LAKE COUNTY – Rockabilly star Johnny Burnette drowned in a tragic boating accident on Clear Lake in Clearlake on August 14, 1964.

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The demographic page at the Lake County Web site estimates the 2005 population to be 65,147 people. Roughly the size of a small California city. But by my best guesstimate, Lake County has more world-class musicians layin' it down per capita than any California county. What follows is my assessment of some of the great players who live and work here.

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"You gotta serve somebody." – Bob Dylan

There are some people you just never can forget.

Even if they've joined the orchestra conducted by St. Peter for "the man upstairs."

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When I walked in to the Joe Mazzola Showroom at Konocti Harbor Friday night Bill Noteman & The Rockets were already on stage, They were smack dab in the middle of “Poison In My Stew,” my favorite track from their latest CD, Cream Of The Crop.

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Picture if you will, 13 year old T. Watts being told by his Mother, the following:

"Thurman, go down to Music City and buy me a record.  Pick me out a good one."

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