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Quint Davis. Illustration by Steve Williams

Sympathy for Jazz Fest: Has the Fest lost the collective link to its identity?

April 22, 2019 by: John Swenson
The Rolling Stones have been a lightning rod for controversy throughout their career. During the 1960s the group's management cultivated a dark image, the bad boy antithesis of the Beatles. Devil iconography appeared on the cover of the single release of "Jumping Jack Flash," the title of the album Their Satanic Majesty's Request and the theme of "Sympathy for the Devil."
The developing power of the band’s music gave teeth to the myth that ther...

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