Gregg Allman is not well, cancelling the remainder of his summer tour. Gregg and his troupe had been working through a fairly intense multi-state tour when he took ill, admitting himself a few days ago to the Mayo Clinic. Gregg Allman was born in Nashville in 1947, brother to guitar virtuoso Duane Allman. The two […]
August 16th 1969 was the second day of the now famous Woodstock Music Festival, so let’s continue to look at what happened that day… The performers that day were John Sebastian, The Incredible String Band, Canned Heat, Mountain, Quill, Country Joe McDonald, C.C.R., The Grateful Dead, The Who, Sly and the Family Stone, and Jefferson […]
It’s great to watch a movie and hear one of your favorite songs; especially if the song adds context, drama, or depth to the scene. In the 1998 movie ‘Boogie Nights’ starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Moore, Bert Reynolds, Heather Graham and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, the best music of the 70s and early 80s […]
Nearly 50 years ago upwards of 500,000 teenagers and young adults traveled to upstate New York to Max Yasgur’s farm to be part of rock and roll history. August 15th, 1969 was the first day of the Woodstock Music Festival. Over the next few days we’ll take you back to one of the greatest moments […]
Let’s take a tour of the best rock and roll locations in America as part of our summer long vacation. Today we’re headed to the state of Florida… Lynyrd Skynyrd is originally from Jacksonville with the boys meeting in high school. We all know that the name of the band came from their gym teacher […]
Don Fielder, original member of the Eagles, performed in Detroit a few weeks ago. He stopped the show mid-stream to talk about the late Glenn Frey, what it meant to be his peer. You may remember that Glenn’s hometown city is Michigan’s Royal Oak, and the citizens are still struggling with his departure. The Royal […]
Rock and roll is no longer a dude’s game. Joan Jett, The Go Gos, Pat Benatar, Melissa Etheridge and others in the early 70s to present day have made sure we know that the gals can rock. One of the earliest women to rock came from a small town in Texas. Janis Joplin grew in […]
The Song “American Pie” became an instant classic upon its release in 1971; a touching homage to the late Buddy Holly and that fateful plane crash in 1959, killing Buddy, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. It’s just been announced that the album that is nearly 50 years old will be released again in vinyl […]
So what’s in a name? Well, often times the band we love was not really the band that began under the name we love them for. You know Richard Steven Valenzuela had his name changed to Richie Valens by his agent right? This kind of thing happens all of the time, but you’d never know […]
Rock and roll concerts in the early days were a bunch of guys showing up to a live music event eager to hear heavy guitar and angry lyrics. Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Cream and Molly Hatchett were all examples of bands targeted primarily to men, and a few women who atypically flew their flags at half-mast. […]