Posts tagged John Lennon
Vinyl (HBO) Episode 8: Music Lessons for the "Record Man"

This is my Episode 8 Recap of Vinyl (HBO). I call it Music Lessons for the "Record Man"

This week we learn about traditional chord progressions, Chuck Berry, Johnny Thunders, and Richard Hell. Meanwhile, Richie joins the cast of Goodfella's and Serpico while still fantasizing about Conway Twitty.

Enjoy!

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Vinyl (HBO): Meet The Ghosts

Vinyl is a television universe populated by musical ghosts.

Over the first four episodes I have pointed out nine "ghosts" who have appeared on the show to highlight or help demonstrate something about the characters on the show. 

But each of these "ghosts" also represented a real figure in music history so I am using this article to  bring some more attention to each of them.

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