Tag "best classic bands"

Mike Campbell in 2024: Album, Tour Featuring the Heartbreakers’ Steve Ferrone

His band, The Dirty Knobs, have a summer run to support Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits

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‘Brats’ Film Review: Andrew McCarthy Revisits The Brat Pack

A 1985 New York magazine cover story coined the phrase. “I felt like I had lost control of the narrative of my career”

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s ‘Texas Flood’: Out of the Gate

Recorded as a demo over a long holiday weekend, the album launched the career of the legendary bluesman and gave the genre itself a huge boost.

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‘Blow by Blow’: A Jeff Beck Master Class in Guitar

The 1975 all-instrumental album, produced by George Martin, was a guitarist’s master class

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Best Classic Bands: It’s Burton Cummings’ Fault

The idea for Best Classic Bands started with an innocent Facebook post that resulted in a missed concert and a vow to do something about it

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Blondie Co-Founder Chris Stein Publishes Memoir

The guitarist, songwriter and photographer co-founded the new wave band in 1974. Under a Rock arrived in June 2024

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Judas Priest: Busy 2024 Continues With More ‘Invincible Shield’ Tour Dates

The heavy metal giants are supporting their first studio album in six years with dates in Europe and North America

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Asia, Focus Set For ‘Heat of the Moment’ 2024 Tour

The summer run also features Martin Turner (ex Wishbone Ash) and Curved Air. The concerts will be MC’d by artist Roger Dean

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Mark James, Songwriter of ‘Suspicious Minds’ and Other Hits, Dies

He also co-wrote “Always on My Mind,” a #1 hit for Willie Nelson that won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year

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Tedeschi Trucks Band Live in 2024: Review

Drawing on several different roots (genetic or otherwise), the large band is a fully satisfying ensemble onstage.

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