BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
Stephen Stills Performs With Tom Petty’s Mudcrutch: 2016
TP’s “other” band did a brief 21-date club tour to support their album. Along the way, they were occasionally joined on stage by friends of the band.
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David Clayton-Thomas Interview: His Early Years With Blood, Sweat & Tears
DCT: “I had to go back to Canada to renew my visa. A couple of days later I got a call. ‘Do you want to try out for the band?’ I said, ‘You’re damn right.’”
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George Thorogood Live Anthology Collects Fiery Tracks: Review
If you’re looking for a concise survey of the hard-working band’s live shows, you couldn’t do better than the new album.
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The Rolling Stones Share Next Tracks From ‘Foreign Tongues’ Studio Album
The news of the LP followed a customary teaser campaign that began a month earlier in which a “new” band named “The Cockroaches” released a first song.
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11 Essential Ten Years After Tracks
Between 1967 and 1972, they released a remarkable run of albums.
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David Clayton-Thomas, Voice of Blood, Sweat & Tears’ Hits, Dies at 84
His early years were marked by hardship and stays at reformatories where he learned to play the guitar.
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Stephen Stills Performs With Tom Petty’s Mudcrutch: 2016
TP’s “other” band did a brief 21-date club tour to support their album. Along the way, they were occasionally joined on stage by friends of the band.
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Photographer Henry Diltz Sets ‘Behind the Lens’ 2026 Tour
The legend has shot over 250 album covers and was the official photographer at the 1969 Woodstock festival.
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Bob Dylan, 85, Adds Dates to 2026 Tour
Beyond the dozens of U.S. concerts scheduled for summer, he’s added his first European dates of the year. He turned 85 on May 24.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‘Works Live’ Returns
Recorded during the trio’s famed 1977 tour, the title captures the band at its creative height, performing songs from their storied catalog.
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Jeff Beck Book Biography Coming: ‘Blow by Blow’
The 2026 title draws on more than 30 hours of original interviews with Beck, along with extensive conversations with Jimmy Page, Johnny Depp, Clive Davis, and many others.
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12 Essential Linda Ronstadt Tracks (Part 2)
When you’re dealing with a catalog as deep as hers, there are always plenty of worthy tracks to revisit.
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The Number One Albums of 1971: 14 Stories
The year was marked by great releases by the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, and others. But the sales chart was dominated by a singer-songwriter.
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5th Dimension Gets ‘Let the Sunshine In’ Box Set
The collection of 135 recordings includes the chart-topping “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” and “Wedding Bell Blues” plus top ten hits “Up, Up, And Away,” “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “One Less Bell To Answer,” and “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All.”
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