How would you like to see the greatest band of all time for under a $5? When The Beatles played the Las Vegas Convention Center in 1964, fans paid $4 each for their ticket. One of the watermark moments of the band was of course the Sgt. Peppers release, its music, and oddly enough the […]
Category: Classic Hits
Best Songs About Baseball
It’s the middle of February and we’re a week away from catchers and pitchers reporting to their respective spring training camps. Music is an important part of baseball, as our favorite songs are played in between innings, often used to inspire our team to victory. With baseball and warmer weather on its way, we thought […]
The Pet Sounds 50 Years Ago Tour
It’s hard to believe, but the Beach Boys began their musical journey some 50 years ago. Brian Wilson, considered the intellectual center of the band in spite of his mental and spiritual struggles, is back on tour this summer on his last tour. They’re not the same band they used to be, but how could […]
Eric Clapton Fun Facts – Part Two
Eric Clapton is at or near the top of every ‘greatest guitarist’ poll, so we’re spending a little time getting to know Eric better. Here’s part two of Eric Clapton fun facts… Although the Yardbirds had commercial success, Eric was not pleased with the groups move to more commercial recordings (he wanted to remain true […]
The Plain Spoken Tour
John Mellencamp is a thoughtful and successful rocker from rural Indiana, and has been on tour and in studios for over 30 years. His latest 2016 tour is called the Plain Spoken tour and features all of the hits. He’s still rocking out with many tour dates this year! Here are some of those upcoming […]
Just the Way K.C. Likes It
Harry Wayne “K.C.” Casey was born in 1951 in Hialeah, Florida. As a young man Harry worked in a record store while working off hours as a part time musician. Yearning to be famous., K.C decided to go for broke forming ‘KC & The Sunshine Junkanoo Band’ with other employees of the record store. The […]
Another Big Beatles Bite
It’s time for another Beatles Bite… The song “Daytripper” is a wonderful Beatle song that was actually the ‘B’ side (meaning the record company threw a song on the reverse side of a vinyl single of the ‘A’ side). “We Can Work it Out”, released in December 1965 was the hit. The song hit number […]
Eric Clapton Fun Facts – Part One
Eric Clapton is considered one of rock’s most enduring and talented guitarist of all of rock. We’ve followed his life through his music, and read about his tragedies. Let’s take a couple of days to find cut more about Eric. Here’s part one of Eric Clapton fun facts… Eric Patrick Clapton was born in Surrey, […]
Dave Stewart’s Tell All
Dave Stewart, of one of our favorite groups the Eurythmics, has written a ‘tell all’ memoir that will drop the names of Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks and more. The Stevie Nicks story is a classic example of how some kids shouldn’t play together. The two met backstage at a venue on the heels of the […]
The 10 Best Canadian Rock Songs of All Time
Neil Young is Canadian. Glass Tiger, Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who, Loverboy, and Joni Mitchell are also Canadian. Did you know that Paul Anka, April Wine, The Five Man Electrical Band, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, John Kay from Steppenwolf, Blood Sweat and Tears’ David Clayton Thomas, and Denny Doherty of the […]