Tag "best classic bands"

When ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ Hit #1 in Sales—And Stayed There

He was a journeyman rocker with a decade of experience behind him, but he still hadn’t broken through. Then he released a live album.

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Apr 9: 2018: Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham Part Ways

When they performed earlier that year at a big event, it was expected they would announce their 2018 world tour. Then came shocking news

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April 7, 1962: Mick and Keith Meet Brian Jones

In a new London club devoted to American blues, two fans met a third on this date. Soon they started making their own blues. Soon they’d be world-famous.

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Apr 7, 2020: John Prine, Beloved Singer-Songwriter—Obituary

The beloved musician and singer-songwriting legend was a victim of the Covid-19 virus. One prominent rocker called him “a national treasure”

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Gregg Allman’s Family, Guests Play at Farewell Jam

Musical friends and family gathered after the funeral on June 3 to jam and celebrate the life of the music legend. “Tears and laughter”

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Remembering Steve Farmer, Amboy Dukes Songwriter-Guitarist

He was perhaps best known as the composer, with Ted Nugent, of the band’s “Journey to the Center of the Mind,” a #16 pop hit in 1968

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April 6, 2016: Merle Haggard Death at 79, on His Birthday

A genuine outlaw throughout his life and career, he was one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of country music

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April 6, 2017: Don Rickles Mourned by Hollywood

The insult comic outlived virtually all of his peers. When he died at 90 in his Los Angeles home, his fellow comics and friends mourned him

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April 5, 1998: Drummer Cozy Powell Dies in Car Crash

The drummer who played with Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Emerson and Lake, and so many others, died on this day. RIP to a master musician

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When Mike Campbell Dedicated 2 Songs to Tom Petty

“I told a friend of mine how sad I was that I’ll never play these songs again with my friend. She said: ‘Some night you’ll play them for him”

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