
Does the singer catch the song or does the song catch the singer? Blind Lemon Jefferson , writer of "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," hit with the tune on separate recordings in 1927 and 1928, but was dead of unknown causes by 1929. I like to think that maybe the song was trying to catch up to him. In a tragic irony, Jefferson was buried in an unmarked grave until 1967. However, it wasn't until 1997 that his hometown of Wortham, TX ... in conjunction with the Blind Lemon Jefferson Memorial Project ... [...]

Have you been watching " Celebrity Rehab " on VH1? Us too. Did you know that Bob Forrest , one of the drug counselors at the facility is a bit of a celebrity himself? From the mid-1980s to the early '90s, Forrest was the frontman for Los Angeles rock band Thelonious Monster , who despite a dedicated following and string of indie releases, never managed to break through to the mainstream like... Have you been watching " Celebrity Rehab " on VH1? Us too. [...]

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Well instead of the usual Scottish cronyism when it comes to sharing the blog love, recently the Toad has been browsing a little further from home, on the graceful shores of Fits & Starts . He may not be Scottish, but Terry is descended from Scottish stock - actually, I say that as if I were Scots myself - I'm English, you know, I just live here! Anyhow, the first posts I found on his page were about The Indelicates, ELO's Mr Blue Sky and a Turtles cover from a Cinerama Peel Session [...]