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John Cowan
John Cowan (born August 24, 1953) is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival. Cowan became the band's bassist in 1972 after the departure of original bassist Ebo Walker and was noted as being the only member of New Grass Revival not to come from a bluegrass background. Biography After the disbandment of the New Grass Revival, Cowan released a soul record of covers, called ''Soul'd Out'', for the Sugar Hill Records label in 1990. Cowan appeared as a duo with Sam Bush on the PBS series, Lonesome Pine Special in 1992, and also appeared with other artists on the program. From 1988 to 1996 Cowan teamed with Rusty Young of Poco, Bill Lloyd of Foster & Lloyd and Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers—in a band originally called Four Wheel Drive, which was later changed to The Sky Kings. Several singles were released but failed to chart well. Two albums were recorded but not rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minerva, Ohio
Minerva is a village primarily in Stark and Carroll counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, with a small district in Columbiana County. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. Most of Minerva is part of the Canton-Massillon metropolitan area, although a small portion lies in the Salem micropolitan area. History The village of Minerva began when a surveyor named John Whitacre purchased 125 acres of land from Isaac Craig in 1818 for the construction of a log mill. The town, named for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor born April 19, 1833, grew up around the mill. Minerva's first schoolhouse was built in 1846. In its early years the Sandy and Beaver Canal helped drive Minerva's economy, to be replaced in importance by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1840s. Minerva manufacturers Willard and Isaac Pennock patented the United States' first steel railroad car in the nineteenth century. In 1915, the town's weekly newspaper, ''The Minerva News'', charged one dollar for an annual subscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibling Rivalry (The Doobie Brothers Album)
''Sibling Rivalry'' is the twelfth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The album was released on October 3, 2000, by Pyramid Records and Rhino Entertainment. The album was the band's first studio recording since ''Brotherhood'', in 1991. It was also the only Doobie Brothers studio album to feature a lead vocal by multi-instrumentalist John McFee and full lead vocals by drummer Keith Knudsen, both of whom had rejoined the group in 1993 after an eleven-year absence. The group photograph in the inner booklet featured touring sidesmen Guy Allison (keyboards, backing vocals), Marc Russo (saxophone) and Skylark (bass, backing vocals). Allison and Russo also featured on the album, the former co-writing three tracks while occasional touring bassist John Cowan also featured and contributed the song ''Can't Stand to Lose'' written with Poco's Rusty Young. Critical reception ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'' wrote that the band were "struggling vainly to put their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barren County (album)
''Barren County'' is the fourth studio album by progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 1979 on the Flying Fish label. The album is named for Barren County near the musicians' homes in south-central Kentucky in the United States. Track listing # "Dancin' With the Angels" (Peter Rowan) – 3:58 # "In the Plan" ( Gene Clark, Doug Dillard, Bernie Leadon) – 3:02 # "How About You" (Winchester) – 4:02 # "Crazy in the Night" (Steve Brines, Sam Bush) – 3:33 # "Don't Look Back" (Brines, Bush) – 4:39 # "Spring Peepers" (Lucas) – 3:23 # "Souvenir Bottles" (Brines, Bush, John Cowan) – 5:47 # "Goin' to the Fair" (Brines, Bush) – 5:11 # "Lee Highway Blues" (Traditional) – 5:45 Personnel * Sam Bush - mandolin, electric guitar, guitar, fiddle, electric mandolin, lead vocals * John Cowan - electric bass, lead vocals * Courtney Johnson - banjo, guitar, vocals * Curtis Burch - guitar, Dobro, vocals * Kenny Smith - piano ("How About You") * Kenny Malone - d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Late To Turn Back Now (album)
''Too Late to Turn Back Now'' is the title of a 1977 album by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival on the Flying Fish label. It was their first live album, and was recorded at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Track listing # "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home" ( Delaney Bramlett, Leon Russell) – 5:16 # "With Care from Someone" ( Gene Clark, Doug Dillard, Bernie Leadon) – 8:05 # "High Lonesome Sound" (Peter Rowan) – 4:04 # "Rainbow Bridge" (Curtis Burch) – 3:39 # "Watermelon Man" (Willis Ramsey) – 4:31 # "Fly Through the Country" (Jimmy Webb) – 8:58 # "Red Man Blues" (Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson) – 9:47 Personnel * Sam Bush - mandolin, slide mandolin, fiddle, guitar, electric mandolin, lead vocals * John Cowan - electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Storm Is Over
''When the Storm is Over'' is the third studio album recorded by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 1977 on Flying Fish Records. The album includes a mix of covers, both traditional and contemporary, as well as band-penned songs. In 1992, ''When the Storm is Over'' and the band's preceding 1975 album, '' Fly Through the Country'', were re-released together on a dual-album CD. Track listing # "Four Days of Rain" - 3:39 # "White Freight Liner Blues" - 2:38 # "Sail to Australia" - 3:48 # "When the Storm Is Over" - 2:40 # "And He Says 'I Love You'" - 3:42 # "Vamp in the Middle" - 3:44 # "Like a Child in the Rain" - 3:48 # "Tennessee Wagoner" - 1:32 # "Colly Davis" - 2:42 # "Crooked Smile" - 7:42 Personnel * Sam Bush - mandolin, fiddle, lead vocals, guitar * John Cowan - electric bass, lead vocals * Courtney Johnson - banjo, guitar, vocals * Curtis Burch - guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Fish Records
Flying Fish Records was a record label founded in Chicago in 1974 that specialized in folk, blues, and country music. In the 1990s the label was sold to Rounder Records. Bruce Kaplan, the label's founder, was a native of Chicago and the son of a president of Zenith Electronics. He studied anthropology at the University of Chicago and became president of the school's folklore society. He began Flying Fish in 1974 to concentrate on traditional and contemporary folk music, though the catalog grew to include blues, bluegrass, country, jazz, reggae, dancefloor and rock. When Kaplan started the label, most similarly oriented companies produced albums with decidedly "homemade" packaging (e.g. cover art, etc.) and marketed the albums to a relatively narrow audience of aficionados. Kaplan realized that music of this sort had the potential to reach a wider audience, but needed to be packaged in a professional manner; people not already devotees were unlikely to take a chance on somethin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Through The Country
