Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Steve Winwood Opens 2017 Tour With Survey of Hits
The veteran British rock superstar reached back to Traffic, Blind Faith, the Spencer Davis Group and his solo albums for material
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John Entwistle Solo Work Gets ‘The Ox Box Set’
The collection comprises The Who legend’s six studio albums plus 29 bonus tracks
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Brian Wilson To Be Placed in Conservatorship Due to Dementia
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that the legendary musician is suffering from “a major neurocognitive disorder”
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Death of Last Original MC5 Member, Weeks After Rock Hall Class of 2024 Selection
The influential Detroit band suffered two other losses in 2024
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Best Weekly Singles Charts of All-Time: Radio Hits of May 1967
The airwaves were filled with some great pop vocals this week including two songs that paid tribute to other greats in their genre
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Graham Nash Sets 2024 Tour; Judy Collins Joins on Select Dates
Nash is set to tour the U.S. throughout this summer and fall. He will be joined by Judy Collins for select dates.
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‘Mama’ Cass’ Daughter Explains Myth of Her Mother’s Choking Death in New Book
The memoir about the powerhouse singer’s life and death, at age 32, comes from Owen Elliot-Kugell
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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore Set New Album, ‘Texicali,’ Tour
The Americana legends first joined together in 2017 for what they thought was a one-off tour, that instead turned into a collaborative debut album.
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1968 in Rock Music: A Look Back
A year of turmoil gave us some of the greatest music of all time. We look back at the heady year and the incredibly diverse sounds we heard.
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The Moody Blues and Four Tops’ ‘A Simple Game’
When the Tops’ lead singer Levi Stubbs was arrested in London in 1970, it ultimately led to their working with the British band’s producer and covering one of their songs
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