Tag "classic rock"
John Mellencamp Sets 2024 Edition of ‘Live and In Person’ Tour
The celebrated musician continues to support his 25th studio album, Orpheus Descending
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‘This Guitar Has Seconds To Live: A People’s History of The Who’—New Book
The oral history of the band is based on eyewitness accounts from hundreds of concertgoers
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BCB Readers: ‘How We Were Introduced to Rock’
We asked our Newsletter subscribers how they first started listening to the music we now refer to as classic rock. “My grandparents thought the world was coming to an end”
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Now Subbing For Elvis Presley… Glen Campbell
Campbell had perfect pitch and an uncanny ability to match Elvis’ key and delivery, enabling him to present new songs to the King
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When the J. Geils Band Finally Broke Through
The only #1 hit for this dynamic Boston band was about a schoolboy crush later being crushed for real. We look back at an early MTV favorite.
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Bill Wyman Interview: Brian Jones and the Birth of the Rolling Stones
In a 2002 interview, the former Stones bassist talks about Brian Jones’ love of the blues: “He created the band. It was his idea”
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The Mighty Manfred Mann: From ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ to ‘Blinded By the Light’
They underwent frequent personnel changes, including several lead singers–and they were named after the keyboardist–but they kept producing hits.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash and Aftermath
Only four years after their debut album, the Florida band suffered a devastating loss when their chartered plane ran out of fuel, killing six people.
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Rolling Stones Perform Hits, New Album at NYC Club
The Stones gave a live preview of Hackney Diamonds when they played at an invitation-only club concert
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ ‘Damn the Torpedoes’: Full Speed Ahead
The LP was the band’s long-awaited breakthrough, with them now matching the caliber of their front man’s writing with their focused musicianship
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