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 * ... that Eddie Bayers replaced his mentor, the late Larrie Londin, as the drummer for The Notorious Cherry Bombs?
 * ... that Brett Beavers was the bandleader and bass player for both Martina McBride and Lee Ann Womack?
 * ... that Chuck McCoy was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009?
 * ... that the song "For a Friend" from The Communards' album Red was written in memory of Mark Aston, a friend of the band members, who died from AIDS?
 * ... that Eric Bachmann from Crooked Fingers provided backing vocals on the song "Simple Hello" from the Damien Jurado album On My Way to Absence?
 * ... that The Flys have played on the same bill as the Buzzcocks, The Psychedelic Furs, the Pretenders, and Black Slate?
 * ... that Stone Jam was Slave's second album to be certified Gold and was named by Jam-Master Jay of Run–D.M.C. as one of his favorite albums?
 * ... that The Great White Wonder was named the best album of 1991 that 'You Didn't Hear' by Spin?
 * ... that the album Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night by the choral group Conspirare was nominated for two Grammy Awards?

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 * ... that Dave Douglas got the name for his album Strange Liberation from a phrase used by Martin Luther King, Jr. in reference to America's involvement in the Vietnam War?
 * ... that the song "Mr. Malcontent" on the Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album Mainstream is based on the character played by Daniel Day-Lewis in My Beautiful Laundrette?
 * ... that Dani Siciliano wanted her cover of Nirvana's "Come as You Are", from her album Likes..., to have the feel of a jazz standard?
 * ... that the track "Palermo" from the Chicago Underground Trio's album Slon contains recorded sounds from a Sicilian fish market?
 * ... that Joey DeFrancesco tribute to Michael Jackson, Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson, was nominated for a Grammy Award?
 * ... that Stanley Clarke's album The Stanley Clarke Band won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album?
 * ... that the Grammy-nominated album Now Is the Time features the Blood, Sweat & Tears horn section on two of its tracks?
 * ... that John McLaughlin's Grammy nominated album To the One was inspired by John Coltrane's album A Love Supreme?
 * ... that Lenny Kravitz was a guest musician on Backatown, the major label debut by his former apprentice Trombone Shorty?

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 * ... that James Moody (pictured) received his first Grammy Award for Moody 4B after he died?
 * ... that "Zawinul's Mambo" from the Grammy winning Chucho's Steps was dedicated to Joe Zawinul who heard a recording of it before he died?
 * ... that Keith Richards made a guest appearance on Phantom, Rocker & Slick debut album?
 * ... that after more than 40 years as a recording artist, 31 studio albums and one award as an art director, Neil Young won his first Grammy Award as a musician for "Angry World"?
 * ... that "Hammerhead" by Jeff Beck won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance?
 * ... that Urbanus, the Grammy nominated album by Stefon Harris, was recorded in the days leading up to Barack Obama's inauguration?
 * ... that jazz guitarist Julian Lage recorded his Grammy-nominated debut album Sounding Point when he was only 20 years old?
 * ... that Philippe Saisse's Grammy-nominated album At World's Edge was dedicated to his father Maurice?
 * ... that Steve Vai plays the sitar on "Moroccan Roll", a track from Mike Stern's Grammy-nominated album Big Neighborhood?
 * ... that most of 75 was recorded on Joe Zawinul's 75th birthday and about two months before he died?

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 * ... that Philippe Saisse's Grammy-nominated album At World's Edge was dedicated to his father Maurice?
 * ... that Steve Vai plays the sitar on "Moroccan Roll", a track from Mike Stern's Grammy-nominated album Big Neighborhood