Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay’ Legacy
The song was recorded 18 days before his death. In March 1968, for the first time, a song released posthumously hit #1. The sad tale of a bittersweet success
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Rolling Stones Announce 2022 Tour
The tour, titled “Sixty” to celebrate 60 years together, features 14 dates across Europe this summer, including two shows at London’s BST Hyde Park
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Keith Richards Rocks NYC Benefit Concert
He reunited with X-Pensive Winos members Steve Jordan, Waddy Wachtel and Ivan Neville for the annual Love Rocks NYC event
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Richie Podolor, Producer of Hits For Three Dog Night, Dies
His biggest early break was when he became recording engineer for Steppenwolf. He went on to produce the #1 hits “Joy to the World” and “Black and White”
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Robin Trower Readies New Album, Looks Forward to Touring Again
The guitarist, who first earned acclaim with Procol Harum in the 1960s, is releasing ‘No More Worlds to Conquer.’ He expects to return to the road
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Giles Martin: ‘We Get Old; Music Stays the Same Age’
In a 2022 interview on his work with The Beatles: “Records don’t get old. John Lennon is the same age now on that recording as he was in 1967”
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Paul McCartney Sets 2022 Tour, ‘Got Back’
The “Got Back” tour begins nearly three years since the legend played what proved to be the final date of his “Freshen Up” tour. He turns 80 on June 18
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James Brown Documentary Coming to A&E
‘Say It Loud’ will premiere on A&E in 2023 timed to what would have been the so-called Godfather of Soul’s 90th birthday. Mick Jagger is an Exec Producer
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Scorpions Release 1st Studio Album in 7 Years, ‘Rock Believer’
It’s the group’s 19th studio effort. “We simply wanted to reactivate the original Scorpions DNA — great riffs, strong melodies”
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Bob Dylan Center to Open In Tulsa in May 2022
Located near the Woody Guthrie Center, the immersive experience will contain handwritten lyric manuscripts, previously unreleased recordings, films, photos and more
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