Kathleen Madigan - Irreverent Style in a Small Package
If Kathleen Madigan ever had to go into the witness protection program she could hide in South Florida, no problem. She would blend right in because she drives a Cadillac and you can’t see her head over the steering wheel.
Madigan 40, native of St. Louis and a comedian who gained face recognition on NBC’s reality show, Last Comic Standing, is thinking aloud about her blog that appears on her website — where she writes down exactly what’s on her mind.
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Mississippi Blues
Some might say that Ben Prestage has the
muddy waters of the mighty Mississippi Delta
coursing through his veins in order for him to
suck the pain right out of that guitar and play the
blues the way they were meant to be played — from
the depths of the soul.
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Lindsey Buckingham - Still Looking Forward
Lindsay Buckingham isn’t looking back too much these days.It could be because the future for him is now.
In the last ten years, he’s married, started a family, and birthed a new album that is as intimate and personal a portrait as any artist may dare to venture.
But for him, taking risks may be his proverbial fountain of youth. After all, he did it with Fleetwood Mac.Following the commercially successful Rumors, which catapulted the band into rock icon status, Buckingham could have followed the same recipe and spoon-fed fans a Rumors II. Instead, he followed it up with the quirky, Tusk, a 180-degree departure from Rumors.True to his word, at 58 he’s still not stopped thinking about tomorrow.
“I think what happens is usually a lot of people are either kind of tapped out with their creativity by the time the get to a certain point, or they’re in a position where they’re willing to rest on the their laurels on the body of work that they have. It’s very important for me to keep fresh. What I think is important goes back to Tusk…it kept me musically honest… I subverted some of the commercialism, that’s what you have to do, otherwise you paint yourself into a corner.”
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So, What Does Bo Know?
So you think you know Bo?
Bo Diddley, that is, the consummate performer, musician, humanitarian and even actor. As a Founding Father of rock-n-roll, he is known to many as “the Originator” for taking the Blues and infusing it with what he was influenced by-Chicago street music, hambone, the strumming of guitar mixed with the rhythm that comes from slapping the guitar, knee and chest, while soulfully singing the lyrics. Mix that with some harder edge guitar and you’ve got the signature “Bo Diddley beat”-a sound best described as “shave and a haircut, two bits.” Think U2’s “Desire” or Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away,” and you’ve got it. Bo was born Ellas Bates on a farm in Mississippi, near the Louisiana border, on December 30, 1928. His cousin, Gussie McDaniel, later adopted him. He took her last name and moved with the family to the South side of Chicago at age five. He got the name Bo Diddley when he became a Golden Gloves boxer.
Bo’s sister gave him his first guitar. He picked it up and taught himself to play. “I started training myself… if somebody else could do it, I could do it too.” What else do we know? Bo is still going, on the road, playing, performing, keeping the legacy alive.
“I’m playing old and new songs…trying to stay outta trouble,” he laughs.
That’s what everyone knows.
Howie Mandel - Expect the Unexpected
Expect the unexpected when Howie Mandel performs live. No one knows what’s going to happen - not even Howie.
Mandel’s unique style of comedy touches a chord with his audience, because he gives his listeners a chance to get a little bit closer to the child inside. He brings us down that road where playfulness and pranks rein supreme, where it’s ok to laugh, even if it’s at ourselves.
“I finally found a place for this humor, this kind of behavior,” he said. “What I once got expelled for, hit for, punished for, I now get paid for.” Taking the stage for Mandel appears effortless. It is-and it isn’t.
While some performers admit to having the jitters before coming out on stage, Mandel said that it’s just part of the ride.
“I love being on stage. The spotlight is like sunshine, it’s where I’m most comfortable.”
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