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In recent years, Frog bandleader Daniel Bateman has cited Mozart, Charlie Parker and Lil Wayne as his biggest influences. What all three have in common is an extremely prolific body of work, which he likens to an addiction. “Once you walk into a place like that, you can’t stop. Great things happen there,” Bateman told … Read more
It was an unassuming trip for the lanky British musician to visit his sister’s family in Benton, Illinois, in September 1963. he went camping. He jammed with local musicians. He drank root beer delivered to him on roller skates. He went to buy records. He bought a guitar. Then he went home. The next time … Read more