Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson’s ‘Pancho & Lefty’: Masters at Work

Austin met Bakersfield on this meeting of consummate country stars in the early ’80s, produced with Chips Moman, designed to look backward and forward at the same time.

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Neil Young’s ‘Comes a Time’: Direct From The Heart

He became mostly restrained and melancholy for this 1978 release, drawing on folk and country idioms. It includes recordings made over several years.

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The Mighty Manfred Mann: From ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ to ‘Blinded By the Light’

They underwent frequent personnel changes, including several lead singers–and they were named after the keyboardist–but they kept producing hits.

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Kansas’ ‘Leftoverture’: A Prog/Arena Rock Magnum Opus

Their fourth album made Kansas one of the top U.S. mainstream rock bands and helped pave the way for the style now known as “arena rock.”

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Tom Petty, in 1996 Interview, Runs Down a Dream: ‘I Want To Play the Fillmore’

“I never sought to be a personality or a celebrity. I just want to be a musician.”–Tom Petty clarifies his life goals in a long-ago chat

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Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash and Aftermath

Only four years after their debut album, the Florida band suffered a devastating loss when their chartered plane ran out of fuel, killing six people.

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Rolling Stones Perform Hits, New Album at NYC Club

The Stones gave a live preview of Hackney Diamonds when they played at an invitation-only club concert

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U2 Adds 2024 Concerts to Vegas Residency

“U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere” is being described as “the world’s most exciting all-new-state-of-the-art venue”

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ ‘Damn the Torpedoes’: Full Speed Ahead

The LP was the band’s long-awaited breakthrough, with them now matching the caliber of their front man’s writing with their focused musicianship

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The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s Incendiary ‘Fire’

He took the title of his one hit seriously, even putting flaming items on his head while he performed. But he never made the charts again after his 1968 smash.

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