The Classic Rock Legacy

Remembering Garth Hudson, Master Organist and Last Surviving Member of The Band’s Original Lineup

With Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel, they were one of the most influential music groups of the rock era.

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Janis Joplin Remembered by Her Friends and Peers

“She was absolutely breathtaking, hypnotic, compelling and soul-shaking, doing something that no one else was doing.”—Clive Davis

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David Crosby Helped Define ’60s Rock With The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash

The 2x Rock Hall inductee had a series of well documented health issues over the years. In 2022, he announced he was retiring from touring.

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Listen to Steve Miller Band’s Live Reggae Version of ‘The Joker’ From 1977

The concert captures the band at their peak, with such favorites as “Rock’n Me,” “Jet Airliner” and “Fly Like an Eagle”

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Elvis Presley: What They Said About the King

Who did the King influence? Oh, just the Beatles, Stones, the Who, Springsteen, Bowie, Elton John and countless others. Read about it, in their own words.

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Musician Deaths of 2025

Many of our favorite recording artists, as well as other celebrities, were taken from us in 2025. We pay our respects.

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McCartney, Queen, The Who Headline 4 Spectacular Nights in 1979

Over the course of 4 nights during the Christmas holiday, a Who’s Who of British rock stars performed to raise money for war-torn Cambodia.

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Remembering Joe Cocker: Rock’s Soulful Interpreter

His gift was that among all the British R&B belters, he may have been the most ballsy and uninhibited of them all and an outstanding interpreter of songs.

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10 (More) Big Rock Acts Without a Top 10 U.S. Single

In an era when Top 40 embraced rock music, these artists surprisingly never achieved a pop hit in America, including many Rock Hall members.

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1970: The Year in Rock Music

As 1970 was ushered in, few could have imagined where we were headed next. There weren’t many signs at the start of the decade.

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