Tag "best classic bands"
Radio Hits in November 1973: Name That Tune
While Richard Nixon was insisting “I am not a crook,” Top 40 listeners enjoyed classic rock hits from Todd Rundgren, Steve Miller Band, the Stones and Jim Croce
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Johnny Cash ‘The Life in Lyrics’ Book Arrives
The book explores Cash’s range as a poet and storyteller, taking readers from his early life and first successes.
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Joe Walsh, Stephen Stills Share Stage at 2023 VetsAid Concert
The pair of legends performed three classics during the host’s set at the benefit show
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Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago Set 2024 Tour
Two of the most successful bands of all time, have announced the return of their co-headlining “Heart & Soul” tour across North America
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Danny Fields: Behind-the-Scenes Player in Rock
Our conversation with the insider who played a role in the careers of such influential acts as the Doors, Velvet Underground, MC5, Stooges and Ramones
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Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Heart Like a Wheel’ Breakthrough
After her first four albums, followers of country-rock knew there was something special about her. On her fifth, they found out what it was
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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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Booker T. Jones: A Chat with the Memphis Soul Legend
“Black people thought it was a black band and white people thought it was a white band,” says the keyboardist behind the soul classic “Green Onions.”
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Tom Werman Talks About His ’70s Rock Signings: Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon
Part 1 of our interview with the author of Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records In the Glory Days of Rock Music (Featuring Mötley Crüe, Poison, Twisted Sister, Jeff Beck, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, And More) focuses on the first part of his career, at Epic Records
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