Jeff Tamarkin, Author at Best Classic Bands

The Yardbirds, with Both Beck and Page, in ‘Blow-Up’

It’s a classic scene from a landmark ’60s film, and a rare look at that brief moment when Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were in the same band

FEATURES: Interviews

Dave Clark Is Still Glad All Over—An Interview With the British Invasion Legend

“Ed Sullivan contacted us, but I’d never heard of him so I turned it down. Then, I found out he was huge. I said to the guys, “Quit your jobs.”

FEATURES: Spotlight Feature

1969’s Ill-Fated Altamont Festival: One of Rock’s Darkest Days

December 6, 1969, marked one of rock’s bleakest days. The free concert known as Altamont was an unmitigated disaster as everything that could possibly go wrong did

The Scene: The Classic Rock Legacy

1967: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums

It was the year that the rock album came of age, with timeless releases from the Beatles, Dylan & Stones alongside newcomers Jimi Hendrix, the Doors & more

The Scene: How the Song Came to Be

The Mamas & the Papas’ ‘Creeque Alley’: Behind the Song

The lyrics are stocked with names and places, some of which may have been (and still are) unfamiliar to fans of the group. We break it down

The Scene: The Classic Rock Legacy

The Last Waltz: An Audience Member Revisits

The 1976 farewell performance by The Band is the stuff of rock lore. BCB’s editor was there that night and remembers it well.

NEWS PLUS: News

Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin’s Biographer & Lover, Dies

The book, titled ‘Going Down With Janis,’ was considered controversial due to the public’s lack of awareness of Joplin having had a same-sex relationship.