It’s not uncommon for a band or singer to take legal action to stop a politician from using a song at rallies or in ads. It is unusual for a band to take action against a circus, but that’s just what the B52’s has done. The band has sent a cease-desist order to the Carson […]
Category: Oldies
The Movie, The ABBA Cover LP, and Now the 2019 Tour
Well it was inevitable; Cher appears in ‘Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again,’ records an ABBA cover album due to be released September 28th, and now the tour. Yes, Cher will be singing all her early songs and the ABBA covers from her ‘Dancing Queen’ but the woman is a legend who keeps on […]
Stones 60’s Film “Sympathy for the Devil” Returns This Week
The Rolling Stones song “Sympathy for the Devil” is an incredible tune that has been covered by the best musicians, used in film soundtracks, and will be 50 years old in October. The Rolling Stones movie of the same name was a late 60s film about the creation of the song. The movie is celebrating […]
The Best and Latest Rock Autobiographies
Every waiter in Los Angeles has a script, every doorman in New York has an idea for a pilot or project, but the best dirt or inside story is often dished by the artist themselves. Typically, these books are “tell all” and are more than worth the price of purchase. Here is a list of […]
Paul McCartney Having Karaoke Fun and New of Brief Tour
Paul McCartney is having the time of his life, spending time with Karaoke in a car, releasing a new LP called ‘Egypt Station’ and generally doing what he wants. Did you know that Paul’s net wroth is estimated to be north of a half a Billion dollars? His new release ‘Egypt Station’ drops this week, […]
Disco Songs We Secretly Still Love to Hear
Disco dominated the music scene for nearly a decade until nature took over and began to thin the herd, eventually rubbing out Disco by the late 70s and early 80s. Here are some of our favorite Disco hits from back in the day… Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” became an anthem for divorced or troubled […]
John Oates (Hall and Oates) Announces 2018-2019 Solo Tour
Hall and Oates have been making music for nearly 50 years, and John Oates has a new EP of his best live performances over the years called ‘John Oates with The Good Road Band’ which features 5 tracks, and a solo tour that begins later this week. Here are John’s upcoming solo tour dates that […]
Steely Dan’s Walter Becker Remembered
So, Labor Day was a great holiday a few weeksss aogo marking the end of summer and tipping the hand of a new season to begin. Monday September 3rd was also the 1-year anniversary of the passing of Walter Becker, the one-half of the famous Steely Dan band that began its musical journey in the […]
We Love Cars, and THE Cars
It only took forever for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to recognize the true genius of the Cars, finally letting them in the Hall in 2018. How did it all begin for the Cars? In the late 70s and early 80s, one band stood above all others relative to originality and sound. The […]
The Best From the 80s
The decade of the 80s was an interesting group of years, given the influence of Punk, the second British Invasion, Girl Power, and the birth of Techno. The MTV Channel heavily influenced the bands. Who were the best from the 80s? Duran Duran was so good they named themselves twice. This band of brothers dominated […]