Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Foghat ‘Fool For the City’ Album Expanded For 50th Anniversary
The band’s Platinum-selling 5th album, from 1975, featured the rock anthems “Slow Ride” and the title track.
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Dave Mason Announces Retirement from Touring, Due to Health Concerns
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has had quite a career as a session player, band member and solo artist.
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Tributes For Robert Redford Led by Bob Woodward
The film giant shared top billing with many of Hollywood’s biggest names including Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand and Meryl Streep.
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Inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest to Honor The Beatles
The 3-day event, in November 2025, features renowned Beatles historians and authors as well as performances by Max Weinberg and Jake Clemons of the E Street Band.
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Sugarloaf Sings About a ‘Green-Eyed Lady’
The band was best known for the 1970 hit and another Top 10 single, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” (1974). Lead singer Jerry Corbetta died in 2016
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When Music Went Mobile with 8-Track Tapes
Do you remember when it was a big deal to have an 8-track player in your car? Check out Ford’s 1966 Mustang ad featuring a “stereosonic tape player”…
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‘The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, The Bottom Line,’ Book Due
The Greenwich Village venue set the standard as the industry’s intimate showcase facility, packing audiences into 400 seats for each of their two shows each night from the day it opened in 1974 until it closed in 2004.
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Led Zeppelin Issues ‘Physical Graffiti’ 50th Anniversary Releases
The 1975 original is generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time.
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Wings Anthology Coming, Curated by Paul McCartney
The collection coincides with the release of the book, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, which also arrives in November.
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Urgent: Foreigner Releases Deluxe Edition of ‘4’
The 5-disc CD/Blu-ray set includes a booklet with over 60 exclusive photos, five previously unreleased songs, 14 early and alternate versions of various songs, 15 instrumentals, and 15 live performances, spanning the band’s 1981-82 world tour.
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