the EP Mo' Living [Merge]
22. TV ON THE RADIO "Providence" from the album Return To Cookie Mountain [Interscope]
23. IRON & WINE “Carousel” from the album The Shepherd's Dog [SubPop]
24. NADA SURF “Blizzard Of '77” from the album Let Go [Barsuk]
25. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS “Sidewalk Serfer Girl” from the album Rings Around The World [Epic]
26. THE RACONTEURS “Five On The Five” from the album Consolers Of The Lonely [Third Man/Warner Bros]
27. BECK “The Golden Age” from the album Sea Change [DGC]
1. SPOON “Don't You Evah” from the album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga [Merge]
2. GUSTAVO CERATI “Uno Entre 1000” from the album Ahí Vamos [BMG US Latin]
3. THE CURE “Before Three” self-titled album [Geffen]
4. AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB “The Sleeping Beauty” from the album The Golden Age [Merge]
5. MIKE VIOLA & THE CANDY BUTCHERS “Kiss Alive II” from the album Hang On Mike [RPM/Sony]
6. THE LEMONHEADS “Poughkeepsie” self-titled album [Vagrant]
7. WILCO “I'm The Man Who Loves You” from the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch]
8. FREELOADER “Minutes Past” from the album Cantina Claqueur [JSS]
9. NELSON POKET “Las Bombas Del Armagedón” from the EP Bonanza [La Viuda Negra]
10. THE MARS VOLTA “Wax Simulacra” from the album The Bedlam In Goliath [Universal]
11. ROGER MANNING JR. "Pray For The Many" from the album The Land Of Pure Imagination [RJM/Pony Canyon]
12. TEARS FOR FEARS “Call Me Mellow” from the album Everybody Loves A Happy Ending [Universal]
13. MATTHEW SWEET “The Ocean In-Between” from the album Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu [RCAM]
14. FINN’S MOTEL “Recent Linear Landscapes” from the album Escape Velocity [Scat]
15. STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS “Trojan Curfew” self-titled album [Matador]
16. ALEX FERREIRA “A Ciencia Cierta” from the EP Serenata De Plástico [WEA Spain]
17. 12 RODS “Marionette” from the album Separation Anxieties [V2]
18. ROBERT POLLARD “The Killers” from the album Standard Gargoyle Decisions [Merge]
19. BRAD MEHLDAU “When It Rains” from the album Largo [Warner Bros]
20. BRENDAN BENSON “Metarie” from the album Lapalco [Star Time]
21. TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS “Old Souls Know” from the EP Mo' Living [Merge]
22. TV ON THE RADIO "Providence" from the album Return To Cookie Mountain [Interscope]
23. IRON & WINE “Carousel” from the album The Shepherd's Dog [SubPop]
24. NADA SURF “Blizzard Of '77” from the album Let Go [Barsuk]
25. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS “Sidewalk Serfer Girl” from the album Rings Around The World [Epic]
26. THE RACONTEURS “Five On The Five” from the album Consolers Of The Lonely [Third Man/Warner Bros]
27. BECK “The Golden Age” from the album Sea Change [DGC]
12/05/2009
Remaking Any Old Thing: Hancock 2
We understand when crappy-ass movies that do phenomenally well at the box office are made into sequels; a no-brainer, right? So, the Will Smith-Charlize Theron vehicle Hancock (2008) made more than half a billion worldwide on a $150m budget. Cool.
But does it really need to be made into a sequel? Seriously, while a promising concept, the film barely held up; the textbook definition of mediocre. And taking into account how sequels are traditionally inferior to the original, how exactly can this bode well for Hancock 2?
But hey, big money rules the world and Hollywood is no exception.
But does it really need to be made into a sequel? Seriously, while a promising concept, the film barely held up; the textbook definition of mediocre. And taking into account how sequels are traditionally inferior to the original, how exactly can this bode well for Hancock 2?
