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They're '80s hair metal. They're Canadian. They're called Killer Dwarfs. But u jam??

For someone with so many famous heads stuck on poles outside his jungle hut, you'd expect he'd put a little more "brag" into it. But the soft-spoken Eric Drew Feldman lets his keyboard playing do the talking for him. When you've recorded and played live with a twisted array of musical talent that includes Captain [...]

...and on piano... Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rock's Greatest Session Man By Julian Dawson Though his name is known mostly to classic-rock liner note readers, even the casual fan h... Continue reading "Nicky Hopkins: Classic Rock's Go-To Piano Man" >

During my twenties, I put my college degree to good use working in a large record store. There was a row of small stores near, the closest of which had a revolving door of tenants. One day, it was a jeweler; the next day, a head shop. In one of its incarnations, it reopened as a clothing store, a small boutique favoring vintage stuff from the '60s, threads that might have been worn in Swingin' London. As the world had finally caught up to my sartorial sensibilities with grunge, I had little reason to [...]

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In the age of ProTools and digital recording, the art behind making and recording records has changed considerably. For example, today when a producer needs a certain embellishment or accoutrements that the band itself may not be able to provide, he can simply open a pre-made sound file or use a computer to create the sound effect. Yesterday, however, those flourishes (and often times, the entire song or album) were provided by session musicians, hired to perform either a small bit part or to help complete the entire project. These musicians were rarely considered part of the band and, until [...]

George Harrison: Chapter 5. Living in the Material World - GeorgeHarrison - United States - MartinScorsese - Organizations

An instrumental track recorded by Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins and Keith Moon. The group planned to record a whole album, but contractual obligations prevented them from recording together again and this was the only song from that session released.

MUSIC NEWS - For Jerry Garcia , 1975 was a seminal year that found him splitting time between recording Blues for Allah with the Dead, directing The Grateful Dead Movie , and forming the Jerry Garcia Band, his long-running side project. We now have word that The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol 2 (Let it Rock) gets a release on November 17 via Grateful Dead Records / WEA. The Jerry Garcia [...]

This has already been a stellar year for Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia archival releases, but Rhino will up the ante with the next batch of releases set to drop on or around November 10. Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock will feature selections from the JGB shows at the legendary Keystone in Berkeley on November 17 and 18, 1975, while Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1 contains the entire Grateful Dead show from December 28, 1979. Let It Rock [...]

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. Because Universal will be reissuing the Stones' studio albums from the seventies, we figured [...]

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

We counted down the complete Beatles' catalog, and now we take on their rivals for title of best rock band ever - The Rolling Stones. This time we're going to break down the band's 40+ year career in easily digestible chunks. We'll start with the seventies, arguably the Stones most fertile, or at least varied, decade.

Along with bands like The Eagles and ABBA, Cat Stevens is a megastar that is known largely for his greatest hits. It's a shame, really, because a closer look shows that the seventies troubadour had a string of great albums - nine in the years between 1970-1978.