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 […]
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 […]
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 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, 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 […]
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 […]
Monday is a fine day to recover from the big football game, and a weekend of having way too much fun – don’t you miss the boss? Here are your Monday music news headlines… Ringo Starr has recently announced an upcoming tour that will feature his ‘All Stars,’ primarily be on the east coast, from […]
There is this belief that the 27 club is the tragic age of death for many stars. Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain are all, unfortunately, in the club. Amy Winehouse, Pete Ham of Badfinger, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Malcom Hale of Spanky and Our Gang, and original Drifters singer Rudy Lewis […]
Another one of our national music treasures has gone to the heavens. Earth, Wind & Fire’s co-founder, Maurice White, has lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease, dying peacefully at his home in Los Angeles. In 1969, windy city musicians Maurice White, Al McKay, Andrew Woolfolk, Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Larry Dunn formed the Salty […]
Blue Oyster Cult is back on the road in 2016, and we wish the tour was called something like The “More Cowbell” Tour, but it’s not. This Long Island, New York band began writing progressive rock songs in the late 60s, and has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide. Yes, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” was […]