Biography: Palmer McAbee, Peter Parcek, Pam & Dodi, Peter Wright, Petra, Peven Everett, Pam Grier, PFR, Phajja, Phil Driscoll,

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Palmer McAbee Biography, Photos, Pictures

Palmer McAbee was an early American master of the harmonica, including but not limited to that instrument’s grandiose capability to imitate the sounds of trains While many a harmonica player has attempted to create the sound of a choo-choo pulling into the station, few have done it with as much imagination and fervor as McAbee, who created effects both realistic and surrealistic sometimes by blowing over the top of the harp

Peter Parcek Biography, Photos, Pictures

Although it’s easy to peg guitarist Peter Parcek as merely a blues rock guitarist upon first listen, once you dig a bit deeper, you discover that elements of soul, jazz, funk, and country crop up in his playing style, as well

Pamela Taylor and Audra “Dodi” Alexander comprise Pam & Dodi, a Detroit-based female vocal duo that brings a healthy appreciation of gospel and classic soul to their urban contemporary output

Peter Wright Biography, Photos, Pictures

Peter Wright, a major player in Chicago’s popular music landscape in the ’60s and ’70s, has thrived with his company, Peter Wright and Associates, managing, hooking musicians up with road acts, administrating Edgewater Publishing, and assigning and selling rights to his vast library of masters

Petra
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Genre:R & B

Petra is one of the most successful Christian rock bands ever, a veritable institution whose name (taken from the Greek word for “rock”) has come to reflect not only their music, but their staying power as well, even in spite of Christian radio’s reluctance to program their brand of loud, slick arena-rock

Peven Everett Biography, Photos, Pictures

Peven Everett is an underexposed artist of many talents whose work alternately covers the territories of house, R&B, jazz, and hip-hop Everett, who was born in Harvey, IL, received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music at the age of 17

The reigning queen of the 1970s blaxploitation genre, Pam Grier was born May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina The daughter of an Air Force mechanic, she was raised on military bases in England and Germany

PFR
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Genre:R & B

Originally called Inside Out, PFR was formed in Minnesota by Mark Nash, Joel Hanson, and Patrick Andrew For their 1992 album debut on Sparrow, the trio changed their name to Pray for Rain but changed it again to PFR for sophomore work Goldie’s Last Days

A trio made up of two sisters transplanted from Chicago to Boston (Kena and Nakia Epps) and a Boston native, Karen Johnson, Phajja presents a light, classic R&B sound As teenagers, the Epps sisters focused on studying dance and hoped for theatrical careers — Johnson always had dreams of being a singer

Phil Driscoll Biography, Photos, Pictures

CCM trumpeter/singer Phil Driscoll was born November 9, 1947 in Seattle, and by the age of three was already playing a plastic trombone and Hawaiian slack guitar While a freshman at Baylor University he formed the school’s first jazz band, and as a sophomore recorded his first album, 1969’s A Touch of Trumpet, with the Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

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