BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA

Tributes For James Earl Jones, Iconic Voice of ‘Darth Vader’

While Jones’ career on the screen was notable enough, he was perhaps best known for his voice of two iconic film characters

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Heart Sets 2025 Tour Following Ann Wilson Cancer Treatment

Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson had been performing their “Royal Flush Tour,” their first in 5 years when it was abruptly stopped

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10 Rocking ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Performances

You didn’t really “make it” until you’d been on Sullivan. Check out these great clips from the all-time biggest variety show in America

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The Hollies’ ‘Long Cool Woman’: Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics

It’s a song you’ve heard 100s of times. When it comes on the radio, you perk up because its instantly recognizable guitar introduces a welcome listen

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Author David Browne on His New Book on the Greenwich Village Music Scene

Everyone thinks it all started with Dylan at Newport in the summer of ’65, but in fact, Village folkies had already started plugging in months before that.

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Aerosmith Rocked Final Boston Concert in 2022

The show marked the band’s return after 2 1/2 years, due to the pandemic and Steven Tyler’s rehab

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America Releases ‘Live From the Hollywood Bowl 1975’ Album

The concert features never-before-heard recordings of their performance backed by a symphony conducted by the legendary George Martin

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Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 4: Asylum Years (1976-80) Box Coming

The collection includes live tracks from her time in Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue during the 1975-76 tour, along with previously unissued material from original stereo reels, cassette tapes, and much more

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Herbie Flowers, Prolific Bassist for Bowie, Elton, Reed, Nilsson & 3 Beatles, Dies

Flowers’ bass lines included some of the most familiar in rock, among them the prominent, defining bass part in Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side,” Nilsson’s “Jump in the Fire,” Melanie’s “Candles in the Rain,” David Essex’s “Rock On,” and Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”

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Before They Were Stars: More Early Recordings From Rockers

In another installment of our series on pre-fame recordings by rock stars, we listen to early sides by Tom Petty, Creedence, Buckingham-Nicks, and more

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‘Blazing Saddles’ Returns For 50th Anniversary

Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic spoof of the Western genre stars Harvey Korman, Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, and the director himself

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The Animals: A Final Interview with the 5 Original Band Members

In 1983 the British Invasion band famous for “House of Rising Sun” got together one last time. Our editor spoke with all five members

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