Friday's Music Digest

RIP Jim Hager, late of "Hee Haw"

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=8260959

His best bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqnm3A10m8I

Jamaican kids want "lewd" music removed from private buses

http://www.jis.gov.jm/health/html/20080502T100000-0500_15029_JIS_CHILDREN_WANT_LEWD_MUSIC_REMOVED_FROM_PRIVATE_BUSES.asp

Raul Malo sighted

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/02/maybe-songwriting-festival-will-be-good-raul-malo/

Shattering audiophile stereotypes

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13645_1-9933796-47.html

Robert Earl Keen in search of the "perfect" country song

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/02/robert-earl-keen-wants-write-perfect-country-song/

And the Oakland Opera does Duke Ellington's "Queenie Pie"?

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_9128670