Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Linda Ronstadt Documentary Wins Grammy Award for Best Music Film
The film includes archival footage of her performances plus interviews with the singer and her friends and collaborators. It’s earned rave reviews
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Peter Cetera Box Set Coming
Love, Glory, Honor & Heart: Complete Full Moon & Warner Bros. Recordings, 1981-1992, on 6-CDs, includes the #1 hits “Glory of Love” and “The Next Time I Fall”
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Mar 11, 2021: David Gilmour on Pink Floyd Reunion Chances – ‘We Are Done’
In an interview with Guitar Player, he said, “It has run its course, we are done, and it would be fakery to go back and do it again.”
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‘McCartney III Imagined’ to Feature Covers of His Latest Album
The new release features performances by such acts as Beck, St. Vincent, and Phoebe Bridgers of songs Macca recorded on 2020’s McCartney III
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Golden Earring Co-Founder George Kooymans Retires After ALS Diagnosis; Band Calls it Quits
“We would have preferred a farewell tour, but unfortunately this is what it is,” said one member following the announcement.
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Lou Ottens, Inventor of the Cassette Tape, Dead at 94
The format revolutionized the way music was heard by making it portable. Its inventor, a Dutch engineer, later confessed that CDs sounded better.
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George Martin Early Electronic Recordings to Be Reissued
The legend maintained that it was his early experimentation that helped him in his work with The Beatles to meet the band’s constant need for new sounds and effects
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Badfinger Collection Revisits Their Hits With Guest Stars
Joey Molland, the lone surviving member of their defining era, has collaborated with such stars as Rick Wakeman and Ian Anderson on a new LP. Have a listen
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George Martin, Beatles Producer, 1926 – 2016
The so-called Fifth Beatle, who signed the group when they had been passed on by every other British label, oversaw their stunning development
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Paul McCartney Surprises University’s Songwriting Class
The star was the guest instructor in Feb. 2021 at a class taught by the collaborator of his new book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present. “He’s a natural educator”
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