The Scene:
The Scene features a variety of articles that explore a wide range of subjects, all of then delving into the many aspects of rock ‘n’ roll music, its artists and players, the music business and classic rock culture
Strawberry Alarm Clock’s Psychedelic ‘Incense & Peppermints’
Trivia note: The singer on one of the biggest and most memorable hits of 1967 was not even a band member. Check out the whole back story here.
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Seeing It Said: Confessions of a Former Nick Drake Fraud
He left behind three albums, a talent he believed he had lost, and the pain he could neither escape nor overcome.
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Elvis Presley’s Inspiring ‘If I Can Dream’: Behind the Song
There are many goosebump-inducing scenes in Elvis, the sensational 2022 biopic. One such chapter is his 1968 comeback TV special, and its culminating moment
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When Jefferson Airplane Sang From a NYC Rooftop
When the French filmmaker Godard needed a band for his new film on radical culture in 1968, he invited San Francisco’s finest. They responded by waking up New York City.
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When Regis Philbin Had the First Big Winner on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
When the reality series made its premiere on August 16, 1999, it was as a two-week summer program for ABC. Its success was largely due to its affable host
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Smith’s Soulful 1969 Cover of ‘Baby It’s You’
They took a song that had already been a hit for the Shirelles and the Beatles, and made it their own. Whatever happened to Gayle McCormick & Smith?
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‘Play Misty For Me’: The Clint Eastwood Stalker
“You ever find yourself completely smothered by somebody,” his character asks a friend. Jessica Walter’s Evelyn arrived 16 years before Fatal Attraction
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When Neil Young Found a Neil Young Bootleg
What happened way back in 1971 when a rock star went record shopping and found a bootleg of his own music? It wasn’t pretty, but it’s fascinating
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Author Breaks Down His ‘Tom Petty and Me’ Book
Little did record label promo man Jon Scott know when he worked an obscure band from Florida, that he would play a pivotal role in the star’s eventual rise
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Carly Simon’s Breakthrough to Superstardom: ‘You’re So Vain’
Watch the singer-songwriter perform a previously unheard verse of her huge 1972 hit from a ‘Carly Simon No Secrets’ classic albums special
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