Frank Zappa was a singular personality in the history of rock music. He was as important for his iconoclastic views and role in the ongoing battles over public...
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This post presented two problems. The first was that as I was putting it together I had a sinking feeling that I have failed in not listening to enough Ry...
Jon Lord, the founder and organist for Deep Purple, died July 16. Here is the beginning of his Wikipedia bio: Jonathan Douglas “Jon” Lord (9 June...
On this day in 1968, Iron Butterfly’s In-a-Gadda-da-Vida entered the U.S. charts, where it sold 4 million copies. It was the band’s second album...
A couple of weeks ago Paul McCartney celebrated his 70th birthday. Proving once again that even being a member of Beatles doesn’t stop the aging...
The passing last week of Andy Griffith led Phil Arnold, who runs ElvisBlog, to post an item on the links between the two icons. He described an appearance of...
The shows Elvis in relaxed mode during his 1968 comeback. The guitarist is Scotty Moore. Here is a nice bio and a version of Long Tall Sally from 1956. Peter...
Here is an entertaining interview with These United States’ Jesse Elliott from Seven Days, an online publication in Vermont. Consequence of Sound reviews...
Dire Straits wasn’t quite The Beatles, The Who or The Rolling Stones, but it no doubt was one of the super bands of the 1980s and 1990s. Lead guitarist...
The Blasters performance above is from the first Farm Aid in 1985. I wasn’t familiar with the band, but a site visitor sent me a clip and the unfortunate...