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R.I.P. Allee Willis

Rembrandts: I'll Be There for You Read More The Rembrandts Their intro song was The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There For You", and soon enough, Fake Problems started in with "Soulless". I thought "Astronaut" and "Mr. Rock and Roll" was the best songs. …

Allee Willis, one of the co-writers of the famous Friends theme song, “I’ll Be There For You” (recorded by The Rembrandts) has died at the age of 72.

She is also known for co-writing such Earth, Wind & Fire’s hits like “September” and “Boogie Wonderland”.

It’s reported that she died of a heart attack.

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

December (38)

[28 Dec 2019] Thanos Mikroutsikos (Greek composer and politician), 72

[28 Dec 2019] Erzsébet Szőnyi (Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education), 95

[27 Dec 2019] Garrett List (American trombonist, vocalist and composer), 76

[27 Dec 2019] Art Sullivan (Belgian singer), 69, pancreatic cancer

[26 Dec 2019] Jerry Herman (American composer and lyricist), 88, pulmonary disease

[26 Dec 2019] Sleepy LaBeef (American rockabilly singer), 84

[26 Dec 2019] Nguyễn Văn Tý (Vietnamese composer), 94

[25 Dec 2019] Ethella Chupryk (Ukrainian pianist), 55

[25 Dec 2019] Kelly Fraser (Canadian Inuktitut pop singer and songwriter), 26

[25 Dec 2019] Peter Schreier (German operatic tenor and conductor), 84

[24 Dec 2019] Dave Riley (American bassist for Big Black), 59, throat cancer

[24 Dec 2019] Allee Willis (American Hall of Fame songwriter and lyricist), 72, cardiac arrest

[22 Dec 2019] Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis (Brazilian musician for Programa do Jô), 85, stroke

[18 Dec 2019] Patxi Andión (Spanish singer-songwriter, musician), 72, traffic collision

[18 Dec 2019] Alain Barrière (French singer), 84

[18 Dec 2019] Kenny Lynch (English singer), 81

[18 Dec 2019] Arty McGlynn (Irish guitarist for Patrick Street), 75

[18 Dec 2019] Abbey Simon (American classical pianist), 99

[17 Dec 2019] Jacques Grimbert (French conductor), 90

[15 Dec 2019] Monique Leyrac (Canadian singer and actress), 91

[15 Dec 2019] Jud Phillips Jr. (American music industry executive for Mercury Records), 71, cancer

[14 Dec 2019] Irv Williams (American jazz saxophonist), 100

[13 Dec 2019] Roy Loney (American singer and guitarist for Flamin' Groovies), 73

[12 Dec 2019] Dalton Baldwin (American pianist), 87

[12 Dec 2019] Jack Scott (Canadian-American rock singer and songwriter), 83

[11 Dec 2019] Jiří Jirmal (Czech classical guitarist), 94

[10 Dec 2019] Gershon Kingsley (German-American composer and electronic musician), 97

[09 Dec 2019] Marie Fredriksson (Swedish singer-songwriter for Roxette), 61

[08 Dec 2019] Juice Wrld (American rapper), 21

[07 Dec 2019] Joe McQueen (American jazz saxophonist), 100

[04 Dec 2019] Rosa Morena (Spanish flamenco pop singer), 78, cancer

[03 Dec 2019] Arthur Baysting (New Zealand musician), 72

[03 Dec 2019] Shaaban Abdel Rahim (Egyptian shaabi singer), 62

[02 Dec 2019] Jimmy Cavallo (American musician), 92, heart failure

[02 Dec 2019] Jacques Morgantini (French record producer and promoter), 95

[02 Dec 2019] Andrew "Greedy" Smith (British songwriter for Mental As Anything), 63, heart attack

[01 Dec 2019] Michael Lai (Hong Kong Cantopop composer), 73

[01 Dec 2019] Stuart Fraser (Australian musician for Blackfeather), 57, lung cancer

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Fake Problems at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (05/04/11)