But hey, big money rules the world and Hollywood is no exception.
12/04/2009
The Susan Boyle Sales Phenomenon
Many of us are genuinely surprised that in an era of pop music where style has triumphantly body slammed substance, with music sales at an all time low and dropping, a matronly 47 year old has scored the highest first week sales figures for a debut album since Snoop Dogg did so in 1993.
Well, one thing we failed to take into account is that, contrary to Christopher Cross--actually, a sort of Susan Boyle look-a-like, who scored big with his 1979 self-titled debut [Warner Bros] only to have the hits dry up once MTV came to town--people already knew what Susan Boyle looked like before they bought her records, whereas the not-terribly photogenic Texan seemingly kept his mug away from the spotlight as much as possible. It stands to reason, however, that support for Ms. Boyle might be a one-off thing; those moved by her singing may have chosen this album to genuinely make a statement about the increasing plasticity of mainstream pop music.
But regardless, the music industry's 800 lb gorilla in the room is that "the kids" are no longer their financial lifeline: It's older music fans--35 yrs old and up--and those of genres such as jazz, classical, and world music, who don'tsteal music, um, "file share". Proportionately speaking, that's who generally buys music these days.
The key would be to try to educate this new generation--we're talking about those born in the '90s, who have been searching for "real" music and have shunned a lot of the fly by night nonsense from this decade--since it's clear the so-called Generation-Y aka Millennial Generation (born roughly between '76 and '89), for the most part, have proven to be quite useless when it comes to tastes and attitudes towards music, especially in terms of respecting intellectual property and the value of an artist's work.
Well, one thing we failed to take into account is that, contrary to Christopher Cross--actually, a sort of Susan Boyle look-a-like, who scored big with his 1979 self-titled debut [Warner Bros] only to have the hits dry up once MTV came to town--people already knew what Susan Boyle looked like before they bought her records, whereas the not-terribly photogenic Texan seemingly kept his mug away from the spotlight as much as possible. It stands to reason, however, that support for Ms. Boyle might be a one-off thing; those moved by her singing may have chosen this album to genuinely make a statement about the increasing plasticity of mainstream pop music.
But regardless, the music industry's 800 lb gorilla in the room is that "the kids" are no longer their financial lifeline: It's older music fans--35 yrs old and up--and those of genres such as jazz, classical, and world music, who don't
The key would be to try to educate this new generation--we're talking about those born in the '90s, who have been searching for "real" music and have shunned a lot of the fly by night nonsense from this decade--since it's clear the so-called Generation-Y aka Millennial Generation (born roughly between '76 and '89), for the most part, have proven to be quite useless when it comes to tastes and attitudes towards music, especially in terms of respecting intellectual property and the value of an artist's work.
12/03/2009
Jaco - "Portrait of Tracy"
Fellow blogger and long-time "5" reader Carolina Gonzalez once stated that if one were to watch The Matrix much later and not when it was released, its numerous innovations would not seem as impressive, due to the film's subsequent and widespread influence.
The same could be said of legendary jazz musician Jaco Pastorius' solo bass tour de force, "Portrait of Tracy", from his 1976 self-titled debut [Columbia]. Luckily for us, we came across this gem, not then, but before many of Jaco's fellow electric bassists took to heart his example of expanding the vocabulary of the instrument. Needless to say, we were floored; its grace and beauty undiminished to this day.
Pastorius died in 1987 at the young age of 35, but left behind a significant body of work, as well as a legion of followers and admirers. Released when Jaco was just 24 years old, "Portrait of Tracy" is, arguably, his signature composition. And still breathtaking.
The same could be said of legendary jazz musician Jaco Pastorius' solo bass tour de force, "Portrait of Tracy", from his 1976 self-titled debut [Columbia]. Luckily for us, we came across this gem, not then, but before many of Jaco's fellow electric bassists took to heart his example of expanding the vocabulary of the instrument. Needless to say, we were floored; its grace and beauty undiminished to this day.
