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The Doobie Brothers’ ‘China Grove’: Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics
The band’s Tom Johnston credits the lyrics’ imagery to a fellow musician for helping start “the thinking process with this wacky sheriff, samurai swords, and all that”
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John Mayall Interview: A Chat With the British Blues Legend
For 50+ years he’s been the king of British blues. “[Blues and jazz] have always been part of the same thing. It’s all black American music, basically”
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11 Great Southern Rock Albums
The genre is difficult to define. You just know it when you hear it. And these studio albums are, without a doubt, the real deal.
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Tony Bennett, Last of a Generation of Crooners: Tributes
He spanned popular music for more than seven decades. During his celebrated career, his recording peers ranged from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga
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Blues Image’s ‘Ride Captain Ride’: A Tale of 73 Men
The singer and the keyboardist were having trouble coming up with a lead lyric for the new song they were writing. The answer was sitting right in front of them.
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Linda Ronstadt Interview: ‘My Best Singing Came in the ’90s’
It’s been a decade since one of our greatest singers retired, having lost her gift to Parkinson’s. Here she discusses highlights of her career.
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10cc Co-Founder Graham Gouldman Interview: Tour, Those Hits
Our conversation with the legendary songwriter on the eve of the band’s first U.S. concerts in decades
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Doc Severinsen Plays Final Concert… at 95
From 1962 to 1992, the trumpeter played a major role in TV viewers’ bedrooms as they watched The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Interview: Ringo Starr’s Drum Beat Can’t Be Beat
Is it possible that Ringo Starr is underrated? Our assessment of the 2015 Rock Hall inductee’s Beatles and solo career says “yes”
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Pour One Out: Our Tribute to the Red Solo Cup Inventor
Though the manufacturer denies their purpose, the lines on the ubiquitous cup are used as a guideline for pouring various alcoholic beverages
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