Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is planning a three-day open air concert in October of this year, featuring Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. In the spirit of ‘Woodstock,’ the scheduled performers seem to have an activist tone or history to their years of rock, while […]
In the 60s, the British Invasion began one February night on the nationally televised ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ with the four long haired boys known as the Beatles. Not far behind were great bands like Eric Burdon and the Animals. Let’s spend more time sharing fund facts about Eric and the boys… The Animals actually broke […]
The Beatles were the good boys with long hair (long by the early 60s standards), the Rolling Stones the bad boys, and finally, Eric Burdon and the Animals were known as the dirty boys. Formed in England in the early 60s, the Animals were a hard band to categorize. They were certainly psychedelic, but also […]
You know how rumors start. The topic is always juicy, scandalous yes interesting but often untrue. Let’s dispel a few of the more interesting classic rumors… Yes, both Duane Allman and bandmate Barry Oakley died from nearly identical motorcycle accidents in Macon ,Georgia a year apart, but neither hit a peach truck as it was […]
Earlier this week, we discussed Led Zeppelin and his legal battle over copyright issues regarding the song “Stairway” with former Spirit member Randy California. Let’s talk about it a little more… Here’s how we got to where we are. The moderately famous rock band ‘Spirit’ (“Nature’s Way” and “I Got a Line on You” chart […]
Sometimes death is a great career move. Well, that’s a line from a movie, but it’s often true. For some reason, a person’s passing makes us think of only the good things about that person; when it comes to music we think it also tends to lead us to believe they were more talent that […]
Often times great movies make a song a hit, or a hit song draws attention to a movie that needs a little box office attention. Here are examples of movies that used classic songs to enrich a scene, or add drama to the storyline. “St Elmo’s Fire” from John Parr from the movie of same […]
We’ve been sharing classic fun facts, so how about one more day? How’s this for an eerie coincidence. Momma Cass and Keith Moon died in the same apartment years apart. Another rocker also owned the same apartment. His name was Harry Nilsson who also died in that same apartment in 1994. Harry died at the […]
We love musical fun facts, so here are some more mind benders today… Everybody knows that Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Richie Valens perished in a plane crash. Most know that Waylon Jennings lost a coin toss that put Richie Valens on the plane. What you may not know is that Buddy’s pregnant wife […]
Great movies and great songs go together. Often times, the musician catches a break when the film becomes a blockbuster and they are exposed to millions of viewers who might not have ever heard their music before. Let’s take a couple of days and share classics that came from some of the best Hollywood movies […]