Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Marshall Crenshaw Offers Expanded Editions of Earlier Albums: Listen
The acclaimed rock ‘n’ roll singer-songwriter has regained ownership of 5 acclaimed albums. Hear several new recordings he’s included in one of the reissues
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Carlos Santana Cancels Shows For ‘Unscheduled Heart Procedure’
The 74-year-old, who expanded rock music with Latin, jazz and Afro-Cuban styles with such songs as “Evil Ways” was scheduled to begin a Vegas residency
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‘Animals Reimagined’: Members of Yes, Jethro Tull, More Play Pink Floyd
It follows the wildly successful Still Wish You Were Here project released earlier this year, another gathering of classic, prog and art rock superstars
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Chicago, Brian Wilson Set 2022 Co-Headlining Tour
The co-founder of the Beach Boys will turn 80 during the tour. He continues to perform with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin
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Judy Collins Pays Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
She recorded his “Send in the Clowns” so beautifully in 1975. “We stand in awe of his power as a poet and a writer,” she wrote
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Deep Purple Returns With Covers Album: Listen
The band’s lineup on Turning To Crime remains Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, and Steve Morse
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Hall & Oates ‘Live at the Troubadour’ Gets Vinyl, CD Editions
In 2008, the number-one selling duo in music history played stripped-back versions of their classic hits at the famed Los Angeles club
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McCartney Gets 2 Grammy Nominations For Recent Solo LP
Recorded in “Rockdown,” 2020’s McCartney III arrived decades after the first two in the series: McCartney and McCartney II
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Billy Hinsche—of Dino, Desi & Billy, Beach Boys Fame—Dead at 70
Following a run with the teen pinup trio in the mid-’60s, which gave them one top 20 hit, Hinsche became a valued auxiliary player with the Beach Boys.
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