Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Dave Edmunds Shares Two Chuck Berry Stories
“I don’t know if Chuck recognised I was copping his licks, or whether he was just feeling lazy, but he had me play all the guitar solos – to every song”
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Alice Cooper Adds Dates to Busy 2024 Tour
The rocker has new U.S. dates on top of his tour with Rob Zombie, along with many other shows overseas
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The Doobie Brothers’ ‘What a Fool Believes’: Behind Their #1 Hit
The song almost didn’t happen. Michael McDonald’s sister told him it sounded like ‘circus music’ and to forget it. Good thing he didn’t listen to her!
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Mark Knopfler Releases 10th Solo Studio LP, ‘One Deep River’
The album was produced by the singer-songwriter-guitarist and his longstanding collaborator Guy Fletcher
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The Moody Blues Overdue 2018 Rock Hall Induction
The group members were genuinely humbled following their decades-long snub. Watch their speeches and performances of several favorites
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Eagles Release Career-Spanning ‘To The Limit’ Collection
The set combines their greatest hits with beloved album tracks and classic live performances
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Emerson, Lake & Powell Gets ‘The Complete Collection’
The 3-CD set includes the band’s one and only studio release, bonus tracks, their live album, and rehearsals
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Doobie Brothers’ ‘Long Train Runnin’: Won’t You Boogie Down?
Some fans who have heard the tune 100s of times think it’s called “Without Love” since those words are repeated many times. The unusual way it became a song.
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Mad Magazine: Required Reading For Generations
Many of Mad’s articles exposed staples of American culture—nothing and no one was safe from its pointed humor, from hit movies to products to the media.
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Insider Has New Book, Based on Interviews With The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
“There was never any effort on my part to make it negative and nobody’s ever questioned that it was true,” says Peter Brown, the former COO of Apple Corps Ltd., of ‘All You Need is Love: An Oral History of the Beatles’
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