Tag "best classic bands"
Sam Cooke, By Those Who Knew Him
“Sam had a big influence on anybody,” said soul singer Bobby Womack. “To me, cancer would be good if Sam gave it out. I’m serious.”
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Billy Idol Sets 2025 Tour With Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
The classic rock stars are teaming for several dozen dates in arenas and amphitheaters.
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Once Upon a Time: Mark Lindsay on the Raiders’ ‘Good Thing’
The group’s lead vocalist talks about writing the hit single with producer Terry Melcher, the wild story of the Los Angeles home they lived in and the Tarantino movie.
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Tributes For John Sykes, Guitarist For Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy
He served as a songwriter, along with David Coverdale, for most of Whitesnake’s phenomenally successful, self-titled album, which featured such tracks as “Is This Love” and “Give Me All Your Love.”
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Spencer Davis Group’s ‘I’m a Man’: Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics
The teenaged singer of this British band, Steve Winwood, had a voice like no other. But what exactly was he singing in this hit?
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Bob Dylan’s Masterful ‘Blood on the Tracks’
After finishing the recording sessions for his new album, the artist decided he didn’t like some of it and went back into the studio. A classic emerged.
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Styx ‘Paradise Theatre’: Where Prog Met Pure Pop
The album was the band’s greatest success but with the members no longer on the same page, it was also the beginning of the end.
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Burton Cummings of the Guess Who: 2025 Live Review
The nearly two-hour concert was a joyous time-travel back to the heyday of the hit machine of the late 1960s and early ’70s responsible for such hits as “These Eyes,” “Laughing,” “No Time,” “Undun” and, of course, “American Woman.”
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The Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix’ Showcases the Band in 1967: Review
Recorded in concert before they had any hits, the performances reveal a band that was fully formed from the onset.
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Classic Rock Stars Offer Tributes to Filmmaker David Lynch
He directed such films as Blue Velvet, 1984’s Dune, and Eraserhead, and co-created the mystery-horror series Twin Peaks.
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