Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Peter Asher Is Subject of New Biography, Weeks After Recovering From Emergency Brain Surgery
The producer, artist manager and recording artist (as part of the British Invasion duo Peter and Gordon) was instrumental in the success of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt
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Bruce Springsteen Shows Soulful Side on New Covers Album
“I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the 60s and 70s?”
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Nik Turner, Original Hawkwind Member, Dies
The multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer was there at the beginning and played on the band’s first seven albums.
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The Boomtown Rats Mourn Founder and Lead Guitarist, Garry Roberts
The Irish rock band enjoyed five Top 5 U.K. hits including a pair of #1s: “Rat Trap” and “I Don’t Like Mondays”
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HBO Shares Official Trailer For Rock Hall Class of 2022 Broadcast
The ceremony included a whopping 14 inductees, including Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Judas Priest, and Carly Simon with a star-studded lineup of presenters
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Roger Waters Shares More 2023 Dates
The Pink Floyd singer-songwriter-bass guitarist is playing in the round for the first time in a tour delayed two full years
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Nazareth’s Original Lead Singer, Dan McCafferty, Dies
The Scottish band earned their biggest success with 1975’s Hair of the Dog. The album included a hit cover of “Love Hurts”
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Dolly Parton at 2022 Rock Hall Induction: ‘I’m a Rock Star Now’
The beloved performer had originally requested that her nomination be withdrawn, when she said she didn’t feel she had earned the honor yet
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When Stevie Nicks Gave Her First Concert Since Tom Petty’s Death
The friends and tour mates last played together in July 2017. One month to the day of his passing, Nicks returned to the stage
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New Rock Drumming Documentary Features Ringo, Taylor Hawkins
The film is a deep-dive into the art of drumming, the musicians who’ve mastered it for 70 years, and the legacies parents pass on.
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