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Jim Gordon Biography, ‘Drums & Demons,’ Arrives From Author Joel Selvin

The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon, from the best-selling author, is with the cooperation of the late drummer’s family and first-hand accounts, medical records and court documents

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Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan to Headline 2024 Outlaw Music Festival

The unprecedented lineup also includes Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and John Mellencamp with Brittney Spencer

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Tedeschi Trucks Band Sets 2024 ‘Deuces Wild’ Tour

The 12-piece group are led by the husband/wife duo of guitarist Derek Trucks and singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi

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George Harrison To Be Honored With Blue Plaque in U.K.

It will be one of the first to be located outside of London, under a new initiative

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Rod Stewart, Jools Holland Release Lively ‘Swing Fever’ Album

It’s been Stewart’s dream of making an album of the songs that were, in many ways, the rock ‘n’ roll of their day

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John ‘Duff’ Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies

In 1958, the group—Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison, drummer Colin Hanton, and Lowe, on piano—recorded a pair of songs in Liverpool. Lowe retained the only copy

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Average White Band’s Surprise #1: ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

The Scottish band got their big break as the opening act on Clapton’s 1973 comeback tour. A year later, this instrumental single failed to chart in the U.K.