FAIRMONT – Are yinz ready to rock? Then get dahn to Palatine Park on Saturday for a show by Pittsburgh’s radio-fave mavens, The Clarks. You first heard this Americana-styled assemblage […]
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Just let me hear some of that rock ‘n’ roll music: Johnnie Johnson Jam Saturday at Palatine Park
FAIRMONT – Go, Johnnie, go. Johnnie Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member from Fairmont, once told an understated story about his musical collaborations […]
Summer’s here (well, almost) at Palatine Park
FAIRMONT – With all those icicles growing down the bandstand roof of Palatine Park on Tuesday, it seemed hard to believe that music will be commencing there soon. The popular […]
Fairmont and Marion County 2025: Let the marketing begin
FAIRMONT – For generations Fairmont and Marion County were bit players in an ongoing money tale of three distinct towns and three distinct regions. With the above-mentioned town and region […]
Hail, hail, Johnnie Johnson: Chuck Berry collaborator was from Fairmont
FAIRMONT — If it hadn’t been for the movie, “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Johnnie Johnson likely would have ended his days unheralded in St. Louis, a part-time bus driver […]
