The Adios Lounge
  • Front Door
  • The Lounge’s History
  • Get Schwag
  • Get in Touch
  • Login
Search the site...
Home» Drifters

RIP Jerry Wexler

Posted by Lance Davis - August 18, 2008 - Atlantic Records, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Booker T and the MGs, Champion Jack Dupree, Dire Straits, Doug Sahm, Dr. John, Drifters, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, James Booker, Jerry Wexler, LaVern Baker, Meters, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Stax, Willie Nelson, Wilson Pickett
8

The Adios Lounge would be remiss if it didn’t acknowledge the passing of Jerry Wexler, who died Friday at the age of 91. I’ve often said that if I could live anyone else’s life in history, I’d live Jerry Wexler’s. He coined the phrase “rhythm and blues” while writing for Billboard. He helped create rock […]

Read More

Get Socialized

Buy Adios Lounge T-Shirts

Trending Topics

Glossary Doug Sahm Neil Young Bob Forrest Blasters Beatles Jay Farrar Kinks I love you Leilani X Beastie Boys Bob Dylan David Bowie Rolling Stones Superchunk Soul Asylum Los Angeles Clarence White Alabama Maria McKee Grand Champeen Gram Parsons Thelonious Monster Byrds Sam Cooke Jimi Hendrix Dexateens Sabrina Ellis The Band Dave Alvin Replacements Uncle Tupelo Minutemen Merle Haggard Levon Helm

Archives

(c) 2006-2014, Adios Lounge - Web Design by Runs With Pixels!, LLC