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‘Play Them Loud’: A Celebration Of Fabulous Fenders
Fender guitars are iconic. They have a look, an aura of sleek refinement that says “Play me, play me loud, play me subtly and play me well.” Our celebration of this unique instrument honors Clarence...
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‘Spooky’: Atlanta Rhythm Section Revisit Their Past
Some songs are locked in their era, while others update themselves and reach another generation. On August 11, 1979, the Atlanta Rhythm Section were hitting the American chart with a number that had...
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‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’: The Moody Blues’ Gold Rush Goes On
The Moody Blues always had a good ear for a hit single, but the turn of the 1970s witnessed their transition into an albums band. With a great succession of loosely conceptualized and highly...
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Best Woodstock Performances: 15 Acts That Defined The Festival
No other music festival quite encapsulates the idealism of the 60s like Woodstock. This remarkable event, held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm, near White Lake in Bethel, upstate New York, is...
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Woodstock Festival: How We Got To “Three Days Of Peace And Music”
Woodstock, a three-day festival that started on Friday, August 15, 1969, wasn’t the only memorable festival of its time, but it remains the touchstone. The mythology holds that Woodstock changed lives...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Forgotten Woodstock Performance
What is sometimes forgotten with the passing of time and against the seminal influence of Woodstock is that Creedence Clearwater Revival was one of the few bands to appear at the festival that had...
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Eric Clapton’s ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’: Florida’s Most Famous Address?
On July 20, 1974, Eric Clapton’s 461 Ocean Boulevard entered the Billboard album chart and on August 17 his creative and personal comeback was complete. The record moved to No.1 on that date, giving...
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‘Can You Do It’: Grand Funk’s Final Hot 100 Hurrah, With Frank Zappa
By the time they entered the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1976, Grand Funk Railroad – they had re-added the last part of their name earlier that year – were on a strange lap of honour. The...
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‘Slippery When Wet’: The Album That Changed Bon Jovi’s Lives
From their formation in 1983, Bon Jovi‘s climb to international superstardom was by no means meteoric, at least not for their first three years. Their self-titled debut album of 1984 reached No.43 in...
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The Best Of Cream Legend Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker, who helped invent the rock trio and reluctantly became the genre’s first star drummer, during a multi-faceted and always eventful career, was born on August 19, 1939. Here we present a...
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Best Thin Lizzy Songs: 20 Essential Classic Rock Tracks
When it comes to groundbreaking rock’n’roll outfits, few are more deserving of kudos than Thin Lizzy. Led by the charismatic Phil Lynott, this flamboyant group was responsible for some of the 70s’ most...
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‘Roll With It’: Steve Winwood Rolls Towards A Double No.1 In The US
British rhythm and blues heritage upstaged American rock on August 20, 1988, as Steve Winwood outsold Guns N’ Roses. Roll With It ended the five-week run of Appetite For Destruction on the American...
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What Happened When The Rolling Stones Played Knebworth
The Rolling Stones’ tour of Europe in 1976 began at the end of April in Frankfurt, West Germany, and finished in the third week of June in Vienna, Austria. On the 22 city, nine-country tour, during...
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Best Keith Moon Performances: 20 Kit-Shattering Drum Highlights
The man who earned the description “the greatest Keith Moon-type drummer in the world” was Keith Moon. Who called him that? That was Keith Moon, too, and his best performances reveal exactly why The...
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‘He Knew No Boundaries’: The Life And Legacy Of The Who’s Keith Moon
The legend is often well known for outselling the truth. There are other times when the legend is the truth, but obscures another story – and Keith Moon belongs in that category. Many, if not most, of...
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‘Ramblin’ Man’: The Allman Brothers Reach Out To The Singles Scene
A double chart assault by the Allman Brothers Band was under way in America on August 25, 1973. They were, by now, used to the upper echelons of the US album chart. As their new set Brothers and...
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Grand Funk Railroad Arrive Right ‘On Time’
They’re an American band, and this was their first album. Grand Funk Railroad played their first gig in March 1969 and On Time came out five months later on August 25. The LP was recorded in the...
