#WhatsHappening for June 25, 2016

It's fabulous.

Hey, hi, howdy ho, kiddios. Hope your week went swimmingly.

Me? I'm accident prone and sickly. I managed to tweak my hamstring yesterday just walking across a room at work, then woke up at 2:59 this morning- coughing, hacking, and wheezing. Oh, and making this weird, gurgling noise when I breathe. I sound like Ted Danson in "Creepshow" after Leslie Neilsen drowned him.

Good thing Magic Mark is on the mic tonight for Saturday Night Karaoke- live and loud at the Iron Horse Tavern. The fun starts at 10pm. Be there!

Legendary bluegrass performer Ralph Stanley passed away Thursday after a battle with skin cancer.

Born in Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia, in 1927, Stanley grew up playing and listening to traditional mountain music- joining with his brother Carter to form the Stanley Brothers and their Clinch Mountain Boys and enjoying regional success in the Appalachian Mountains.

After Carter's death in 1966, Ralph took over as front man for the group, leading them to college campuses, Europe and music festivals- including a gig as the first bluegrass band to play at the Newport Folk Festival, in 1959.

Stanley continued to record and tour into his 80s, despite health problems, and was presented a "Living Legend" award by the Library of Congress in 2000.

According to his website, his funeral will be held this Tuesday at the Hills of Home Park. on the Stanley Festival Grounds in Virginia- and the service is open to the public.

A Florida man has been arrested on charges of impersonating Jason Aldean and defrauding a mentally handicapped woman for money and sex.

Law enforcement officials say the man lured the woman with a fake Facebook profile and asked for $2000, of which she paid $230 on two occasions. They say he also went to her home, claiming to be a friend of Aldean's and that the singer was busy on tour, and then told her that he loved her and convinced her to have sex with him. He also told her that the money would be going to a friend of his who needed it. 

A police affidavit shows that Farris admitted to the charges and was using the money to support his prescription pill addiction.

Longtime Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell died on yesterday following a long battle with cancer. 

Worrell joined the group in 1970 and performed with them until 1981, when he left the band and started doing session work with Talking Heads, who he would then tour with until their break up in 1991. Worrell also worked with Keith Richards, Jack Bruce, Fela Kuti, and Mos Def.

Former bandmate Bootsy Collins described Worrell as “the Jimi Hendrix of the keyboards,” while Talking Heads frontman David Byrne said "Bernie changed the way I think about music, and the way I think about life.”

Birthdays today include: Mike Kroeger of Nickelback; Candyman; George Michael; David Paich of Toto; Tim Finn of Crowded House; Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult; Ian McDonald of Foreigner; and Carly Simon. #MusicalBirthdays

#WhatsHappening for June 20, 2016

Hi kids. Hope you've been well the past week. I took a break.

Billboard headline: "Chuck D: It's a 'Disgrace' That Rappers Like Kanye West Make Hip-Hop 'More of a Spectacle'"

NASCAR driver Mike Wallace and his daughter Lindsey assaulted by three men after a Rascal Flatts concert in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Wallace told WSOC that he and his daughter were in the parking lot after the show and he asked the men what they thought of the show. The men became angry and attacked him, knocking him out, and attacked his daughter when she attempted to shield him. Both Wallace and his daughter required hospital care, with him requiring 12 stitches and losing three teeth. He also suffered a concussion.

Wallace addressed the assault in a Facebook post. “I normally would not post personal affairs,” he wrote, “but this is to help and give advice to our friends, do not ever talk to a group of now what appeared to be drunk or drugged up young adult men or women when you’re trying to get in your car to leave the un guarded PNC amphitheater in Charlotte, NC parking lot after a good Rascal Flatts concert. This is what I looked like after I was knocked out and crap beat out of me. The ambulance driver took this picture we were just supposed to have a fun night. I want to thank my family and friends for helping to protect me from a worse beating as I [laid] unconscious on the ground.”

Three men were arrested in connection to the attack. Two of them face charges of misdemeanor simple assault, while the third man was charged with misdemeanor assault on a female.

See? This kind of fucktardery isn't limited to rap concerts. Dumbass doesn't have color boundaries.

Don't forget to join us for Saturday Night Karaoke, returning to the Iron Horse Tavern this week- ready to rock your face off.

A former employee of Madame Tussaud's in London who created a wig for David Bowie's wax figure in in the 1980s has offered up for auction a lock of hair she says belonged to the late singer.

Heritage Auctions says the sale will be held this Saturday as part of an auction in Beverly Hills. Heritage expects the hair (which, as far as I can tell, hasn't actually been authenticated as belonging to Bowie) to fetch at least $4,000.

The Budweiser Made in America Festival will celebrate its fifth year in Philadelphia this Labor Day weekend and tickets go on sale this Wednesday.

I'm puzzled, though- it's called the Made in America festival, but Coldplay is going to headline? (I mean, besides the fact that all their songs are whiny as hell, they're British.)

Other performers include Rihanna, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Chance The Rapper, DJ Khaled, Adventure Club, and more.

Veteran music industry executive Charles Koppelman and lawyer/manager L. Londell McMillan, who both worked with Prince and were appointed to help administer the entertainment assets of his estate told the New York Post they have plans for the artist's legendary vault of unreleased music.

"We’re going to be having a good time," Koppelman told the paper. "There is so much to be done with this estate. There are vaults full of music."

Koppelman added that some of the music could end up in a Broadway or Cirque du Soliel musical. 

"Prince was an icon on the level of The Beatles and Michael Jackson, and his legacy should be honored," but didn't announce specific plans.

Birthdays today include: Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson; Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray; John Taylor of Duran Duran; former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony; Alan Longmuir of Bay City Rollers; Lionel Richie; Anne Murray; and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. #MusicalBirthdays