Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

When Jimmy Fallon Took Bob Dylan to the Circus

The Bard, in New York for a Beacon Theatre residency, used a sketch on The Tonight Show to offer a unique product placement

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INXS and Those 4 Hits From ‘Kick’

The Australian rock band “Kick”-ed butt with four straight smash hits from their 1987 release and MTV couldn’t get enough of them. Some interesting facts and our Classic Video

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Aug 14, 2016: Ringo Starr is a Great-Grandfather!

The classic rock legend became the first Beatle great-grandfather as son Zak became a grandfather!

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Aug. 13, 1975: Bruce Springsteen Bottom Line Showcase

With 10 amazing shows over five days at the intimate New York City showcase club, Springsteen proved himself hotter than the hype.

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Aug 13, 2017: Joe Walsh, Barnstorm Reunion

Walsh, Kenny Passarelli and Joe Vitale performed at their Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction concert that also honored Dan Fogelberg

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August 12, 1960: Pete Best Joins the Beatles

Much has been documented about how Ringo joined the band; find out how his predecessor became a member… and an ex-Beatle

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Stephen Bishop: ‘Charming Guy With Guitar’ in ‘Animal House’

The singer-songwriter, well known for his hit, “On and On,” was also in a memorable scene with John Belushi in National Lampoon’s Animal House

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Freddie Mercury Showcase: Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’

By 1976, they were bona fide rock stars and produced their fifth album, A Day at the Races, themselves. Sing along to a song by a band hitting their stride

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Aug 11, 2021: Two Tower of Power Alumni Deaths Within Days

Mike Finnigan was an accomplished session / touring musician on the Hammond B3 organ, for Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Bonnie Raitt. Bruce Conte joined the band in 1972.

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Steely Dan at Classic East–Minus Walter Becker

As in L.A. two weeks earlier, Steely Dan founding member Walter Becker was not present for the group’s NYC set. Donald Fagen confirmed Becker’s illness.

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