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 Charles Brown update Charles Brown is experiencing some serious medical problems and could use some cheering up. Anyone wishing to send cards to Charles can send them "c/o The Rosebud Agency at P.O. Box 170429, San Francisco, CA 94117." A Tribute concert to raise funds for medical bills is being planned for January. John Lee Hooker scores silver and gold John Lee Hooker just scored his first gold and silver records for The Best of Friends in Norway and Portugal respectively in the record's first six weeks of release. Loudon Wainwright III and The McGarrigles on CBC's "The National" Loudon Wainwright III and The McGarrigles appeared on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "The National" in Canada on December 4. Loudon Wainwright III, The McGarrigle's, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and more were chronicled on tour, in concert and in conversation on Canada's nationally televised program. John Lee Hooker and Big Head Todd in The Waterboy John Lee Hooker's duet with Big Head Todd & The Monsters on Hooker's "Boom Boom" is featured in the Adam Sandler hit movie and soundtrack CD for "The Waterboy". "Boom Boom" was originally featured on Big Head Todd's latest CD, Beautiful World. An alternate earlier version of the song, featuringJimmie Vaughan with John Lee, is available on Hooker's current CD, The Best of Friends. Pops Staples, John Lee Hooker to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards Pops Staples has been named to receive The Lifetime Achievement Award from The Mississippi Arts Commission, in cooperation with the Governor's Office of Mississippi. The award will be presented by the governor and First Lady in March at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. Past winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Morgan Freeman, Leontyne Price, Eudora Welty, Ethel Wright Mohamed, Margaret Walker Alexander and Shelby Foote. The Rhythm and Blues Foundation will honor John Lee Hooker with their 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award on February 25 at the foundation's annual gala at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, the day after the Grammy Awards. Cubanismo #1 on CMJ New World Music chart ¡Cubanismo!'s new Ryko CD, Reencarnacion, is #1 on the CMJ New World Music charts. |