Pastorius died in 1987 at the young age of 35, but left behind a significant body of work, as well as a legion of followers and admirers. Released when Jaco was just 24 years old, "Portrait of Tracy" is, arguably, his signature composition. And still breathtaking.
Repent, End is Near, Last Days, blah blah blah: Susan Boyle Tops Charts and Breaks Record
AP:
Move over Beyonce. Step aside Taylor Swift. There's a new queen of pop, and her name is Susan Boyle.
Move over Beyonce. Step aside Taylor Swift. There's a new queen of pop, and her name is Susan Boyle.
The British talent contestant-turned-singing sensation sold just over 700,000 copies of her debut album, "I Dreamed a Dream," debuting at No. 1. Her record label, Columbia Records, says that not only gives her the best first week sales of 2009, but also the best-selling album debut by a woman in the Billboard SoundScan era.
It's been a whirlwind year for the 47-year-old Boyle, who became an instant star when she appeared on "Britain's Got Talent."
12/01/2009
2009: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Let's get to it, shall we?
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Sonic Youth The Eternal [Matador]
With their sixteenth album a muscular return to the classic Daydream Nation era, the veteran quartet shows no signs of slowing down—or diminishing returns—as they embark on their fourth decade together.
Runner up:
P.O.S. Never Better [Rhymesayers]
When we first heard rock and hip-hop merge we were excited about the possibilities. Of course, once it went down the road of Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park nonsense we had to throw our hands up in disgust and frustration. Stefon Alexander aka P.O.S. kept the faith, tho. And we are much better off for it.
FAVORITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Pearl Jam Backspacer [Monkeywrench/Island]
A modern day classic rock record, made by full-on true believers for folks not worried about hipness, market perceptions or other non-music related nonsense.
Runner up:
Them Crooked Vultures (self-titled) [DGC/Interscope]
Vocalist/guitarist Josh Homme, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer Dave Grohl, mine the hard-nosed, blues-influenced late '60s/early '70s rock and roll that these guys have seemingly always worshipped or, in the case of Jones, helped popularize in the first place.
WORST ALBUM:
Chris Cornell Scream [Interscope]
Scream is assembly-line, Pussycat Dolls/Britney Spears-type tripe of the most uninspired kind, making it a tough blow to witness someone of this stature pointlessly fritter away a career of note for some ill-conceived stab at who knows what.
WORST ALBUM COVER ART:
Weezer Raditude [DGC]
Runner Up:
Wilco Wilco The Album [Nonsuch]
Dinosaur Jr Farm [Jagjaguwar]
FAVORITE MOVIE:
None
Truthfully, not one movie even inspired us. (We came close to seeing Star Trek but after watching way too many Michael Bay-space-opera-type previews we chose to pass.)
WORST MOVIE:
Brüno
How is it possible, after the Borat movie, that people would fall yet again for the same nonsense and be comedic fodder for another of Sacha Baron Cohen's lame-ass concoctions?
FAVORITE TV SHOW:
Hung (HBO)
Middle-aged Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane), a divorced, high school basketball coach decides to expand his finances and become a high-priced escort, pimped by Tanya (Jane Adams), a mousy, neurotic, socially awkward, former fling, who refers to their business venture as "happiness consultants" for lonely, horny women. Pretty cool, actually.
Runner up:
Bored to Death (HBO)
Southland (ABC/TNT)
BEST REISSUE:
a tie: The Beatles Capitol catalog; and
Miles Davis’ complete Columbia Records years
Runner up:
AC/DC Backtracks [Sony]
Pearl Jam Ten [Epic]
BEST COVER:
Pearl Jam's "Why Go?" by underground rapper P.O.S.
Definitely a ten.
MOST UNWELCOME COMEBACK:
Creed
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:
Chris Cornell
Runner up:
Weezer
Man, have these guys lost the plot.
