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Steven Vanzandt

Steven Van Zandt's first rock n roll memory goes back to childhood hearing The Coaster's "Yakety Yak" on the jukebox echoing throughout summer day camp.  He recalls being exposed to Elvis while his grandmother danced around the living room doing housework.  He never really associated the records with the artists, until he saw the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. "It all began with the Beatles. It literally was like they dropped in from another planet," he says. For…

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Joe Perry

Joe remembers going to the family dinners as a child where his uncle would sing Portuguese folk songs on his homemade guitar. As Joe got older his parents got him clarinet and piano lessons. After listening to Ike & Tina Turner, Roy Orbison, and Elvis on the radio in the late 1950's, he wanted to emulate the sounds he was hearing. Joe finally talked his parents into getting him a guitar that he played for a while and then put it…

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Corey GLover of Living Colour

Corey Glover got started with music through his family. His parents and siblings were all very musical and he wanted to follow in their footsteps, so he started singing in church just like his brother. Albums like Abraxas by Santana and Bitches Brew by Miles Davis were played in his house a lot. His whole world “got flipped around” when he was Bad Brains at CBGB’s. “The whole hardcore scene became all I was thinking about.” He became very involved…

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David Feinstein of Elf and The Rods

https://youtu.be/usizcqZJhXE Rock guitarist David Feinstein is the cousin of Ronnie James Dio. He joined Ronnie Dio & The Prophets as a rhythm guitar player, and the group eventually evolved into the band Elf.  Elf played until around 1975 when Ronnie joined Ritchie Blackmore’s band, Rainbow. In 1980 David went on to form The Rods and released many albums throughout the 80’s. David released his solo lp titled Bitten by the Beast. It featured a track called “Metal Will Never Die,”…

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