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Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Music History on Foot. Follow us on

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Speaker 1: the main streets of Carlisle, Massachusetts, to this Week in

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Speaker 1: Music History for the week of February twentieth, twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: On February twentieth, nineteen sixty seven, Theirvana frontman Kurt Cobain

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Speaker 1: is born in Aberdeen, Washington. He gets his first guitar

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Speaker 1: on his fourteenth birthday. Take a Wild Guest. The first

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Speaker 1: song that he was able to master You Are Correct

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Speaker 1: led Zeppelin Stare Away to Heaven. February twentieth, nineteen eighty eight.

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Speaker 1: Robin Rihanna Fenti was born in Barbados. Loved the power

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Speaker 1: of these individuals who are known as a one word name.

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Speaker 1: You know her now as Rihanna. She certainly is a powerhouse.

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Speaker 1: February twenty first, two thousand and one. Speaking of Powerhouses

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Speaker 1: Johnny Cash. He leaves the hospital where he's treated for pneumonia,

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Speaker 1: Johnny heads right to the Grammy Awards promptly wins the

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Speaker 1: Best Male Vocal Performance for Solitary Man. And if you

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Speaker 1: haven't heard that, check that out. That's a killer rendition

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Speaker 1: of the Neil Diamond song. And that would be his

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Speaker 1: tenth Grammy that he wins after checking out of the

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Speaker 1: hospital with pneumonia. Johnny Cash. February twenty first, twenty eleven,

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Speaker 1: Lady Gaga performs the first of two shows at Madison

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Speaker 1: Square Guard Garden that would make up the footage of

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Speaker 1: her HBO special. On February twenty first, nineteen eighty seven,

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Speaker 1: some twenty six years after becoming a hit in America,

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Speaker 1: Ben e Kings stand By Me goes to number one

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Speaker 1: in the UK after the release of the movie of

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Speaker 1: the same name, which is a terrific movie, by the way,

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Speaker 1: one of my favorites. On February twenty second, nineteen eighty nine,

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Speaker 1: Jethro Tall wins the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Metal Performance,

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Speaker 1: beating out Metallica. This set off a whole kerfluffle. I

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Speaker 1: don't even think Ian Anderson was too thrilled getting the award,

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Speaker 1: but nonetheless it happened on February twenty second, nineteen eighty nine,

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Speaker 1: and also sometime this year, look for new music from

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Speaker 1: Ian Anderson and Jethro Tall and we are going to

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Speaker 1: try to get Ian on to Take on a Walk podcast.

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Speaker 1: On February twenty second, twenty eleven, Adele Other, one of

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Speaker 1: the powerhouse one Word names, releases her second album twenty

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Speaker 1: one in the US, becoming the best selling album twenty eleven,

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Speaker 1: selling five point eight two million copies. February twenty second,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three, Lenny Kravitz releases are You Gonna Go

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Speaker 1: My Way? Love that song great Riff. February twenty third,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine, Eminem, another one Word name, drops his

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Speaker 1: first major label album, The Slim Shady LP, quickly making

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Speaker 1: him the most noteworthy rapper in the game. February twenty third,

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Speaker 1: two thousand and three, Nora Jones runs the table at

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Speaker 1: the Grammys wins all five Grammy she's nominated for, including

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Speaker 1: Record of the Year and Song of the Year. And

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Speaker 1: February twenty third, two thousand another Grammy happening. Santana speaking

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Speaker 1: a run in the table the album Supernatural wins eight

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Speaker 1: count on eight Grammy Awards and on February twenty fourth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight, e j Elton John knighted by Queen

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Speaker 1: Elizabeth during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. On February twenty fourth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety at the Universal Amphitheater, the Birds David Crosby,

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Speaker 1: Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, they reunite for a tribute concert

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Speaker 1: for the recently deceased Roy Orbison. Also on that bill

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Speaker 1: Bob Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, John Fogerty and Bonnie Raid

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Speaker 1: and that concert was broadcast on Showtime. It's still available

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Speaker 1: to go fine and it's totally worth checking it out.

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Speaker 1: Upcoming on Taking a Walk Music History on Foot Mike Levine,

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Speaker 1: the bassist and keyboard player from the Canadian power trio Triumph,

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Speaker 1: and be sure to also find our episode with an

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Speaker 1: artist by the name of black Box. He's a neo

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Speaker 1: classical pianist, kind of the intersection of rap and classical music.

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Speaker 1: He's got a great personality and I think you'll love him.

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