When Duane Allman died in 1971, he left behind more than just a glowing legacy: he left behind a daughter. Born in 1969, Galadrielle Allman has the unique distinction of being the daughter of one of rock’s most venerated figures. Just two years old when her father died, she spent the next three decades longing […] More
“I Don’t Know Which Will Go First – Rock N’ Roll Or Christianity” Long before he was raising eyebrows by posing nude for album covers with wife Yoko Ono and winding up on J. Edgar Hoover’s watch list for his staunch anti-war views, late Beatle John Lennon raised quite a few eyebrows when during an interview in […] More
A Handmade Moment of Domestic Bliss The release of Ram hit Beatles fans with the reality of the world’s most prolific band falling apart. No matter how genius the work was- no one was going to like it. It was Paul McCartney picking up and moving on with his life. In the infamous 1971 Rolling Stone review by […] More
“Destiny did not take us that way – it took us straight into Fleetwood Mac.” In a perfect world, Fleetwood Mac songstress Stevie Nicks would have been able to have it all; her career, success, and the one great love of her life, Lindsey Buckingham. Sadly, that’s not what destiny had in store for the […] More
The Last Contribution to Pink Floyd Syd Barrett will always be a vital part of Pink Floyd regardless of how long he was actually an official member of the band. He had created the path in which the group ultimately stayed on- a genius musical production, always on the trippier side of things. Yet, his […] More
It’s the album that broke every relationship in Fleetwood Mac. 42 years after its release, Fleetwood Mac’s groundbreaking album Rumours is still the unfortunate bearer of much of the blame for the turmoil surrounding the band at that time. Infighting and secret affairs abounded behind the scenes of Rumours, leaving no one untouched as significant romantic relationships […] More
Here’s A Unique Welcome The Beatles made one of their first appearances at the Coliseum in D.C. in 1964. Here’s the kicker. The way the stage was set up, was so that they were surrounded. So basically all sides of them, there was an audience. This made it perfect for what was about to happen […] More
The Greatest Feud That Never Was When Neil Young’s scathing criticism of the South and its ugly, painful history with racism came out to play in “Southern Man” and “Alabama,” it prompted a direct and measured response from Southern rock’s favorite son – Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant. The result was “Sweet Home Alabama” […] More
Can’t Deny 1 Thing If you don’t know who Greta Van Fleet is by now, you’re probably living under a rock. These dudes have been crushing it lately, and quite frankly, we believe they’re one of the bands to really revive that classic rock culture. But they have had no shortage of critics. One of […] More
It’s no secret Steven Tyler is an absolute legend in the world of rock n’ roll. The Aerosmith frontman has been at it for 40+ years and even today he is still active and can still sing. That’s actually a pretty impressive feat when you think about all the other bands that have retired from […] More
A New Species of Producer Brian Wilson’s reverence amongst his contemporaries is indescribably impactful, but I’ll try my best to allegorically explain it with the theory of evolution. Brian Wilson was the Island of Galapagos, rock artists were the finches, his records were genius conclusions (i.e. Charles Darwin), and the shift in musical production was […] More
No Wonder He Became a Wildlife Superstar John Denver was the son of an Air Force pilot who spent most of his time in the New Mexico wildlife. Denver was inspired by flight and nature and spent much of his time singing and writing about the great wild. Of course spending so much time in […] More
