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Howdy folks! Mike Nanus here with my first ever blog on the Growing Bolder web site! YAY! I think I witnessed something over the weekend that certainly exemplifies somebody I think is growing even bolder. This past weekend, in front of over 10,000 people, (a small crowd by today's concert standards), Elton John took the stage at my alma mater, the University of Central Florida here in...

Can you believe all the celebrities who died in '07? I'm sure you saw the names. Every newspaper in the country ran a list back around new years of those who didn't make it out alive. Don't you hate that? It's enough to bring anybody down. Of course, it's bad news for people on the list, but it's bad news for all of us. It shoves your own mortality right in your face. Who needs that kind of...

Can you believe all the celebrities who died in '07? I'm sure you saw the names. Every newspaper in the country ran a list back around new years of those who didn't make it out alive. Don't you hate that? It's enough to bring anybody down. Of course, it's bad news for people on the list, but it's bad news for all of us. It shoves your own mortality right in your face. Who needs that kind of...

GB brought you the first video of rock legend Roger McGuinn's injury. Now, get the real inside scoop in Camilla McGuinn's Roadie Report. She looks back on a year that included encounters with Elton John, Phoebe Snow, Peter Frampton and Garth Brooks.

Growing Bolder Note: This a fabulous 2007 wrap-up written by Roger McGuinn's wife Camilla. As always, it's a fascinating tale that starts in the present and occasionally "timeshifts" to add context to the present. October 10, 2007: Roger was invited to sing a song in tribute to Elton John at Carnegie Hall. The song he sang wasn’t as well known as most of Sir Elton’s tunes, but Roger...

Can you name the top 100 singers in rock and roll history? It's a tough job, because not all of the best singers are necessarily the most financially successful, and each person you ask might come up with a completely different list! But Rolling Stone magazine took on the challenge, with a little help from some of the biggest names in the business. Here's the premise behind its newest list:"This...