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Phil Vassar has always looked up to the artists who inspired and influenced him throughout his career, such as Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen. Now he can look directly at the musical giants during his shows, since their faces are painted all over his pianos...

Garth Brooks, who penned several of his own biggest hits, including 'If Tomorrow Never Comes,' 'The River' and 'She's Every Woman,' is being officially honored for his songwriting contributions. The Oklahoma native will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City on June 16, with good friend Billy Joel doing the official honors...

Larry Knechtel, a one-time collaborator of Elvis Presley's and an accomplished sideman in both the rock and country worlds, died Thursday, Aug. 20 at the age of 69. Knechtel, who won a 1970 Grammy award for his arrangement of Simon and Garfunkel's enduring 'Bridge Over Troubled Water,' succumbed to an apparent heart attack, according to a report by his local newspaper, the Yakima Herald Republic..