Bob Dylan has been making great music for over 50 years and he’s actually still on tour now with Mavis Staples, one of the fabulous Staples singers. Robert Allen Zimmerman was born May 24, 1941 and was one of the founders of early 60’s Folk music at a turbulent time with the raging Vietnam War […]
Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd have joined forces this year to create real buzz for their upcoming joint tour. Frampton and ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ is considered one of the benchmark albums from the 70s, while the boys from Jacksonville Lynyrd Skynyrd captured the southern rock flag from the same era. These two have been playing […]
Movies and music are great together. How many times do you hear one of your favorite songs in or at the end of a film? Well we’re here to help you remember all these classic song and movie connections from years past. Here is part one of ‘Great Songs in Great Movies’ list. “Twist and […]
Norman Greenbaum came from a middle class Jewish family in suburban Boston, and after attending Hebrew school as a young boy, he set his sights on becoming a respected music teacher during his first two years at Boston University. Well, life is not always as well planned as our parents would like. Norman began to […]
Southern Rock is a sound that combines good old boy Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, the 4th of July, and pickup trucks. Here’s part two of our top 10 Southern Rock Classic Rock bands of all time… The Marshall Tucker Band (Spartanburg, SC) rocked the house in the 70s until the death of bassist Tommy Caldwell […]
Neil Young is Canadian. So are Glass Tiger, Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who, Loverboy, all the dudes from Nickleback, and Joni Mitchell. But did you know that Paul Anka, April Wine, The Five Man Electrical Band, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Tragically Hip, John Kay from Steppenwolf, Blood Sweat and […]
Frank Sinatra Jr., the son Frank Sinatra, has died while on tour of cardiac arrest at the age of 72. Frank Jr. had been in Daytona Beac,h Florida in concert when he succumbed to the illness. In one of the more interesting Sinatra stories from the early 60s, Frank Jr. was kidnapped at the age […]
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… The list will surprise you. Here are the top three… “Baby Love” by the Supremes sold the third most units/singles of all of Motown. The legendary Funk Brothers played all the instruments […]
Southern Rock is a sound that combines good old boy Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, the 4th of July, Pickup Trucks, and the Confederate Flag. There have been many Southern sounds over the years, adding home southern home cooking to the menu. In our humble opinion, here’s part one of our top 10 ‘Southern Rock’ classic […]
The estate of the late music icon Michael Jackson has agreed to sell one half of the singer’s music catalog to Sony Music for just over $750 million dollars. The deal for Jackson’s half-share of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog will also give Sony sole ownership of works by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, […]