Thursday Music Digest

Spam and Hawaiian Music

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hawaii/detail?entry_id=97019

A preview of the San Francisco Jazz Fest

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_18829989?nclick_check=1

Learning the language of the saxophone

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_18849939

Remembering a Stupid Music legend, Bob's brother Johnnie Lee Wills

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20110908_269_WK21_CUTLIN174893

A visit to the Triumph Music Academy

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/09/triumph_music_academy_offers_p.html

A new monument for the grave of Les Paul

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/07/ap/entertainment/main20102728.shtml

A new Cort Arona electric bass guitar

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2011/Sep/Cort_Arona_5_Electric_Bass_Review.aspx

Cirque de Soleil visits NOLA

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2011/09/cirque_du_soleils_dralion_brin.html

More new releases

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2011/09/06/20110906new-cd-releases-george-strait-hugh-laurie-lindsey-buckingham-pistol-annies.html

And how The Yardbirds played the pop music game

http://backpagemagazine.com/2011/09/07/how-the-yardbirds-played-the-pop-music-game/