Northern California produces a lot of things, namely wine, and especially rock music. That’s where the Doobie Brothers hail from, and over the past 50 plus years of being together, the band has sold over 40 million
Sylvester Stewart was born into a very musical Dallas, Texas family. That encouragement to perform at such a young age led him to form the Stewart Four quartet with his brothers and sisters. The group would release
February 1967, Chicago, Illinois. Saxophonist Walter Parazaider, guitarist Terry Kath, drummer Danny Seraphine, trombonist James Pankow, trumpet player Lee Loughnane, and keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm got a meeting together to talk about the development of a new band.
“I had always liked Ginger.” That’s Eric Clapton, speaking of course of drummer Ginger Baker, who, in 1966, happened to be a member of the Graham Bond Organisation, a band that had grown tired of Bond’s drug
1964, London, England. The British Rock invasion began with the Beatles arriving on US soil for the first time, and a score of many other rock/pop acts would come flooding on to the scene, including the Detours,
Psychedelic rock had more than a few pioneers, but Jefferson Airplane was certainly toward the top, riding high on their two biggest hits of all time, White Rabbit, and Somebody To Love. Formed in 1965, the group
The 60s owe a lot to Bob Dylan. Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which were mostly traditional folk songs, Dylan made his stamp on music and culture in the 60s with the release of The
“What a long, strange trip its been.” The Grateful Dead can best be described as the original non-genre jam band. Melding the elements of rock, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, jazz, reggae, experimental music, psychedelia, and space
While the Guess Who did have several hits in America, they were superstars in their home country of Canada during the 1960s and early ’70s. The band grew out of vocalist/guitarist Chad Allan (born Allan Kobel) and
Just a wee bit after the Zombies, came Argent. Former lead singer of the Zombies Rod Argent created his own band with a different focus in sound than the Zombies, coming along in 1968 as the band
Like a lot of bands formed in the early 60s, the Kinks were English, the Kinks had a role in the British Invasion of music in the states, and the Kinks were trailblazers in sound and attitude.
It’s a little bit easier to form a band when you go to school together. While most elementary school children were playing ball, jumping rope and being wild, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were busy spending recess
How much time do we have? To sum up Rod Stewart in the usual 2 minutes that this podcast gives to you is an injustice to a man that has been knighted by the queen. But I’ll
It was 1963. Guitarist Spencer Davis was looking to form a group. It wasn’t difficult for him to find at least two future members of the group, stumbling upon Steve Winwood and his bassist brother Muff in
Heavy metal. The term is typically associated with bands of the late 70 and into the 80s. Deep Purple are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal. The band formed in Hertford, England in 1968,
Some bands and artists prefer the roar of the crowd for their energy to power forward making music that they would then end up in the studio recording, and then taking back out on the road to
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.” Johnny Allen Hendrix, or James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix, began playing guitar at the age of 15. Not
The history of the Doors is deep and wide, and you could spend an entire movie or book or many movies and books trying to tell it. But, in basic, the Doors were one of the best
Originally “Sweetshop,” glam rockers SWEET were formed in London in 1968 with their first hit, Funny Funny, which sounded an awful lot like something The Archies would have created in a bubblegum pop explosion. The 70s treated
In 1959, The Blue Velvets began as an instrumental cover band in John Fogerty’s Junior High School years. Playing at local dances together as a band in the early 60s brought them enough success to be signed
