Saturday, October 18, 2014

The CBGB Band Movement Still Lives On

By Estelle Larsen


There are many types of music out there. CBGB band was originally named for its musical styles but became more popular for the American Punk and other new wave bands. These were Misfits, the Dead Boys, The Dictators and Blondie to name just a few. It later became known as hardcore punk.

They used a large space next to a storefront which was a recording shop and a cafe for their practicing. This later closed and became an art gallery. It became more popular for the rock, jazz and experimental music. The club then closed in the late 2006 and the last person to perform there was Patti Smith.

He married Karen Kristal and had a girl, Lisa and a boy Mark. When he died in August 2007of lung cancer at an age of 75, his family got the impression that he was broke but when the Will was read found out that he was a millionaire. His wife even signed away her rights to Sareb Restaurant Corp when she thought her husband had no money left. The found out that he had a house in Asbury Park and he had paid about $600 000 for it.

In 2007 she was inducted into the well known rock and Roll Hall of fame by the French Ministry of Culture. She went on to win the National Book Award in November 2010. She was born in Chicago and her father worked at a Honeywell Plant. This is a global company that makes a variety of different products as well as aerospace systems for many different clients. There are now over 130 000 workers all around the world with about 58 000 in the United States alone.

In 1973 he decided to book a concert and booked a local band to play on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It was normally country and bluegrass music that was played but then changed to rock. Bluegrass music was brought to America in the 1600s by immigrants. This included ballads and dance music which originated from England, African American gospel music as well as Scotland and Ireland. The banjo instruments where brought from slaves who came from Africa.

During the years 1974 and 1979 she started to perform on stage with Lenny Kaye and later a band was formed. Their first single "Hey Joe" was recorded with the help of Sam Wagstaff. They were then signed by Clive Davis and produced "Horses" and this helped to fuse punk rock and poetry together.

She married Fred Smith and later they had a son who was born in 1982. Patti was in semi-retirement in the 1980s but then a few years later release an album which was quite popular. A few years later her husband died of a heart attack and then her brother died as well. She moved back to New York where an old friend convinced her to go back to touring.

The band has an annual festival that is for free in Time Square and Central Park where thousands of people are able to enjoy this music. There is now a movie about the founder and how the club first came about. Unfortunately this was received with some rather cruel reviews.




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