The 60s was the wildest and most interesting decade of years in our time. We were at war in the jungles of Vietnam, put a man on the moon, witnessed the assassinations of two Kennedys and Martin Luther King, and celebrated four days of free love and music at a festival called Woodstock. It’s easy […]
Category: Oldies
The Classic Northwest, an Event You Have to Check Out
Many of your favorite bands played a few weeks ago at Citi Field in New York City. The event was underneath the ‘Classic’ umbrella in name, one in the east and one in the west, featuring The Eagles, Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Earth Wind and Fire and more. The nearly simultaneous concerts were so successful, […]
Queen in 3D to Be Released Soon
Queen’s Brian May will chronicle the history of the band through a series of 3D photos shot exclusively with his stereoscopic camera in the new book Queen in 3D. Queen in 3D features over 360 photographs, which May spent three years compiling. The photos feature shots from all eras of Queen, most of which have […]
Motown’s Best That Are Not in the Hall
Motown founder Berry Gordy is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but then again there are many Motown artists in the hall. However… Why are Mary Wells, Lionel Richie and the Commodores, the Spinners, and the Marvelettes are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Sure, as a hall of fame […]
Fall Tour Dates for Judy Collins and Stephen Stills
Stephen was the lead guitarist for one of the most influential groups in the 60s and 70s, Judy the songwriter and poet for a generation. Now, Stephen Stills and Judy Collins are bound together in song and tour this summer. Their collaboration duet LP ‘Everybody Knows,’ was released a few weeks ago, the touring designed […]
A Gathering of Rock Stars You Won’t Want to Miss
If you’re under a tight budget and can spend money on only one concert tour this summer this Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Edgar Winter Band thing might be the live show to choose. Deep Purple gave the world “Hush,” “My Woman From Tokyo,” and “Smoke On The Water,” while Alice Cooper’s “I’m 18,” and “Schools […]
The Best Beatles Ballads
It’s hard to imagine where we’d be without the Beatles. When the Fab Four took the Ed Sullivan stage in February of 1964, everything changed. The boys in the band record plenty of rock and psychedelic songs, but it’s the ballads that made them universally famous. Here’s our short list of Best Beatles Ballads.. “Yesterday” […]
The 50th Birthday Celebration Continues
The ‘Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is celebrating a 50th birthday this month, and PBS aired a BBC documentary called ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution,’ not long ago. How popular were the Beatles in 1964? In the week ending April 4th, 1964, the Beatles had five songs in the Billboard Top 100. George Martin […]
Graham Nash Hitting the Road This Fall
Graham Nash of Crosby Stills Nash and Young is out on tour, supporting a new LP called ‘This Path Tonight.’ Graham is busy with a big schedule, and you’ll enjoy special guest guitarist Shane Fontayne. If you ask us this is one tour you’re not going to want to miss! Let’s show you those tour […]
The Top Pop LPs of 1963!
What were the Top Pop LPs of 1963? Allow us to tell you… 1.) Bob Dylan – ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 2.) The Beatles- ‘The Beatles’ 3.) With The Beatles – ‘Please Please Me’ 4.) The Beach Boys – ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.’ 5.) Peter, Paul and Mary – ‘Moving’ 6.) Johnny Cash – ‘Blood, Sweat and […]