‘Please Please Me to With the Beatles’ Book is Next in Series
The title, focusing on the group’s often overlooked early albums, is author Bruce Spizer’s 15th book on The Beatles
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Waddy Wachtel on ‘Werewolves,’ ‘I Love L.A.’ and… ‘The Poseidon Adventure’
The guitarist has been a first-call session player for many of the biggest artists in rock. We asked him about working with Zevon, Newman, Nicks and Hackman
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10 Career-Spanning (and Unique) Beatles Guitar Solos
They are rarely hailed as a band known for their guitar solos. But sorting out which solos stand apart from the rest is a pleasing task
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Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert: An All-Star Celebration
The list of artists at the 1992 event was a mile long with dozens of legends celebrating the Bard’s songs. Watch the A-Listers rehearse and take their turn on “My Back Pages”
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Pure Prairie League’s ‘Bustin’ Out’: Persistence Pays Off
Left for dead by their record label, and with musicians using the group as a revolving door, Pure Prairie League nearly packed it in. Then they got lucky.
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Bob Dylan Book, With Deep Dive Into His Archives, Due
The title features over 600 images including never-before-circulated draft lyrics, writings, photographs, drawings and other ephemera now housed at the Bob Dylan Center
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Paul Simon ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’: A Solo Triumph
His only #1 LP, and an Album of the Year Grammy winner, this 1975 release offered definitive proof that he was not going back to the past.
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Barry McGuire vs. Barry Sadler: When the News Hit #1
One chart-topper listed complaints about the inequities and horrors of the day, while the other was a patriotic paean to the Army’s elite special forces.
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10 Classic Punk Rock Songs
Our writer examined the genre and made his picks including choice cuts from the Ramones, the Clash and Talking Heads. What’s #1?
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My 20 Years at Tower Records
Jackson Griffith shares some of his experiences working for the chain during the heyday of record retailing. “It was a great ride while it lasted.”
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