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Denny Doherty, Wilco, Portastatic, Arcade Fire, Leopard Attack   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, January 22, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

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DENNY DOHERTY, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, died Friday at 66 after a short illness. He had suffered kidney problems following surgery last month and had been put o­n dialysis. "Everybody used to think that John Phillips, who wrote the songs, was also the main voice of the group, but it wasn't - it was the angelic voice of Denny Doherty," said Larry Leblanc, Canadian editor of Billboard Magazine. "Creeque Alley" told the story of the band's formation amid the musical ferment of the folk scene. That song mentions the band's debut top 10 smash "California Dreamin'" (this is the hilarious Hullaballoo version). "Monday, Monday" hit No. 1 o­n the charts and won the band a Grammy for best contemporary group performance. Among the group's other songs were "I Saw Her Again Last Night," "Go Where You Wanna Go" (sample), plus covers of songs like "Dedicated to the One I Love." and "Dancing In The Street" (which closed the Monterey Pop Festival featured here 2 weeks ago).

WILCO: Jeff Tweedy confirms the band's next album, Sky Blue Sky, is due May 15th. Until then, we can make do with downloading or streaming the More Like The Moon EP, originally released a bonus disc to the Australian version of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

ECHO and the BUNNYMEN re-issues the best-of Songs to Learn and Sing tomorrow as The Very Best of Echo & the Bunnymen: More Songs to Learn and Sing, which -- as the title suggests, contains even more songs to learn and sing.

PORTASTATIC, the eclectic second band of Superchunk's Mac McCaughan, stopped by the World Cafe last Thursday, so you can stream an interview and acoustic set from NPR now. And it reminds me to pay more attention to Portastatic.

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE will release a new album, Traffic and Weather, o­n April 3rd, but a new single is due in late February.

GOOD VIBRATIONS: The New York Times profiles the late theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, including a brief history of the instrument that curiously omits the Beach Boys smash hit which was built o­n it.

THE ARCADE FIRE is playing warm-up shows in advance of the album release in March, and started Friday night at Ottawa

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