Posts From Jeff Tamarkin
Jefferson Starship’s Craig Chaquico Sues Ex-Bandmates
The original lead guitarist of the popular ’70s/’80s band claims that the current lineup should not be using their name. We speak with Craig Chaquico.
Read MorePete Best on ‘I’ve Got a Secret,’ 1964
As Beatlemania was in full swing, their former drummer was relegated to appearing on a TV game show. “Could you be a new kind of bug that we’ve imported from England?”
Read MoreBeatles Sgt. Pepper Title Track Outtake Released
It’s instantly familiar yet so utterly alien: Check out this stripped-down early version of the title track from the new reissue package.
Read MorePrince’s Band The Revolution to Tour U.S.
With their former frontman gone nearly a year, his ex-band members have regrouped and will hit venues all over the U.S. this spring and summer.
Read MoreRosie Hamlin, ‘Angel Baby’ Singer, Dies at 71
She wrote the song when she was 14 and it went top 5 in 1960. More than a decade later, a fan named John Lennon covered it.
Read MoreBob Krasnow, Former Elektra Records Chief, Dies
The exec who ran the Elektra-Asylum labels has passed. During his career he worked with everyone from Captain Beefheart to Metallica to Mötley Crüe
Read MoreChicago II Album Remix Due from Rhino
The album that gave us “Make Me Smile,” “Colour My World” and other classic hits is getting a major sonic upgrade from the folks at Rhino.
Read MoreOscar Brand, Folk Singer and Radio Host, Dies at 96
Folk singer, songwriter, author and host for 70 years of the Folksong Festival radio program, he even inspired the name of Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street
Read MoreFred Hellerman, Last of Folk’s Weavers, Dies
One-quarter of the influential folk group of the postwar years passed at his Connecticut home. He produced Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant album
Read MoreGlenn Yarbrough Dead at 86, Member of Folk’s Limeliters
The singer enjoyed a 1965 hit with “Baby the Rain Must Fall,” the title song of a Steve McQueen movie but was hardly a one-hit wonder
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