Influenced by Gram Parsons and using some of the best musicians and songwriters in the business, the singer created a country-rock smash.
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They remain the undisputed world’s greatest rock and roll band. Our review of their No Filter North American tour when they refused to show their age
In a way better than Woodstock? Atlantic City Pop Festival – two weeks before the famed fest in Upstate NY – had a more diverse line-up, and really rocked
In the summer of 1971, the author and a friend decided to go visit the Grateful Dead. What resulted was an afternoon they’ve never forgotten.
A breakdown of the way things used to be vs. the inevitable winds of change, it gave them their third major hit. But some things, it seemed, never changed
George Harrison organized a pair of benefit concerts to aid the country of his friend Ravi Shankar. The all-star lineup provided some memorable moments
“Pee Wee got his wish to fly,” wrote Steve Martin in a tribute to the comic actor, who kept his cancer diagnosis secret for six years.
Bands that had only recently performed in ballrooms and college gyms now played arenas and stadiums–and sold millions of albums.
“I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking with him, being on stage together.”
Two weeks after their headlining gig at Classic West, they were triumphant at Citi Field. It was their next-to-last performance with Buckingham