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 […]
The band ‘Yes’ is back on tour this summer, performing all their hits. The tour is being called the ‘Album Series: Drama + Topographic 1& 4 Tour.’ Yes began in London in the late 60s, stunning the rock word with a different sound on full display with “Roundabout” and “I’ve Seen All Good People,” songs […]
How about some classic fun facts today? Here’s what’s on today’s menu… Be sure to visit Winslow, AZ before you leave this earth. Hand to God, there is a life size statue “standing on the corner” and sign, honoring the song and reference. The song reference generates more than 100,000 visitors each year, all taking […]
What can we say about 2016? It’s a leap year, a Presidential election year, a year to reflect on all the great singers and songwriters we’ve lost to the grim reaper. Here’s the calendar of loss thus far. April 24th – “Me and Mrs. Jones” Billy Paul April 21st – Prince April 6th – Merle […]
Here are your Monday morning music news headlines… Led Zeppelin has been entangled in a legal battle over copyright issues regarding the song “Stairway” with former Spirit member, Randy California. Randy claims a song he’d written a year before the Zeppelin classic (Led Zeppelin spent a summer opening up for the then more popular Spirit) […]
It’s Friday! We’re here at the end of the week and we’re excited about it. Because of this, we’re going to give you a few fun facts to give to your friends this weekend when you’re out on the town. Here are a few rock and roll fun facts you didn’t’ know. Led Zeppelin has […]
Bob Seger was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1945. Bob’s double sided live “Silver Bullet Live” is considered a musical benchmark by at least three different music genres. Bob has sold more than 52 million albums in his career, earning seven multi-platinum albums while winning two Grammys along the way. “Mainstreet” the song was […]
The 70s rocked right? The Doobies, Zeppelin, Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac were raking in millions from their hits. The flip side of that coin was the soul songs that also helped make the 70s one of the coolest decades ever. Okay, so there was Disco, but other than that seven-year mistake, the soul bands of the […]
Bob Seger’s dad walked out on his family when Bob was 10, which was a defining moment for Bob and his family, one that would influence him the rest of his life. We love Bob Seger, so it’s hard to rank his music, but we’re trying our best. Here’s part two of our favorite Seger […]