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Chef Daniel Boulud still remembers the unique smokiness when he took his first sip of scotch at age 12. “Not many liquors are as interesting and complex as whisky,” he says, recalling the decadent, charming countess who gave him a taste when he delivered goat cheese from his family’s farm in France.
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Louis C.K. is back on HBO with new comedy material, Eric Clapton brings some great guitarists to Madison Square Garden and the “Disappearing Act V” film festival gives you the chance to see the work of European directors.
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President Barack Obama sang the blues at the White House, with some prompting, as some of the genre’s best known musicians gathered for a concert last night to mark Black History Month.
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When Cyndi Lauper danced with Michael C. Nolan, a managing director of JP Morgan Securities LLC, he was the boy having fun.
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Gibson Guitar Corp. settled its patent-infringement claims against Viacom Inc. , Electronic Arts Inc. and retailers over the “Rock Band” music-video game, according to court filings.
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A raid on Gibson Guitar Corp. by U.S. agents seeking illegally imported wood has given anti- regulation activists from the Tea Party to fiddler Charlie Daniels one more reason to dislike the Obama administration.
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Richard Gere’s vintage guitar and amplifier collection brought in $936,438 at Christie’s in New York today.
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Discerning fans of rhythm and blues icon Al Green cut him no slack when he’s having an off night.
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Pinetop Perkins, the Mississippi Delta-born piano player who started a solo career in his 70s after performing with fellow bluesman Muddy Waters for more than a decade, has died. He was 97.
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Pinetop Perkins, the Mississippi Delta-born piano player who performed with bluesman Muddy Waters for more than a decade and started a solo career in his 70s, has died. He was 97.
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