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Mac Gayden, Stellar Nashville Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 83

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Mac Gayden, Stellar Nashville Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 83

Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.”

By Bill Friskics-Warren

Rare Beatles Audition Tape Surfaces in a Vancouver Record Shop

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Rare Beatles Audition Tape Surfaces in a Vancouver Record Shop

The recording appears to be from the band’s 1962 audition for Decca Records, which notably rejected the group.

By Neil Vigdor

J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81

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J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81

He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into the mainstream.

By Alex Williams

Larry Appelbaum, Who Found Jazz Treasure in the Archives, Dies at 67

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Larry Appelbaum, Who Found Jazz Treasure in the Archives, Dies at 67

He helped turn the Library of Congress into a leading center for research on the history of jazz, and made some surprising discoveries of his own.

By Clay Risen