''Fly Through the Country'' is the second studio album by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 1975 on the Flying Fish label. It is also the title of the fifth song on the album. In 1992, ''When the Storm is Over'' and ''Fly Through the Country'' were re-released on one CD. Track listing # "Skippin' in the Mississippi Dew" (John Hartford) - 2:37 # "Good Woman's Love" (Cy Coben) - 3:16 # "Glory" (Steven F. Brines & Sam Bush) - 3:04 # "All Night Train" (Steven F. Brines & Sam Bush) - 3:12 # "Fly Through the Country" (Jim Webb) - 5:16 # "This Heart of Mine" (Steven F. Brines & Jim Smoak) - 2:10 # "The Dancer" (Steven F. Brines & Sam Bush) - 3:44 # "When She Made Laughter Easy" (Steven F. Brines & Sam Bush) - 3:16 # "Doin' My Time" (Jimmie Skinner & Fred Rose) - 6:21 # "These Days" (Jackson Browne) - 5:41 Personnel * Sam Bush - mandolin, lead vocals, violin, slide mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar * John Cowan - electric bass, lead vocals * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compass Records
Compass Records is an independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk music, folk, bluegrass music, bluegrass, Celtic music, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music. In 2006, Compass purchased the Green Linnet Records, Green Linnet and Xenophile Records, Xenophile catalogs, and in 2008 the label purchased Mulligan Records. Red House Records, an independent folk and Americana record label founded in 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota, was purchased by the Compass Records Group in 2017. Roster * Altan (band), Altan * Darol Anger * Russ Barenberg * Bearfoot (American band), Bearfoot * Beoga * Michael Black (musician), Michael Black * Paul Brady * Dale Ann Bradley * Paul Brock * Paul Carrack * Liz Carroll * Beth Nielsen Chapman * The Chapmans * Jeff Coffin * Éamonn Coyne * A. J. Croce * Catie Curtis * Fairport Convention * Kris Drever * Elizabeth and the Catapult * Farmer Not So John * Mike Farris (musician), Mike Farris * Matt Flinner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment One
Entertainment One Ltd., trading as eOne, is an American-owned Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films and television series. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange before it was acquired by Hasbro on December 30, 2019. History Establishment The company has its origins in the music distributor Records on Wheels Limited (which was established in 1970), and the music retail chain CD Plus. The chain was in the process of acquiring other companies to bolster its wholesale operations in music and home video, leading to its purchase of ROW in 2001. Its vice president of operations, Darren Throop, had joined the company after CD Plus acquired his Halifax-based record store chain Urban Sound Exchange. The combined company later became known as ROW Entertainment, with Throop as president and CEO. The company listed itself on the Toronto Stock Excha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records is an American bluegrass and Americana record label. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina in 1978 by Barry Poss and David Freeman, the owner of County Records and Rebel Records. Poss acquired full control of Sugar Hill in 1980 and owned the label until 1998, when he sold it to the Welk Music Group, owner of Vanguard Records. Poss stayed on as president, and in 2002 was promoted to chairman. Sugar Hill remained in Durham until 2007, when Poss moved the label to Nashville, Tennessee. Among the many notable artists who have released albums on the label are Nickel Creek, Doc Watson, Townes Van Zandt, Ricky Skaggs, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, Sam Bush and Dolly Parton. One of Parton's albums for Sugar Hill, ''Halos & Horns'' (2002), included a song called "Sugar Hill", which she wrote as a tribute to the label. In 2008, Welk Music Group appointed EMI as distributor of its labels including Sugar Hill. In 2006, Sugar Hill executive Barry Poss won a Lifetime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Howland
Keith Howland (born August 14, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer. He was the lead guitarist for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago from 1995-2021. Howland started playing the guitar at the age of seven, and he played in a number of bands during his school years. He attended elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from James Madison University in 1986 with a degree in communications. In 1987, Keith moved to Los Angeles and took a job with Andy Brauer Studio Rentals, which helped him to make invaluable contacts in the music industry. He also continued playing as much as possible, including a 1993 summer tour with Rick Springfield. In 1995, Chicago was looking for a new lead guitarist following the departure of Dawayne Bailey. Howland was a long-time fan of the band and of their co-founding guitarist, Terry Kath. Howland appeared uninvited at the auditions, and attained a chance meeting with the band's bassist, Jason Scheff. He performed a last-minute audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Toth
Edward Arthur Toth is an American musician and drummer for The Doobie Brothers, an American rock band. Toth joined the Doobie Brothers in 2005 following his departure from Vertical Horizon. Early life Toth says that he has been drumming most of his life. He made good use of his father's record collection and was active in all music programs in East Lyme, Connecticut, playing in his high school band at East Lyme High School. Education He went on to attend the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in 1994. While still at the University of Miami, Toth became a member of the funk and rock band Jennifer Culture. Vertical Horizon Toth has played in numerous other rock and funk bands over the last decade. Most notably, he was a member of Vertical Horizon from 1996 to 2005, which yielded a multi platinum album ''Everything You Want'', the title track of which also charted #1. Toth's association with the group began when he was working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
