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The book focuses on the band’s tour behind ‘Exile on Main Street,’ still considered by many to be their greatest album.

“Being with the Hollies was one of the greatest things that ever came into my life,” says Allan Clarke in our interview

Timed to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the band’s arrival, the new set is a scaled-back affair sporting 36 tracks, many of them obscure.

The band is led by rock and soul singer Jimmy Barnes, former Squeeze member, Jools Holland, and Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom

The British duo were one of the most iconic bands of the ‘80s with such hits as “Shout,” “Everybody Wants To Rule the World,” and “Mad World”

They were just two of the stars signed by Seymour Stein during his decades-long tenure with the label that he co-founded in 1966

“We don’t fit into anyone else’s category, so we’re going to have to create our own,” said David Byrne about the band’s second album.

The tribute comes on the 50th anniversary of Skynyrd’s first album. Slash and Warren Haynes will also perform on a pair of timeless hits

The much-honored exec was an early champion of the punk and new wave music that was breaking out of the downtown New York City clubs

The band performed at Madison Square Garden, their first of five area concerts this spring. The tour began Feb. 1 and continues into December