Pro baseball player and coach Dusty Baker was a teenage rock and roller. His new memoir details those years, centered on the legendary Monterey Pop Festival, where Jimi Hendrix played his way to stardom. Charles Bethea profiles Baker in advance of his memoir of those year of hanging out with a host of legendary musicians and learning how rock and roll is like baseball.
Seth Macfarlane Introduces Bernie Sanders. Eve of Destruction. 'My Kind Of America' With Jack Black. This Changes Everything -- Movie. How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain.
50 Years Ago: War, Music, Crisis. Eve of Destruction was written by P.F. Sloan in 1965; the Barry McGuire recording reached #1 in September. Fifty years, but the lyrics still resonate.
Stephen has created the greatest political anthem of all time and it’s free for any politician to use. Lincoln Chafee, this could be your moment.
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. Fireworks go off in the musician's brains.
Jorge Ramos Interviews Bernie Sanders. Not So Pro-Life After All. Phil Ochs: I Ain't Marching Anymore. Hospital Bombing: 'A War Crime.' John Oliver: Mental Health.
50 Years Ago: In 1965, as the Vietnam war escalated, singer-songwriter Phil Ochs wrote this song of resistance to an endless, senseless trail of blood.
Ed Sheeran Performs “Ain’t No Sunshine.” Elizabeth Warren: Racial Justice. The Daily Show - Are All Cops Racist? Don't Worry Be Happy | Playing For Change. Oregon County Sheriff Vowed to Ignore Gun Control Laws.
On the way to a Carnegie Hall tribute to the legendary Bill Withers, Sheeran stopped by the Late Show to perform “Ain’t No Sunshine” with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.
Playing for Change releases a new Song Around The World featuring children performing alongside PFC musicians on the Bobby McFerrin classic, "Don't Worry Be Happy."
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