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Last Night: Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters at House of Blues

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2008-07-25 11:19:53 by Pete Freedman in DC9 At Night
...Thornton and the Boxmasters House of Blues July 24, 2008 Better than: Watching Hearts Afire on DVD What do you think of when you see the term actor/musician? Do you think of someone who is great at both, like Zooey Deschanel? Or do you think of someone whos good at one and sucks at the other, like Jon Bon Jovi Now, what about Billy Bob...
 
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Clifford Thornton... George Lewis/Muhal RIchard Abrams/Roscoe Mitchell... Toshinori Kondo... Ornette Coleman

2008-02-29 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...Thornton and a band he put together in Paris for a live date in 1970. Thornton was a teacher, musician and political as well as musical radical who died in relative obscurity in Geneva, 1983, unusual because he doubled succesfully on trumpet and trombone. The album title refers to Langston Hughes' collection of poetry Opening on a swinging...
 
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Billy Bob Thornton: From Off-Camera to Onstage

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2008-09-22 20:36:43 by Whitney Self in Country Music Blog
...Thornton and his band, the Boxmasters , were playing the Americana Music Festival just a few miles from where I live, I immediately marked my calendar and listened to their double-disc album the entire week leading up to the concert. Ive always been a Billy Bob Thornton fan when it comes to the movies, but music? This was a must-see I got to...
 
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Billy Bob Thornton And The Boxmasters To Release Debut 2-CD Set June 10

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2008-04-20 13:30:00 by Editor in Starpulse News Blog - Music News
Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters, composed of W.R. 'Bud' Thornton (drums, vocals/background vocals), J.D. Andrew (electric/acoustic guitars, bass, background vocals) and Mike Butler (electric guitar, lap steel, dobro class="middle" /> Read more
 
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Billy Bob Thornton on his music and movies - Reuters UK

2008-06-12 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
Billy Bob Thornton on his music and movies Reuters UK, UK - Jun 10, 2008 Thornton is a bit of a music intellectual his favorite artists include avant-garde rockers Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart
 
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Tour Tracker: Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters, Squeeze and 1997

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2008-07-23 20:55:59 by Daniel Kreps in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Thornton temporarily quits his day job for a jaunt with the Boxmasters, Squeeze are tempted by the fruit of another summer tour and 1997 party like its 1999 in 2008. Full dates for all three treks are waiting for you after the jump Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters July 22 - Houston, TX @ Scout Bar July 23 - San Antonio, TX @ Scout Bar...
 
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Billy Bob Thornton's "Electric Hillbilly" Music

2008-05-14 18:34:59 by Chet Flippo in Country Music Blog
 
...Thornton's latest passion. The group he has put together by that name are a fascinating experiment in what he calls "electric hillbilly" music. The Boxmasters -- dressed in 60s-era Hullabaloo -TV-show-style skinny ties and skinny-lapel dark suits -- are a send-up of sorts of the Kinks and Beatles and the likes Either JavaScript is not...
 
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Who Owns the Look?: Melody Thornton vs. Cassie!

2008-07-03 23:57:28 by Dustin in THINK2WICE.ORG
 
In this edition of Who Owns the Look we have Pussycat Doll member Melody Thornton and singer Cassie rocking the same. Cassie wore the dress first last Tuesday at the 2008 BET Awards, and Melody wore the dress over the weekend at fellow PCD member Nicole Scherzingers birthday party. You know we gotta ask the
 
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Shakura S'Aida: 'Blueprint'

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2009-01-09 17:03:00 by Carl Abernathy in Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog
...Thornton, Memphis Minnie, LaVern Baker and Big Maybelle Smith ... especially Big Maybelle S'Aida's voice is a bit softer than Big Maybelle's, but only a little. And S'Aida's rendition of "No More Trouble Out of Me" is almost as powerful. Other highlights on "Blueprint" include "Getting Along Alright," "He Doesn't Care (About My Broken...
 
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