MOST UNDESERVED HYPE:
Lady Gaga
Yes, she is talented but, more importantly, she is also a hack.
A former resident songwriter for a major label who connected the musical lowest common denominator bullshit dots and added sexual ambiguity for effect, she’s Madonna for a generation that has never witnessed the real thing—who was always insanely overrated to begin with—and yet worships the long-irrelevant clay-footed goddess of pop music, despite not having an actual connection. (What a generation of music fans, huh?)
Runner up:
Wavves
C’mon, really? The lo-fi recording gimmick taken to the hilt is now a revered artistic conceit? Are you people bored? High? Un-fucking-believable.
BEST COMMENT POSTED ON “5”:
“Next time I see 'The Cougar' listed in 5, it better be about Mellencamp!”
- Josh Norek, Los Angeles, CA.
BEST THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR:
The beginning of a better musical decade
Would hoping for a significant amount of non-pretentious, non-hype driven, authentic, good music be too much to ask? That would be the best thing to look forward to, right?
Runner up:
The rumored Run-DMC biopic
* * * * *
GOODBYE
Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton; former Wilco singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Jay Bennett; Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley; Bob Bogle, co-founder and guitarist for surf rock icons The Ventures; Jake Brockman, keyboardist for Echo and the Bunnymen; veteran actor David Carradine; poet/author/musician Jim Carroll; producer/musician Jim Dickinson, one of the architects of "the Memphis sound";'70s sex symbol and TV icon Farrah Fawcett; drummer Jerry Fuchs (!!!, LCD Soundsystem); Hall of Fame songwriter Ellie Greenwich; former Electric Light Orchestra bassist Kelly Groucutt; writer/director of classic 1980s coming-of-age comedies, Mr. John Hughes; the legendary "King of Pop", Michael Jackson; Del-Fi Records founder Bob Keane, who discovered Ritchie Valens; crooner Al Martino; Johnny Carson's long-time Tonight Show sidekick, and host of Star Search, Ed McMahon; latin music manager/promoter/producer/record executive Ralph Mercado; Ken Ober, radio/TV personality and producer, host of MTV's Remote Control; salsa artist Manny Oquendo; guitarist/inventor/visionary: the inimitable Les Paul; comedian Soupy Sales; producer/bassist Mark Smith (The Waterboys); legendary Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa; actor Patrick Swayze; Mary Travers, one third of '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary; Gordon Waller of '60s pop duo Peter and Gordon; British actor Edward Woodward, best known in the US for starring in the TV show The Equalizer.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Sonic Youth The Eternal [Matador]
With their sixteenth album a muscular return to the classic Daydream Nation era, the veteran quartet shows no signs of slowing down—or diminishing returns—as they embark on their fourth decade together.
Runner up:
P.O.S. Never Better [Rhymesayers]
When we first heard rock and hip-hop merge we were excited about the possibilities. Of course, once it went down the road of Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park nonsense we had to throw our hands up in disgust and frustration. Stefon Alexander aka P.O.S. kept the faith, tho. And we are much better off for it.
FAVORITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Pearl Jam Backspacer [Monkeywrench/Island]
A modern day classic rock record, made by full-on true believers for folks not worried about hipness, market perceptions or other non-music related nonsense.
Runner up:
Them Crooked Vultures (self-titled) [DGC/Interscope]
Vocalist/guitarist Josh Homme, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer Dave Grohl, mine the hard-nosed, blues-influenced late '60s/early '70s rock and roll that these guys have seemingly always worshipped or, in the case of Jones, helped popularize in the first place.
WORST ALBUM:
Chris Cornell Scream [Interscope]
Scream is assembly-line, Pussycat Dolls/Britney Spears-type tripe of the most uninspired kind, making it a tough blow to witness someone of this stature pointlessly fritter away a career of note for some ill-conceived stab at who knows what.