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The First Isle Of Wight Festivals: A Tradition Was Born
The Isle of Wight Festival is one of the most famous music festivals in UK history, an event that has gone down in the history of rock and popular music. The event began in 1968, taking place on the...
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True Brothers: The Day Dire Straits Officially Conquered America
On August 31, 1985, Dire Straits officially conquered America. The Billboard magazine from that date showed the band’s already massively successful Brothers In Arms album taking over from Tears For...
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‘Mixed Emotions’: The Rolling Stones Set ‘Wheels’ In Motion Again
“Button your lip, baby, button your coat.” So sang Mick Jagger on the opening line of the Rolling Stones’ first single for more than three years, as they ended the 1980s with a revival in their...
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‘Abracadabra’: The Steve Miller Band’s Magical No.1 Casts A Chart Spell
The Steve Miller Band were the hottest thing on American radio, and in record stores, in the late summer of 1982. Their album Abracadadra, released in May that year, was on its way to platinum sales in...
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The Travels Of Humble Pie, Colosseum Guitar Stalwart ‘Clem’ Clempson
There’s a stalwart rock guitarist who replaced Peter Frampton in Humble Pie and played with Colosseum, Jack Bruce, Cozy Powell, and many others, but whose name remains unfamiliar to many. It’s David...
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‘Songs For A Tailor’: After Cream, Jack Bruce’s Strongest Suit
A quick look at the songwriting credits on any of Cream’s albums will quickly show that they covered some blues classics. But it will also highlight the songwriting talent of John Symon Asher Bruce –...
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Branding The Band: The Rise Of Logos In Music
Quick, picture in your mind what the members of Chicago look like. OK, maybe you’re a Robert Lamm fan or grooved to Peter Cetera’s hit ballads, but odds are that nobody comes immediately to mind. Now...
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The ‘Brothers And Sisters’ Album: Keeping It In The Allman Family
With a Top 40 singles chart entry and what turned out to be their only No.1 US album, the Allman Brothers Band had a strong claim to be America’s hottest group of early September 1973. “Ramblin’ Man”...
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‘La Futura’: How ZZ Top Found A Brand New Groove With Rick Rubin
In the hallowed corridors of rock’s hall of fame, there are plenty of artists who have traded on a signature sound that’s perfectly content to reside in the wing marked If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It....
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‘Live In Concert’: Joe Walsh’s Farewell to the James Gang
Three studio albums into Joe Walsh’s work with the James Gang, the guitarist was bound for pastures new – but not before he had made one final appearance on LP with the Cleveland rock heroes. Just a...
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Success Was More Than A ‘Pipe Dream’ For Atlanta Rhythm Section
Melodic southern rock specialists Atlanta Rhythm Section didn’t necessarily get described as a supergroup, but when they came together in the early 1970s, they nevertheless boasted vast experience. Two...
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Eric Clapton’s ‘I Shot The Sheriff’: E.C. Takes Bob Marley To The World
Eric Clapton has always been his own man when it comes to his highly individual talent. But he’s always been happy to shine a light on other great musicians. Just as J.J. Cale benefited hugely from...
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Last Ride To The Joshua Tree: The Strange Funeral Of Gram Parsons
With the benefit of hindsight, Cecil Connor III, rather better known to us as Gram Parsons, was always a candidate to live fast and die young. The hedonistic lifestyle of the man from Waycross, Georgia...
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‘Blind Faith’: The Ultimate Supergroup’s Transatlantic Triumph
They were formed from the top division of British rock talent of the late 1960s and lasted for precisely one album. But September 20, 1969 was the date of perhaps the ultimate supergroup’s...
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‘Idlewild South’: How Allman Brothers Band’s Solidified Southern Rock
The Allman Brothers’ second album, Idlewild South begins with “Revival,” a typical song that features the twin lead guitars of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, who also wrote it. “Revival” sounds like it...
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‘Let It Rain’: A Belated Cloudburst From Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton was such a reluctant recipient of the solo spotlight in the early 1970s that he hid behind a different band name at least some of the time. But after Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla” had...
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‘Concerto For Group And Orchestra’: Deep Purple Marry Rock And Classical
These days we’re very used to the worlds of rock and classical music coming together. In 1969, for the most part, they lived at very different addresses. That was until the composing genius of Jon Lord...
