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Greg Althea Legaspi is our treasured news correspondent a contributor on staff at Rolling Stone

Covering the world of music news. We've got a report from Althea on two not one but two stories

This week the loss of the great Cynthia plaster caster a legend in the world of musical groupies and

A reform groupie is how she described herself in later years and we have to talk about this new

merger of jam production Chicago-based regional Midwest really

Promoter that has joined forces with a larger

Corporate entity to compete better with live nation. Yeah, I think the biggest news and music the music industry

Quite some time in terms of how the industry is going to operate here going forward because live nations so dominant

Well two important stories will dive into them with Althea in just a minute

And we're back with Althea Legaspi Althea. Thank you for joining us once again. It's a it's a sad story

We have to start out with yeah

It is really sad actually is tough to write Cynthia plaster caster real name Cynthia Albertan

Diet of cerebral vascular disease on April 21st

She was 74. I don't know if either of you have also met her on your

Goings to show it you couldn't miss Cynthia anybody who's ever been to a show in the Chicago area has known Cynthia's smile and spark

It was interesting because I you know, I called several of her close friends

She was beloved not just in Chicago. Obviously. She was beloved the world over

Yeah, and it was difficult for a lot of people to talk about it

She had been sick for quite some time and a lot of people don't realize

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