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RIP Henry McCullough, Wings and Grease Band guitarist. An appreciation by Bob Lefsetz

The New York Times ran this nice AP obit, which notes that McCullough improvised his great solo for Paul McCartney's "My Love" on the spot, in one take. But I wanted to share the following, much more personal take, focusing on the guitarist's…

An Interview with Leon Russell

When Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi first began working together as the Soul Stew Revival in 2008, Kirk West gave them a copy of Mad Dogs & Englishmen and suggested that was the kind of rock and roll circus they should aim to create.…