Let’s take a few days to give the soul artists from the 60s and 70s their rightful due. In many ways, these artists were the foundation of what we consider popular music today. Sure we love our Motown music, but the singers and songwriters came from all parts of this great country of ours, so […]
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 […]
Rock and roll in the 70s was Southern, hard, Urban, and or California in nature, but we rarely salute the great Soul Rockers of the 70s. We’re going to take two days to recognize the incredible contributions of ‘Soul Rockers From the 70s.’ The Chicago born Earth Wind and Fire was so far ahead it’s […]
Let’s take a look at more cover songs coming from the rock genre. It’s been years and years so there are many songs we could talk about, but here are a few more… Rod Stewart’s “First Cut is the Deepest” originally by P.P. Arnold, but Cat Stevens wrote the song as a young song writer […]
Robert Clark Seger was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1945. Bob Seger as we know him has grown old gracefully while rocking his way through the 60s, 70s, and 80s and today. Bob’s double-sided live “Silver Bullet Live” is considered a musical benchmark by at least three different music genres. Bob Seger has sold […]
Some of the best songs we’ve heard have been covered beautifully and some not. Over time it’s hard not to want to drag up an old song and try our best at it. Let’s take a look at some of these classic songs and how others have tried to cover it. Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” may […]
Here are your Monday morning music headlines… The world is still spinning from the death of Prince last week. An autopsy has been performed with no apparent signs of foul play or suicide, but the results of the final exam may take up to two weeks to be disclosed. Sadly, Lonnie Mack, one of rock […]
Elvis has been dead since August 16h 1977, yet made millions in album sales, movie rights, and t-shirt sales. How much do we really know about the King? Sure we knew that Elvis was born a twin (his brother died at birth) and that he drove a truck before hitting it big as a singer. […]