Genesis’ ‘A Trick of the Tail’: A New Beginning
The album proved that Genesis was set to achieve commercial and artistic successes beyond what they’d accomplished during the Peter Gabriel years
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The 3-disc collection features hits by the Kinks, the Yardbirds and the Troggs but also many impossibly rare sides.
Read MoreTedeschi Trucks Band Sets 2024 ‘Deuces Wild’ Tour
The 12-piece group are led by the husband/wife duo of guitarist Derek Trucks and singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi
Read MoreGeorge Harrison To Be Honored With Blue Plaque in U.K.
It will be one of the first to be located outside of London, under a new initiative
Read MoreBob Seger ‘Against the Wind’: Rockin’ the Mainstream
It’s difficult to discern any one Seger album that stands out overall. Yet even now, this 1980 release still ranks as one of Bob’s best.
Read MoreAlice Cooper #1 Breakthrough: Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper was still a band, not just one guy, and this was the album that started their transition from novelty act to classic rock legends.
Read MoreRobby Krieger’s Soul Savages—Old-School Rock, By and For Old Souls: Review
While Krieger’s guitar is prominent on these 10 tracks, this sounds like a working band.
Read MoreJohnny Cash—’A Boy Named Sue’: Behind the Song
“That’s the most cleverly written song I’ve ever heard,” Cash told the song’s composer. It became Cash’s biggest hit single.
Read More‘Dancing in the Moonlight’—The Circuitous Path of the One and Only King Harvest Hit
Everybody was “Dancing in the Moonlight” in the early ’70s, but who was the band that recorded this catchy one-hit wonder? We decided to find out.
Read MoreEagles ‘Greatest Hits’: #1 U.S. Album of All-Time
Not only is the 1976 collection the biggest album of all-time in the States, but their ‘Hotel California’ is in third place
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