Category: Classic Hits

Stay at Lynyrd Skynyrd’s House this Summer

It’s probably cool to own a guitar once played by a rock star, or buy a personal item from one of your favorite bands to have in your man cave, but how about actually vacationing in a home that your favorite rock star grew up in? The Jacksonville, Florida home that Donnie, Johnny and Ronnie […]

Bob Seger Says “Now, Where Were We?”

One of the hardest working, blue-collar musicians of the 60s and 70s, has to be Bob Seger, a man who rose from lower middle class in the Motor City to become a superstar rocker, hitting the charts for over 40 years. Bob hit the charts in the 60s with “Ramblin Gamblin Man” “Night Moves” and […]

Billy Idol on Tour this Fall

Billy Idol made Hollywood news a few years, playing himself in a cameo role in the Adam Sandler “The Wedding Singer” film, but he’d rather let his music be his calling card. “White Wedding,” “Dancing With Myself,” “Eyes Without a Face,” and “Cradle of Love” were all memorable songs, generating superstar status for the mand […]

Hot Guitars, Big Money

Earlier in the year, we wrote about an auction in New York that would be offering guitars from some of the most famous musicians of our time. Here’s how that “Music Icons” New York City, Julien’s Auctions Hard Rock Café went down… George Harrison and Robbie Robertson’s (The Band) guitars both sold for more than […]

Come Sail Away With Styx and Friends this Summer

All the way from suburban Chicago and the late 70s, Styx continues to rock the free world. “Lady” “Come Sail Away” and “Blue Collar Man” made the band plenty of money, along with all the trappings of fame. One of the founding members Dennis DeYoung has been missing from the lineup for a few years, […]

The Best Sellers from This Past Record Store Day

Millions of music fans visited their neighborhood record store this past April, getting those hard to find albums, Extended Plays, and vinyl offerings, generating (pun intended) record sales. The numbers and in, and we thought it would be cool to share what others bought this day. 733,000 vinyl albums were sold in the nation; here […]

Sting and Shaggy; New Friends New LP, New Tour

An unlikely pair of stars, Sting and reggae star Shaggy get together this fall for a tour that will prove to be interesting and highly entertaining, supporting their collaboration LP ‘44/876.’ Here are the confirmed dates and locations. 9/15 – Miami Beach, FL 9/17 – Atlanta, GA 9/19 – Oxon Hill, MD 9/20 – Philadelphia, […]