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John Cohen, a photographer who took a series of pre-fame pictures of Bob Dylan, says he knew from the first that there would be more to Bob Dylan than the legacy sounds of folk and old blues. Dylan arrived for the 1962 shoot, Cohen says in a newly posted video, having not yet issued his celebrated self-titled debut. They worked [...]

The rift between Sammy Hagar and his bandmates has become the stuff of legend, up to and include their fractured induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - which saw only Hagar and Michael Anthony appear. But is it all made up? Just a charade to create headlines? "No, we're not that clever," Hagar tells Vegas Rocks TV, [...]

For a confirmed Beatlemaniac like Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, working with members of the Fab Four had always been a dream. Beginning in the late 1980s, every one of them came true. It started when Lynne was tabbed to produce George Harrison's comeback album Cloud 9, which led to the formation of the Traveling Wilburys - and [...]

MUSIC NEWS- After his success with a 2011/2012 world tour celebrating the 35th Anniversary of his multi-platinum live album Frampton Comes Alive!, Peter Frampton is back on the road with Frampton’s Guitar Circus. Each night, Frampton’s set will be recorded...

Steve Miller's says his next album will be "a really interesting thing" where the classic rocker combines jazz instrumentals with blues lyrics. It couldn't be further away from familiar Miller originals like "The Joker," "Abracadabra," "Rock 'N Me" and "Fly Like an Eagle" - all of them huge hits in the 1970s and '80s. And Miller wouldn't have it any [...]

Finally, the official video of my favourite song on Foxygen’s latest album, We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. Watch it below.

Even as he closes out the South American leg of a new tour with Paul McCartney tonight, guitarist Brian Ray is preparing for a series of solo shows with his sizzling new band the Bayonets. Ray formed the group on a lark with long-time collaborator Oliver Leiber, son of rock legend Jerry Leiber, only to see their debut single "Sucker [...]

Despite the tortured history surrounding this release, something that ultimately mangled its original, rather Lovecraft-ian storyline, Imaginos might just be the best full-length Blue Oyster Cult ever did. Thoughtful, yet very heavy, this major-label swan song - newly polished up by Real Gone Music, with a well-researched essay that tries to sort everything out - ultimately makes almost no sense [...]

Despite the tortured history surrounding this release, something that ultimately mangled its original, rather Lovecraft-ian storyline, Imaginos might just be the best full-length Blue Oyster Cult ever did. Thoughtful, yet very heavy, this major-label swan song - newly polished up by Real Gone Music, with a well-researched essay that tries to sort everything out - ultimately makes almost no sense [...]

David Lee Roth explores the things that ripped Van Halen apart, and the shared camaraderie that reunited them - asserting that the group was never the same without him. "There is no Van Halen," he says, "without Roth." Initially, the flamboyant singer says he departed for a solo career in 1985 because of internal strife with Van Halen siblings Alex [...]

Who isn't familiar with the iconic image of Jethro Tull's frontman standing on one leg, playing the flute? Ian Anderson shares the unusual beginnings of that signature move. Truth be told, it had nothing to do with his iconic instrument of choice at all. "I actually stood on one leg for the first time at the Marquee Club, playing the [...]

MUSIC NEWS - The Rolling Stones, who recently kicked off their "50 and Counting" tour at STAPLES Center on Friday, May 3, have added another concert date to their summer tour. The classic rock band will perform at Verizon Center...

Like most fans, we were hoping the Rolling Stones would pull out some deep cuts as they convened to celebrate five decades of debauched rock. What we got, however, was "Emotional Rescue" - a song they'd apparently never before performed in concert. There's a reason for that. Like the other songs on this excruciating list of musical misdeeds, "Emotional Rescue" [...]

When the Rolling Stones performed "Emotional Rescue" in concert the other night - apparently for the first time ever - it got us to thinking about other train-wreck moments the band might consider resurrecting. Not that we're advocating this stuff. It was just, after contemplating that sad turn of events, these five most-dreaded Rolling Stones songs got stuck in our [...]

Early musical collaborator Glen Silverthorn remembers the moment Rick Danko began his journey toward membership in the Band, though first his friend had to make the switch from guitar to bass. Silverthorn, a drummer, worked with a then-teenaged Danko in a Canadian amalgam called the Starlights between 1959-61. Later, Silverthorn and Danko would serve as a local fill-in group for [...]

As Pattie Boyd talks about old photos of George Harrison and Eric Clapton, she remains - perhaps appropriately, given that she was the inspiration for Clapton's love-lorn "Layla" - unable to decide which had been more inspirational. "I think probably George was very inspirational," Boyd says in the attached video. "He was very easy to photograph, and always looked fabulous. [...]

This one’s the slightly more elaborate and official video for Never Run Away , off Kurt Vile’s brilliant, laidback stoner record, Waitin For A Pretty Daze. Catch it below.

MUSIC NEWS - Legendary vocalist Jon Anderson, lead singer/songwriter and visionary for 35 years with prog rock legends YES and known for his music with Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento, will be performing at the 9th Festival Des Guitares Du...

Greg Kihn is best known these days for 1980s-era hits like "Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song," or perhaps for his longtime tenure as a DJ on San Jose's KUFX. But he's also been a published author since 1996, starting with "Horror Show" - which was nominated in the best first novel category of the Bram Stoker Awards. Kihn's fifth work [...]

This time last year, Mick Fleetwood was openly grousing in the press, saying Fleetwood Mac was ready to reunite - but they were waiting on Stevie Nicks. Now that they're back together, she makes no apologies. Nicks, in fact, decided to give a second year of touring 20112s solo effort In Your Dreams, a Dave Stewart-produced disc that arrived 30 [...]