For the longest time (hell, maybe they still do), Japanese authorities enforced strict regulations at domestic concerts featuring touring rock bands; the audiences were only allowed to applaud between songs,...
No, his mind is not for rent To any god or government Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren’t permanent But change is ––Neil Peart,...
On October 26, 1965, the Beatles received M. B. E.––Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire––medals from Queen Elizabeth II during a formal...
It’s 1976, and you are at one of rock ‘n’ roll’s premier pilgrimage sites: Detroit’s Cobo Hall. The rest of the headlining band has left the...
The quartet would take the stage to the anticipatory swell of applause from an all-ages audience that had paid less than 10 dollars to get in,...
It’s Thanksgiving, 1976, and you’re lucky enough to be at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom for The Band’s farewell concert extravaganza. They’re in more than fine form,...
In the beginning, there was monophony. Basically just a bunch of monks moaning in monasteries. Oh, there were many other sacred and secular musical forms developing...
The band hands the stage over to the upright half of the rhythm section. This guy looks weird, like he just walked straight off a beach...
Jack of all trades, master of none. ––Elizabethan-era colloquialism Frank Sinatra saunters onstage. He’s got a cigarette in one hand, a glass of bourbon in the...
