Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Dave Loggins, Singer-Songwriter (‘Please Come To Boston’), Dies
The small town Tennesseean earned a top 5 pop hit in 1974 and later became a successful songwriter for others
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Radio Hits July 1967: No Need to Change the Station
The Summer of Love was in full swing and radio was playing hits by the Airplane, Grass Roots, one-hit-wonders Every Mother’s Son and Music Explosion. And, of course, Scott McKenzie’s big hit
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Arlo Guthrie, Retired From Stage: ‘Gone Fishing’
The folk legend revealed that he has suffered several mini strokes in recent years. He’s happy and healthy. “Gone fishing,” he says
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Revisiting Heart’s 2019 Reunion Tour
Ann and Nancy Wilson announced in 2017 that they were doing other things, and both recorded and toured separately. Two years later, they were back together
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Elton John Farewell Tour Ended 5 Years After It Began
Elton John was 70 years old when he announced his farewell tour in his typically grand style with a live streamed press conference. He was 76 at the final concert
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Doc Severinsen Plays Final Concert… at 95
From 1962 to 1992, the trumpeter played a major role in TV viewers’ bedrooms as they watched The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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George Thorogood Bar Tab: ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’
For 10+ minutes of storytelling and boogie guitar, Thorogood + the Destroyers (with Elvin Bishop) stretch things out on the song made famous by John Lee Hooker
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Willie Nelson, 91, Plays Outlaw Festival Following Illness
The star had missed the first 8 concerts of the 2024 edition of the Outlaw Music Festival, due to doctors orders
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Top Selling Albums of 1970: What a Year!
Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.
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Pour One Out: Our Tribute to the Red Solo Cup Inventor
Though the manufacturer denies their purpose, the lines on the ubiquitous cup are used as a guideline for pouring various alcoholic beverages
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