The idea of a Broadway musical based on rock and countercultural themes was unthinkable. Until it wasn’t. One show changed everything.
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“Another famous California group,” said Jerry Garcia at Fillmore East, and out strolled a band no one ever expected to see sharing the Dead’s stage.
They were still a new band when they came to San Francisco and broke out a chugging, psychedelic jam that would become a rock classic.
When the California megastars broke up in 1980, Don Henley said they’d reunite “when Hell freezes over.” In 1994, they knew what to call their new album.
Their first album on their own label, first to use the famous logo, first to fully feature Mick Taylor—and one of their best.
The Emmy winner was a member of The Jets in West Side Story, worked with giants like Elvis, Paul Newman and Alice Cooper, + choreographed The T.A.M.I. Show
From its bent, distorted, shocking opening note to the ocarina solo to Reg Presley’s distinctive snarling vocal, it was one of the cornerstones of garage-rock.
On this day, fans around the world were shocked to learn that Prince had died. On each anniversary, that news is still difficult to fathom
Five months after the death of Queen’s frontman, his high-profile friends paid tribute at a huge London concert. Watch some of the spectacular performances
The beloved drummer and singer of The Band had a most extraordinary life and kept on making music until he just no longer could.