It’s still hard to believe we’re living without Glenn Frey, but his music carries his legacy with every Eagles song we hear. In the early days, Glenn became fast friends with JD Souther, a musician who had his own success along the way. The two wrote songs in the late 60s, collaborating under the name […]
It’s hard to believe that Bob Dylan has been making great music for over 50 years, a long way from the Robert Allen Zimmerman that was born May 24, 1941. Bob has already been inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, […]
Are you a big Beatles fan? Better yet, are you a George Harrison fanatic? Here’s some great news for you. The 1963 Maton Mastersound MS-500 guitar played by George during stops in Germany and the UK, and in particular, the Cavern dates, is about to be auctioned off in mid-September, expecting to fetch nearly $500 […]
Quick – What was the number one song at the end of 1965? Would you believe in the midst of the Supremes, Beach Boys, and Beatles, the one hit wonder song “Wooly Bully: by Sam, the Sham and the Pharaohs stood alone as the number one song of 1965. Here are a few more surprises… […]
It’s about time we spent time talking about one of the greatest soul families and bands of all time, and no we’re not talking about the Jackson or Motown family. The Staples Singers were, in fact, a family from Chicago, and much like the Jackson family, it had a patriarch, Pops Staples. Other family members […]
Robert Plant has been touring the country with his is about to begin another tour across the US with his current band The Sensational Space Shifters, supporting the latest album ‘Carry Fire’ and the band has just added more fall dates. Note the festival that will be included in this expanded tour… September 9th, St. […]
Judas Priest and Deep Purple are overseas as we speak, and the ‘Priest’ just dropped a new video called “No Surrender” that’s turning a few heads and ears this month. Deep Purple is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while Judas Priest has yet to get the call. Together, these two groups are […]
John Mayer has had a break in, a robbery at his Beverly Hills-area home this past Friday, thieves ransacking the home and walking away with over $150,000 of personal belongings including jewelry, guitars and other assorted musical equipment, and his personal watch collection which had taken John years to assemble. John hadn’t been living in […]
The Canadian group ‘The Guess Who’ almost lost their lead singer the other day, as Burton Cummings was involved in a horrific car accident in LA in early May, but did not sustain serious injuries (the driver of the other car who was at fault did die though, unfortunately). The current version of the Guess […]
KISS has a gift for you; a 40th anniversary set of trading cards that will be available in October. The cards will be produced by Dynamite Entertainment. If you’re really a Kiss fan with a great memory, you’ll actually remember a card company called Donruss made and sold KISS cards in the late 70s. The […]