Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Dave Edmunds Performs Backyard Concert (2016)

The great singer-guitarist gave an intimate concert in Sweden and ran through a list of great covers and some of his own hits

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The B-52’s Extend Farewell Tour

The new wave band scored with such popular songs as “Love Shack” and “Rock Lobster” in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. The greatest party band on the planet?

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Remembering Skynyrd Guitarist Ed King, ‘Alabama’ Co-Writer

He co-wrote and played the signature guitar opening on the classic track. Before that he co-wrote a 1967 psychedelic favorite

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Aerosmith Releases Greatest Hits Collections

The editions, spanning their five-decade career, are being released in conjunction with their 50th anniversary tour.

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Carlos Santana Documentary Set for Sept. Premiere & Theatrical Release

The film combines new interviews with Santana and his family, never-before-seen archival footage and much more.

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Gordon Lightfoot ‘At Royal Albert Hall’ Live Album Released

The album, recorded in London in 2016, features many songs that have never before appeared on a live Lightfoot release.

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New Anthology Book From Rock Critic Dave Marsh

The collection of his work, Kick Out the Jams, spans three decades of astute, acerbic music writing

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Arlo Guthrie’s Free 2019 Concert at Woodstock Site

“Fancy being here. I sort of remember this,” said the folk singer-songwriter as he took the stage 50 years to the day of when he played the original ’69 fest

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David Crosby Tributes From Stills, Nash & Young

Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young each paid tribute to their friend upon his passing in 2023

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‘Paradise By the Dashboard Light’: Was Phil Rizzuto In On the Joke?

In interviews 30 years apart, with radio legend Dennis Elsas, Meat Loaf tells the inside story of the recording session with the beloved Yankees broadcaster

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