Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Ed Asner Pays Tribute to Valerie Harper, TV’s ‘Rhoda’
TV audiences were first introduced to her iconic character, Rhoda Morgenstern, on the beloved sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. “Lou Grant” mourned her
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Fleetwood Mac ‘Rumours’ Getting New Deluxe Edition
The band have been issuing deluxe versions of many of their ’70s-80s LPs. This new one raises eyebrows since the 2013 edition of the album is still in print
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Hollies Singer Allan Clarke Revisits ‘Long Cool Woman’ on New LP
“People have asked ‘Why don’t you go back to singing?’” Clarke told a British magazine. “It was always on the back burner.”
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Brian Johnson Talks AC/DC’s ‘Back in Black’ with Dan Rather
In an episode of AXS TV’s The Big Interview, he recalls getting writer’s block while working in the Bahamas on his first album with the band
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Boz Scaggs Adds to 2019 Tour, After Health Issues
The beloved blue-eyed soul singer had postponed his June and July shows due to doctors orders. The tour has since resumed with lots of new dates
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New Michael Bloomfield Bio Coming
Guitar King covers the blues-rock guitar great’s work with Dylan, Paul Butterfield, the Electric Flag and ‘Super Session’ with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills.
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2019 Grammy Salute to Music Legends to Air on PBS
The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording.
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Carly Simon Writing Memoir of Jackie Onassis
“In some moments we were like two girls sharing our opinions of a new Dylan or Beatles album,” she notes about her friendship with the icon
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Singer Peter Murphy Issues Statement Following Heart Attack
Murphy was rushed to a New York City hospital due to shortness of breath and was unable to perform the evening’s scheduled concert
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Celebrating 50 Years of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’
The iconic title track is considered one of The Voice’s signature songs, but it peaked at just #27 in the U.S. The CD collection also includes bonus cuts
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