Eagles, Linda Ronstadt ’72 Concert Review: ‘Well Worth Catching’
Two of music’s biggest acts on the cusp of stardom when the singer opened for her former backup band
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The Great Lost Rock Festival of 1969
In a way better than Woodstock? Atlantic City Pop Festival – two weeks before the famed fest in Upstate NY – had a more diverse line-up, and really rocked
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Jerry Garcia: A 1976 Interview with the Grateful Dead’s Figurehead
In the Grateful Dead, no two people have the same conception musically, which makes it harder. Nobody gets their way,” Garcia said in this archival chat.
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The Concert For Bangladesh: Gently Weeping
George Harrison organized a pair of benefit concerts to aid the country of his friend Ravi Shankar. The all-star lineup provided some memorable moments
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50 Years Ago: 1974 in Music
Classic albums from Stevie, Joni, Steely Dan and others, and hit singles from Elton, McCartney and more, made ’74 a year to remember.
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10cc’s “I’m Not in Love”: Well, My High School Self Was, Actually
Best Classic Bands’ founder tells how the hit song always brings him back to the spring of his senior year, and how five decades later he got its co-writer, Graham Gouldman, to tell him how it came to be
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The Number One Singles of 1968: Those Were the Days
Five songs stayed at the top for 4 weeks or more. And thus, only 23 singles reached #1 in the U.S. that year. Ironically, 1968’s biggest was also its worst
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What is the Greatest Record Ever Made? A New Book Offers 145 Answers
What is the greatest record ever made? Is that a question that can ever be answered definitively? We spoke to the author of a 2024 book on that subject
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Only 6 Albums Reached Number One in 1978: Here’s Why
On January 21, roughly one month after the film’s opening, its soundtrack reached #1. It remained at the top through July 8, another 24 consecutive weeks
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The ‘Truth’ According to Jeff Beck: A Genre-Busting Masterpiece
The former Yardbirds guitarist’s 1968 solo debut signaled a half-dozen highways for the future of rock. Every track on ‘Truth’ is astonishing.
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