I caught an interesting episode of American Masters on PBS last week. It was about a guy named Ahmet Ertegun, the son of a Turkish ambassador that fell in love with Rhythm & Blues and Jazz in the 30s and 40s and founded Atlantic Records to get this music into the mainstream.

You should watch the show. I won't go on in detail about what the guy accomplished. I'll just say that he died in a really unusual way: by falling backstage at a Rolling Stones concert at age 83.

You can read a really interesting article from Rolling Stone about the show here.

Labels: American Masters, PBS