Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
The Rolling Stones’ 2022 Return to Hyde Park
It was their 2nd show there in a week. They had first played the venue in 1969 for a free concert that featured their new 20-year-old guitarist Mick Taylor
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Top 40 Hits in July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists
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When Carole King Played ‘Tapestry’ Live For 1st Time
Believe it or not, the singer-songwriter legend had never performed her masterpiece from start-to-finish in concert. Until 2016 in London’s Hyde Park
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Deep Purple Releases 3rd Single Ahead of ‘=1’ Album and Summer Tour With YES
Two of the U.K.’s most influential bands in their respective genres are touring together in 2024
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The Grand Funk ‘We’re An American Band’ Backstory
The song’s author, GFR drummer Don Brewer, explains how the 1973 all-time classic rock hit came about while the band was on tour. Sweet, sweet Connie…
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Graham Nash, Stephen Stills on How CSN Got Their Start
The pair agree on most, but not all, of the details of when they first harmonized on “You Don’t Have to Cry” in 1968
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Happy Together 2024 Tour Opens With Parade of ’60s Hits
The 14th edition of the tour, named after the Turtles song, features recording artists who have earned many Top 10 hits
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Johnny Cash Newly Discovered 1993 Album, ‘Songwriter,’ Arrives
His son, John Carter Cash, stripped the recordings back to just Johnny’s powerful, pristine vocals and acoustic guitar, and invited some acclaimed musicians to the mix
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Yes ‘Fragile’ Gets Super Deluxe Edition
The band’s fourth album has been newly remastered with rare and unreleased recordings
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Neil Young Cancels Remaining 2024 Tour Dates With Crazy Horse
They had played 15 dates but were impacted by illness to “a couple of us”
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