Phil Lynott, 1949 – 1986

Phil Lynott formed Thin Lizzy in 1970 when he was 21. Though he had only just learned to play bass, the Dublin, Ireland band recorded their self-titled debut album within a year. They released six more albums over the following five years, gaining…
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Watkins Glen Story and Video

In 1973, the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and The Band teamed up for the Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York’s Finger Lakes Region. It was the largest music festival ever, drawing about 650,000 people — nearly twice as many as Woodstock…

RIP Henry McCullough, Wings and Grease Band guitarist. An appreciation by Bob Lefsetz

The New York Times ran this nice AP obit, which notes that McCullough improvised his great solo for Paul McCartney's "My Love" on the spot, in one take. But I wanted to share the following, much more personal take, focusing on the guitarist's…

First Listen: Mudcrutch, ‘2’

Tom Petty’s pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch is reuniting for a series of shows and a new album, 2, which is now available to stream via NPR. The band features Petty along with Mike Campbell, Tom Leadon, Randall Marsh and Benmont…
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Eric Clapton announces new album

 I Still Do, due May 20, reunites Clapton with Slowhand Producer Glyn Johns.   The  press release via www.whereseric.com - not a word is mine. Music legend Eric Clapton has reunited with famed…

RIP Glenn Frey – isolated vocals, “Take It Easy,” “Hotel California”

Glenn Frey (November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) Well,this has been a hard week. David Bowie, now Glenn Frey. Glenn and the Eagles were not without their controversies and they sure had plenty of critics, but the music was the soundtrack…

Photos of David Bowie in Russia, 1976

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); How awful to wake up this morning to learn that Dvid Bowie has died at 69. He did a masterful job keeping his illness secret, right through a flurry of press attention for the…
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Allman Brothers at American U. 12/13/70 Review

I reviewed the Allman Brothers Band at American University 12/13/70 for Guitar World when it was released by the band in 2002. **** THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND American University 12/13/70 The Allman Brothers Band Recording Company Though…

The story behind “Free Bird”

// On this day (October 20)  in 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd's twin engine plane crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg, Miss., killing three of the band members - singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines - assistant manager…
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Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers: Into the ‘Wild’

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