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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

The Scene: The Classic Rock Legacy

Southern Cooking: 5 Great Southern Rock Albums

Our writer’s picks for one of the most popular genres in the ’70s. The bands here could provide great Southern rock album lists all their own

The Scene: Promo Hits, Flops & Swag

Elvis Costello 1977 U.S. Debut: The Inside Story

Dick Wingate, then a Product Manager with Columbia Records, shares his marketing plan on how the label set up My Aim Is True to radio, record stores and the public

The Scene: How the Song Came to Be

Donovan on ‘Season of the Witch’: ‘The Spookiness Was Real’

“The darkness was coming down. The darkness was the freedoms that I spoke of, that opened the doors. That spookiness in the record was real.”

The Scene: Rock and Roll Memories

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

The Scene: The Classic Rock Legacy

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

The Scene: Rock and Roll Memories

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”