Remembering Jimi Hendrix in Greenwich Village

Guitar World magazine’s Founding Editor heard and met Hendrix in 1966 in Greenwich Village, where he believes the guitar icon truly developed

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Faces ‘A Nod Is As Good As a Wink…’ Album: Party Time

“It was an air of merriment. Under all the camaraderie and joviality, we took the music extremely seriously,” said Rod Stewart.

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Rich Little: ‘Man of a Thousand Voices’

If you were watching The Tonight Show or The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast during the 1970s, there was a strong possibility you’d see the master impressionist

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Gary Puckett Brings His Union Gap Hits to Vegas: Concert Review

Brushing off the old Civil War uniform, the singer delighted a boomer audience with hits like “Woman Woman” and “Lady Willpower.”

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Tina Turner Interview: Phil Spector, ‘Tommy,’ and Touring With the Stones

“As wild as I am, I know that I maintain my femininity. People have always told me that,” said the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in this classic chat.

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Brinsley Schwarz Gets Anthology, ‘Thinking Back 1970-1975’ Box Set

The influential British pub band was the launching pad for its biggest alumnus, Nick Lowe. The 7-CD set includes their studio albums and many previously unreleased tracks and live recordings

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When Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Were ‘Lost in the Ozone’

There was much more to this genre-defying band than “Hot Rod Lincoln.” Here is the back story of a truly versatile and unique group.

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When Frank Sinatra Joined the Fifth Dimension

Frank Sinatra did not love rock music, but for his 1968 TV special he sang along with soul-pop hitmakers the Fifth Dimension and fit right in.

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Traffic ‘The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys’: Rock on the Fusion Frontier

What had begun as post-‘Sgt. Pepper’ psychedelia turned toward a darker, more idiosyncratic synthesis of jazz, blues, world music and English folk elements.

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The Inside History of the Electric Light Orchestra

Dennis Elsas’ 1977 radio interview with Bev Bevan, ELO’s co-founder, reveals what brought him, Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood together and what led to Wood’s exit

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