There comes a point at every Creed Bratton concert where he breaks into “Let’s Live for Today,” the breakthrough hit by his old folk-rock band the Grass Roots that hit Number Eight in 1967 and remains a staple of oldies radio to this day. Throughout the many lean years that followed his departure from the group in 1969, this was always the one song in his repertoire guaranteed to drive the crowd wild. Lately, however, it’s been greeted by nothing but blank stares and when he reaches the iconic chorus...
- 11/5/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Dick Dodd, a Mouseketeer who went on to become a member of the Standells, the garage rock pioneers who recorded the Boston sports anthem "Dirty Water," has died. He was 68. Dodd, who also sang and played drums with the surf band the Bel-Airs (the 1961 instrumental "Mr. Moto"), announced recently that he had stage 4 cancer of the esophagus, spleen, liver and spine. He died Friday in a Fountain Valley hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported. At age 9, Dodd, a native of Hermosa Beach, Calif., joined ABC's The Mickey Mouse Club in 1955 as one of the
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- 12/1/2013
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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