If you’re a Beatles fan you’ll want to pick up ‘Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin — The Later Years, 1966-2016’ the first week of September. This book dives right into George Martin’s perspective, the joy and the friction of what it was like to manage the Beatles in the early days. […]
Eric Clapton recently played to a sell-out crowd in Hyde Park in London the other day, reminding us just how significant his life has been in rock and roll. Eric’s still considered one of rock’s most enduring and talented guitarist of all of rock. Eric Patrick Clapton was born in Surrey, England in March of […]
What were the top-selling Motown singles of all time? Everyone loves a great Motown song, but we’re guessing you can’t name them… “Baby Love” and “Where Did Our Love Go” by the Supremes sold more than nearly every Motown single in the early 60s, while “I’ll Be There” by the late Michael Jackson of the […]
Tom Petty has been gone for a while, but life continues to find ways to keep him in the news. A few days ago, the 1st ever single from his soon to be released box set ‘An American Treasure’ was released, and now we learn that Tom will be the 1st ever artist to posthumously […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd will do something that 20 years ago would laugh you out of the coffee room at work; they have agreed to take a celebrity rocking cruise with fans in 2019. Called the ‘Southern Rock Cruise 2019,’ the ship sets sail from the port of Tampa on January 6th, 2019, stopping at Cozumel and […]
Paul McCartney recently went to the ‘Cave’ in Liverpool for a one-day performance, with 200+ youngsters in the crowd. Did you know that the Beatles were heavily influenced by the music heard on the British radio coming from America in the late 50s and early 60s? It’s no coincidence that Buddy Holly and the crickets […]
A few weeks ago, we told you about the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture which is dedicated to rock and roll, opening in Tulsa Oklahoma in 2020. Now, Journey guitarist Neal Schon is getting involved, donating a portion of his memorabilia to the museum. Neal is expected to add guitars, sheet music, unpublished photographs and […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Joan Jett will step into the studio this fall to produce an album for an unlikely artist, comedian Wanda Jackson. The two are planning on collaborating late in the year in Nashville where they both live, and the Wanda Jackson album is expected to be released in early 2019. […]
The September issue of the Harper’s Bazaar will feature a different kind of theme; ‘The First Families of Music’ as it’s called will show off famous rock stars and their families, giving the publication a younger and hipper lean. Featured in the September Harper’s Bazaar’ will be the stars and families of Bruce Springsteen, Steven […]
Stephen Stills and Judy Collins spent last summer together, and they must have enjoyed themselves as they’re about to do it again! The two are connected in may ways; Stephen wrote the CSNY song “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” about her in the 60s, and the two have been close ever since. Here are the confirmed […]