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Dear all, I'm playing the Plough and Stars Irish Pub, 116 Clement Street at 2nd Avenue, SF, this Wed., June 24. It's a free show, and we hope you can make it! It's a cool place, with a fine sound system and a dedication to folk music, Guinness and Celtic culture. http://www.theploughandstars.comI start at 9 pm and play two sets.Alla nos vemos,Steve Music: http://www.myspace.com/thestevetaylor News distribution: http://www.myspace.com/taylorcommunications | Dear Members & Friends, We have placed a deposit on the Albany Veteran's Memorial Building for the Yule production. There will be fund-raising activities in order to cover the cost of the venue. Please contact TSCP's Governance Board if you can assist or need information as to how to donate. starlightcircleplayers-at-yahoo.com For information about this year's production, please check our website: www.starlightcircleplayers.com Thank you - the TSCP Mummers Another Star Gone This man was my biggest inspiration before I discovered Indian Music. This seems to be the year for losing Musical Geniuses. He will be missed. -- Teed Rockwell, Touchstyle Fretboard (aka Chapman Stick®) www.myspace.com/teedrockwell http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8319833 Les Paul, who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94. A representative says guitar legend Les Paul has died at 94. (AP Photo) More Photos <http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=7058345> According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side. As an inventor, Paul also helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll with multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the tracks in the finished recording. The use of electric-amplified guitars gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1940s, and then exploded with the advent of rock in the mid-'50s. "Suddenly, it was recognized that power was a very important part of music," Paul once said. "To have the dynamics, to have the way of expressing yourself beyond the normal limits of an unamplified instrument, was incredible. Today a guy wouldn't think of singing a song on a stage without a microphone and a sound system." | ||||||
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