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‘Bad Reputation’: Why Thin Lizzy Were Playing Catch-Up In The US
The year of 1977 in the world of Thin Lizzy was all about “Dancin’ In The Moonlight” and spreading their Bad Reputation around the world. As the Irish rock heroes climbed the UK charts with that first...
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‘Only You Know And I Know’: Delaney & Bonnie On The Singles Scene
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett focused their energy on building up a reputation among the best exponents of soul-infused American roots music, both on album and on the...
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‘Abbey Road’ Cover Versions: The Beatles’ Classic Album Reimagined
The last album recorded by The Beatles featured several of their most loved – and most covered – songs. “Something”, “Come Together” and “Here Comes The Sun”, for example, have been recorded by...
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‘Sailing To Philadelphia’: Mark Knopfler Crosses The Mason-Dixon Line
The solo album catalog of Mark Knopfler contains nothing but exquisitely crafted songs that uniquely tie together the roots music of British and American culture. But most Knopfler fans would agree...
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‘Time Machine’: America Begins Its Love Affair With Grand Funk Railroad
On September 27, 1969, America officially began its love affair with the Michigan band who became one of the biggest names in rock for years to come. Grand Funk Railroad made their US chart debut, when...
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‘Amanda’: It’s More Than A Feeling As Boston’s Rock Ballad Goes Pop
Say the name Boston to a rock fan and, once you’ve established that you’re not talking about the city in Massachusetts, chances are that they’ll think of the rock anthem “More Than A Feeling.” But...
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‘We’re An American Band’: Grand Funk Rock US With A Rollicking Anthem
They’d been defying the sniffy U.S. rock media for years, with their million-selling albums and frequent visits to the singles chart. But as of September 29, 1973, no one could deny that Grand Funk...
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‘White Room’: The Definitive Cream Recording?
There’s no question; if we had to pick just one track by Cream that epitomizes Jack Bruce’s vocal delivery, it would be “White Room.” There is something so special about the way he comes in following...
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It’s Goodbye From Us: Cream Hit The Road For Their Long Farewell
The feelings must have been bittersweet when Cream arrived on stage in America in October 1968. At the beginning of their farewell tour, the group were in the hottest commercial form of their short...
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‘Magic Carpet Ride’: Steppenwolf Pile Back Onto The Hot 100
Steppenwolf had a habit of capturing the zeitgeist. Their second single, the ever robust “Born To Be Wild,” became an anthem for a generation thanks to its prominent use in the groundbreaking...
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‘The Second’: Nine Months On, A Swift Steppenwolf Sequel
Follow-up albums arrived fast in the late 1960s. On October 5, 1968, just nine months after the release of Steppenwolf’s gold-selling, self-titled debut — the one containing “Born To Be Wild” — the Los...
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‘Hot Rats’: Frank Zappa’s Game-Changing Jazz-Rock Landmark
Hot Rats occupies a uniquely exalted position in the Frank Zappa canon. Around the time of its original release – October 10, 1969 in the US, February 1970 in the UK – it was fairly common to hear...
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‘Ramblin’ Man’: Allman Brothers Sing For All Their Brothers And Sisters
One of America’s quintessential album rock bands were suddenly on the verge of a No.1 single on October 13, 1973. The Allman Brothers Band had been climbing the Billboard Hot 100 for weeks with...
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100 Of The Best 60s Songs: Classic Tunes From A Decade That Changed Music...
The best songs of the 60s? Surely an impossible task. And it is. So we’ll say at the beginning that this list doesn’t purport to be the definitive top 100 songs of the 60s. Instead, what we’re hoping...
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‘Phoenix’: Grand Funk Consolidate Their Place In Rock’s Hierarchy
Grand Funk Railroad’s sales in America in their first five years of success make for awe-inspiring reading. During that period, from their 1969 debut with On Time to the All The Girls In The World...
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‘Swingtown’: The Steve Miller Band Open Another Page From ‘Book Of Dreams’
The Steve Miller Band were on a roll when they arrived in “Swingtown,” and the trade press felt it too. The third single from their 1977 album Book of Dreams was predicted to follow the Top 30 US...
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