WORST ALBUM COVER ART:
Weezer Raditude [DGC]
Runner Up:
Wilco Wilco The Album [Nonsuch]
Dinosaur Jr Farm [Jagjaguwar]
FAVORITE MOVIE:
None
Truthfully, not one movie even inspired us. (We came close to seeing Star Trek but after watching way too many Michael Bay-space-opera-type previews we chose to pass.)
WORST MOVIE:
Brüno
How is it possible, after the Borat movie, that people would fall yet again for the same nonsense and be comedic fodder for another of Sacha Baron Cohen's lame-ass concoctions?
FAVORITE TV SHOW:
Hung (HBO)
Middle-aged Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane), a divorced, high school basketball coach decides to expand his finances and become a high-priced escort, pimped by Tanya (Jane Adams), a mousy, neurotic, socially awkward, former fling, who refers to their business venture as "happiness consultants" for lonely, horny women. Pretty cool, actually.
Runner up:
Bored to Death (HBO)
Southland (ABC/TNT)
BEST REISSUE:
a tie: The Beatles Capitol catalog; and
Miles Davis’ complete Columbia Records years
Runner up:
AC/DC Backtracks [Sony]
Pearl Jam Ten [Epic]
BEST COVER:
Pearl Jam's "Why Go?" by underground rapper P.O.S.
Definitely a ten.
MOST UNWELCOME COMEBACK:
Creed
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:
Chris Cornell
Runner up:
Weezer
Man, have these guys lost the plot.
MOST UNDESERVED HYPE:
Lady Gaga
Yes, she is talented but, more importantly, she is also a hack.
A former resident songwriter for a major label who connected the musical lowest common denominator bullshit dots and added sexual ambiguity for effect, she’s Madonna for a generation that has never witnessed the real thing—who was always insanely overrated to begin with—and yet worships the long-irrelevant clay-footed goddess of pop music, despite not having an actual connection. (What a generation of music fans, huh?)
Runner up:
Wavves
C’mon, really? The lo-fi recording gimmick taken to the hilt is now a revered artistic conceit? Are you people bored? High? Un-fucking-believable.
BEST COMMENT POSTED ON “5”:
“Next time I see 'The Cougar' listed in 5, it better be about Mellencamp!”
- Josh Norek, Los Angeles, CA.
BEST THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR:
The beginning of a better musical decade
Would hoping for a significant amount of non-pretentious, non-hype driven, authentic, good music be too much to ask? That would be the best thing to look forward to, right?
Runner up:
The rumored Run-DMC biopic
* * * * *
GOODBYE
Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton; former Wilco singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Jay Bennett; Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley; Bob Bogle, co-founder and guitarist for surf rock icons The Ventures; Jake Brockman, keyboardist for Echo and the Bunnymen; veteran actor David Carradine; poet/author/musician Jim Carroll; producer/musician Jim Dickinson, one of the architects of "the Memphis sound";'70s sex symbol and TV icon Farrah Fawcett; drummer Jerry Fuchs (!!!, LCD Soundsystem); Hall of Fame songwriter Ellie Greenwich; former Electric Light Orchestra bassist Kelly Groucutt; writer/director of classic 1980s coming-of-age comedies, Mr. John Hughes; the legendary "King of Pop", Michael Jackson; Del-Fi Records founder Bob Keane, who discovered Ritchie Valens; crooner Al Martino; Johnny Carson's long-time Tonight Show sidekick, and host of Star Search, Ed McMahon; latin music manager/promoter/producer/record executive Ralph Mercado; Ken Ober, radio/TV personality and producer, host of MTV's Remote Control; salsa artist Manny Oquendo; guitarist/inventor/visionary: the inimitable Les Paul; comedian Soupy Sales; producer/bassist Mark Smith (The Waterboys); legendary Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa; actor Patrick Swayze; Mary Travers, one third of '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary; Gordon Waller of '60s pop duo Peter and Gordon; British actor Edward Woodward, best known in the US for starring in the TV show The Equalizer.
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