The Classic Rock Legacy
Graham Nash, Stephen Stills on How CSN Got Their Start
The pair agree on most, but not all, of the details of when they first harmonized on “You Don’t Have to Cry” in 1968
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10 Songs That Defined New Wave Music
New wave music wasn’t easily defined, but most fans knew it when they heard it. We chose 10 songs that, to us, were the best of the genre.
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Journey and the Final Scene of The Sopranos
One of the most highly anticipated, and nerve-wracking, episodes in TV history was the finale of this classic crime drama.
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Monterey Pop Festival—10 Killer Performances
Here is a look at some of the finest that went down over those 3 days, and which still loom so largely as we bring contemporary ears to bear on them
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The Beatles’ ‘Yesterday and Today’: Should It Ever Have Existed?
The album was slapped together from odds and ends by Capitol Records, without the band’s participation. And what was up with that cover?
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When Glenn Frey Came to Small-Town Minnesota
Imagine you’re in a tiny town in Minnesota and there, onstage, is the co-founder of the legendary Eagles, playing for just a couple hundred folks.
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The Summer of Love, by Those Who Were There
In 2017, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips and others assembled in New York to remember the headiest summer of all. “I was stoned all the time,” recalled Nash
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Over Under Sideways Down: Making Sense of the Yardbirds’ Album Releases
The Yardbirds’ recorded legacy was just as convoluted as their personnel timeline, with few correlations between their American and British output.
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Gregg Allman, Music Legend, 1947 – 2017
“It is with deep sadness that we announce that Gregg Allman, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia”
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Pete Townshend: 10 Great Guitar Solos With The Who
How do you narrow down the most memorable guitar parts ever played by one of rock’s all-time greats? Our writer happily digs deep inside the Who’s catalog.
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