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An American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. Delaney & Bonnie and Friends was a rock/soul revue fronted by husband-and-wife singer/songwriters Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett.

Bonnie Bramlett (Bonnie Lynn O’Farrell, b. 8 November 1944, Alton, Illinois, USA) was an accomplished singer at an early age, performing with blues guitarist Albert King at age 14 and in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue at 15 – the first-ever white Ikette “for three days in a black wig and Man Tan skin darkener.” She moved to Los Angeles in 1967, met and married Delaney later that year.

Besides their recorded legacy, Delaney and Bonnie influenced many fellow musicians of their era. Most notably, Eric Clapton has said that “Delaney taught me everything I know about singing,”and Delaney has been cited as the person who taught George Harrison how to play slide guitar, an instrument Harrison used to great effect throughout his solo recording career. Bonnie, for her part, is credited as co-author of many popular songs, including “Groupie (Superstar)” (a Top 10 hit for The Carpenters in 1971; also covered by ex-Delaney and Bonnie backing vocalist Rita Coolidge, Bette Midler, Sonic Youth and many others) and Clapton’s “Let It Rain.” (Bonnie’s song authorship became a matter of dispute in recent years, with Delaney claiming that he wrote many of these songs but assigned ownership to Bonnie to dodge an onerous publishing contract – an assertion given credence, indirectly, through statements made by Clapton.

Below is the Delaney Bramlett trailer.

After all these years of finding every excuse in the world to not participate in the family gathering over the holidays, it’s now official, as you’ll soon read. Heck, all they needed to do was ask around. I’ve yet to meet at least one family who doesn’t have some sort of family issues brewing on the back burner.

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Ms. Kitt played out her final performance today at the age of 81. It is reported that she was yet another victim of colon cancer.

R.I.P. Eartha.

Just in case you haven’t heard.

“The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress and the man of sense laughs at it. At the same time he knows he must not neglect it.”
*Lord Chesterfield

Tomorrow marks the birthday of the late great Frank Zappa. It is the finale of the annual blogswarm known as Zappadan. Click the image for a larger view. The proclamation is in pdf.

Mayor Sheila Dixon, mayor of Baltimore, Maryland has proclaimed that December 21st, 2008 is Frank Zappa Day. [pdf] ( December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) Zappa died from Pancreatic Cancer at home with his family by his side. The family announced to the world that Frank had left for his final tour. A private ceremony was held the following day. His grave was intentionally left unmarked in L.A.’s Westwood Memorial Park. On his second to the last interview he did for the Today Show in 1993, he said, “A memorium was a thing for a guy who was full of himself.” [the link is the actual interview] Zappa didn’t care if he was remembered or not.

Jane Goodall Institute.org

I had a few moments to kill so I took the challenge to see how badly I would do. As it stands, the ole girl remains spot on. w00t!

The case in Loveland began when a woman approached the Loveland Police Department in December 2007 about multiple postings made about her between November and December 2007.

“Larimer County District Attorney Larry Abrahamson charged a 40-year-old Loveland man last month with two counts of criminal libel for alleged posts he made about his former girlfriend and her attorney on Craigslist.com’s ‘Rants and Raves’ section.”
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“Web chatters firing off insults about people on community Web sites might think twice next time they press the post button.”