Tour Dates 05/05/11 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen 05/06/11 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar 05/07/11 Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo 05/09/11 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop 05/10/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory 05/11/11 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs 05/12/11 Pawtucket, RI @ Met 05/13/11 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge 05/14/11 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar 05/15/11 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar 05/16/11 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 05/17/11 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl 05/19/11 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth 05/20/11 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar 05/21/11 Naples, FL @ Flieschman Park

I was told that Triple Rock Social Club was recently named one of the City Pages Best Rock Club and Best All-Ages Venue, but just looking at Triple Rock's calendar for the month of May, there is only ONE all-ages event (Harry and the Potters). And what's the differences between a "concert" venue and a "rock" venue? I go to a lot of shows, I wouldn't put Triple Rock in any top favorite venues, but don't tell that to the bands playing last night, everyone seemed to triple love the Triple Rock.

Despite what people will tell you, Triple Rock always seem to always have three bands (sometime more), hence it's name. For this Wednesday evening, Star Wars Day, May 4^th, we are treated to not three but four bands:

NOW, NOW
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NOW, NOW

Now, Now wasn't listed on the bill, but that's fine because I liked them. I saw this band, formerly known as Now, Now Every Children, last year and I thought they were young then, they're young now. It should be interesting to see what direction they take in their music when they're older.

The story I got from the banter on stage was that they were supposed to go on tour with Fake Problems (we'll get to them later), but through various issues, they decided to pull out. Instead, they were doing a special one-night support.

I think they did their famous song, "Neighbors" (thanks to guitarist Jess for introducing it), and ended their brief set with "Sleep Through Summer".

LAURA STEVENSON

LAURA STEVENSON AND THE CANS
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According to the all-knowing Wikipedia, Laura Stevenson started her rock n roll career in a band called Bomb The Music Industry!, but since she was already writing her own solo material, she had band members from BTMI! to record and tour with her, which she called "Laura Stevenson & the Cans". Currently, the Cans consists of Mike Campbell on bass, Alex Billig on accordion & trumpet, Peter Naddeo on guitar, and Chris Parker on drums.

Most of their songs were from their second album, Sit Resist, which is available as a free download.

Songs played, in correct order were: "Halloween", "Master of Art", "Caretaker" (about house-sitting?), uknown song (something about sick to your stomach), "Nervous Rex" (solo), "Shine" (with Mike on banjo), "The Healthy One" (the glockenspiel was finally used!), "Holy Ghost" and "I See Dark".

POMEGRANATES Read More Pomegranates Pomegranates took the stage and introduced themselves as "Jesus Christ and the Fire Eating Five!" as they set in their energetic music set.

POMEGRANATES
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Pomegranates needs no introduction, we have covered them a few times. They must like playing Minneapolis, this was my third time seeing the band.

What's interesting about this time around is that they're doing quite a few new songs. They commented that they were "testing" out the new material to see how people take to it. Some of the new songs played "Sisters", "Lost Lives" and "Pass Away", the latter is about a dream about being backstage at a KISS concert and meeting Jesus/David Bowie.

Highlight of their set was "Everybody Come Outside", from the same titled 2009 album. Always a great song live, it feels like a call to arms.

FAKE PROBLEMS
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Fake Problems was the headliner. I think starting last year I started getting a ton of emails from them, just randomly. Or maybe it was triggered when I downloaded some music from them. I don't mind unsolicited mail, but it does get kind of annoying when they sent out a message a week. So finally, I got to find out what they were about. They are a very young band from Florida.

Their intro song was The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There For You", and soon enough, Fake Problems started in with "Soulless". I thought "Astronaut" and "Mr. Rock and Roll" was the best songs.

They ended with "Songs For Teenagers", and for the first time, in a long time, an outro song was played: "America F*** Yeah" (from the Team America movie). This song was basically an anthem for patriots when we heard about the Bin Laden assassination. They did two songs for the encore, the second of the two was "You're A Serpent, You're A She-Snake".

So, based on their singalong audience, they have some awesome fanbase. They are currently on tour with Pomegranates and Laura Stevenson & the Cans, so check them out if you, er, can.

FAKE PROBLEMS

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