Posts From Harvey Kubernik
Robbie Robertson on The Band’s ‘The Last Waltz’: ‘The Whole Thing Just Snowballed’
The guitarist-songwriter took us behind the scenes of the fabled concert film.
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Merry Clayton on Singing on ‘Gimme Shelter’ and ‘Tapestry’
The singer on the Stones’ classic: “They played me the song and asked if I could put somethin’ on it…I said, ‘Stop and tell me what all this stuff means.'”
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Dino Danelli: My Life With The Rascals—A Vintage Interview
“We were one of the most visually exciting bands that was coming around in rock and roll in those days.”–Dino Danelli, Rascals drummer
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The Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix’ Pays Tribute to a Legendary Rock Club
The late Marty Balin and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane on the tiny club that helped spawn San Francisco’s rock scene.
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New Box Set of Stax Records Songwriting Demos Fills Out the Story of An All-Time Great R&B Label
Written In Their Soul, a sprawling new collection, features nearly 150 demo recordings made for the Memphis soul label, nearly all previously unreleased.
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New Book Focuses on the Rolling Stones’ 1972 ‘Exile’ U.S. Tour
The book focuses on the band’s tour behind ‘Exile on Main Street,’ still considered by many to be their greatest album.
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Leonard Cohen: His “Gloomy” ‘Songs of Love and Hate’
His third studio album cemented his reputation as “the grocer of despair”
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The 1969 Toronto Rock ’n’ Roll Revival: When John Lennon Broke Out of the Beatles
Asked if he wanted to come to the show and watch his heroes perform, Lennon asked instead “Is it OK to play?”
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Recording CSN&Y’s ‘Déjà vu’: Engineer Bill Halverson Remembers
“They had a rule: Whoever writes the song gets final say. And that served them well.”–Bill Halverson, engineer
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‘The Day the Music Died’: 1st-Hand Recollections of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
For young rock ‘n’ roll fans, the deaths of the three stars was a huge shock. What was it like to actually see them?
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