When a Radio Legend and a Bottle of Jack Saved a Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert
In ’76, the band’s management asked an exec at their label to set up a live radio broadcast. When show time arrived, they refused to go on. Enter Scott Muni.
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Todd Rundgren Performed Elsewhere on Night of 2021 Rock Hall Induction
The Class of 2021 ceremony was held in Cleveland. But although the legendary musician and producer was also in Ohio, he was 249 miles away
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ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd Set 2024 Tour
The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour extends the classic rock legends’ first co-headlining run
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John Mellencamp Sets 2024 Edition of ‘Live and In Person’ Tour
The celebrated musician continues to support his 25th studio album, Orpheus Descending
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‘This Guitar Has Seconds To Live: A People’s History of The Who’—New Book
The oral history of the band is based on eyewitness accounts from hundreds of concertgoers
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BCB Readers: ‘How We Were Introduced to Rock’
We asked our Newsletter subscribers how they first started listening to the music we now refer to as classic rock. “My grandparents thought the world was coming to an end”
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Now Subbing For Elvis Presley… Glen Campbell
Campbell had perfect pitch and an uncanny ability to match Elvis’ key and delivery, enabling him to present new songs to the King
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New Book, ‘The Rolling Stones: Icons,’ Features Rare, Unpublished Photos
“The documentarians housed in this volume preserved images we collectively get to visit and see again,” says the book’s intro.
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Iron Maiden Sets 2024 ‘Future Past’ Tour
The tour includes concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the U.S. and Canada
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When the J. Geils Band Finally Broke Through
The only #1 hit for this dynamic Boston band was about a schoolboy crush later being crushed for real. We look back at an early MTV favorite.
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