Berry Gordy was founder of Motown Records, and fulfilled the dream so many a young man and woman hoping for a better life. What were the monster Motown albums? “Got to Be There” by Michael Jackson was the debut studio album of the leader of the Jackson Five, featuring “Got to Be There,” “Rockin’ Robin” […]
Eric Clapton is back in the news this week. He’s going to be the subject of a documentary that is in production as we speak, called “A Life in 12 Bars.” There will be a segment dedicated to one of his most popular songs, “Layla.” Everyone loves the Derek and the Dominos’ song “Layla” written […]
The movie ‘La La Land’ staring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone is NOT the Movie of the Year, in spite of what you may seem to think! By the way, we loved his supporting actor, played by singing sensation John Legend. The movie is terrific because it has a great script, wonderful actors – but […]
Sir Paul McCartney is an original, a legendary performer and ground breaking musician who has influenced the music world for over 50 years. His contributions to song writing alone make his life one in a million. There’s more to the man than his music though… Paul confesses turning to the bottle shortly after the Beatles […]
This story is straight out of Hollywood. Really! Actors Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean are suing the parent company of the music label that was involved in the classic music farce ‘This is Spinal Tap!’ They are suing for $400 million dollars for withholding millions of deserved royalties since the debut of the […]
Jethro Tull rocked the house in the late 60s and 70s, introducing Ian Anderson and his flute to America in fine style. We now hear that Ian Anderson has joined up with original Tull member John O’Hara to cover their own songs with the legendary Irish string quartet the Carducci Quartet, re-creating classical versions of […]
Robbie Krieger is still rocking, decades after his stint as an original member of the Doors. News about Robbie’s latest project is hitting the news wires, due out this week! Jackson Browne, Tommy Shaw from Styx, Rod Argent of the Zombies, Geoff Downes of Yes and Asia, and the late John Wetton from Asia and […]
With the death of friend Glenn Frey, Bob Seger wrote and made available a song online a few weeks ago called “Glenn Song” as a tribute to his friend of nearly 50 years. Did you know that Glenn sang background on many of the Bob Seger singles in the mid-60s? Check out the tune here […]
There will never be a Grateful Dead reunion, given the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, but the band and music play on. The band now consists of Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti, Bob Weir, drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, and contemporary star John Mayer. They will be touring this spring and early summer, so […]
Did you know there was a National Guitar Museum? Don’t feel bad, neither did we. The National Guitar Museum announced a few weeks ago that its most recent ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ will be bestowed to Glen Campbell. Previous winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award are Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, and B.B. King. If you […]