After The Beatles finally ended it in the spring of 1970, three bandmembers soon followed up with solo albums and embarked on new and disparate careers....
The Beatles’ famous, bittersweet Savile Row rooftop concert on Jan. 30, 1969, drew me to London to pay homage to the group’s last performance and caused me to recall my own rooftop experience with the comedy troupe The Gramcrackers....
The Beatles’ famous, impromptu Savile Row rooftop concert on Jan. 30, 1969, drew me to London to pay homage to the group’s last performance and caused me to recall my own rooftop experience with the comedy troupe The Gramcrackers....
The number one issue interviewing a rock-legend like Bobby Whitlock is where to begin. Whitlock was an important player with such noted groups and musicians as Delaney & Bonnie, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Derek & The Dominoes during the ’60s and ’70s. Whitlock is still going strong at 67. He’ll hit the road in September with wife CoCo Carmel on their “The Just Us Tour 2015,” featuring 11 all-acoustic shows....
Bobby Whitlock has had an immeasurable impact on music. The co-founder of Derek & The Dominos and co-writer of such classics as “Bell Bottom Blues,” will hit the road this fall on an 11-date tour featuring all-acoustic sets in intimate settings....
George Harrison was unquestionably the Beatle I really wanted to meet. Who could forget his early songs like “Taxman” and “Blue Jay Way,” or his lasting contribution to human rights. He would have been 72 today had he survive lung cancer that took his life in 2001 at the age of 58. I met John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, but Harrison eluded me. He was full of intrigue and complexity and almost dared you to like him. His brilliant 1970 Concert For Bangladesh set the standard for charity shows. Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Jim Keltner, Jesse Ed Davis, Klaus Vorman, half-of Badfinger, Ringo, Billy Preston and horn-men Tom Scott and Jim Horn were there, led by George....
Peter Frampton, who exploded on the music scene in the mid-70s, showed the same musical magic last night (July 20) at New Orleans’ Champions Square that has made him one of the best selling artists in pop music history, Frampton, who is now 64, played on a double bill with the Doobie Brothers, Oddly, Beyonce and Ja-Zay played a concert next door in the Super Dome. He's collaborated with such artists as Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, composer Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Who’s John Entwistle....
Leon Russell made me a life-long fan when I heard Joe Cocker sing his song “Delta Lady” in 1969. I always wondered where Leon would end up, and now the question has been answered with his latest album, Life Journey. Leon Russells Road Less Traveled Ends in New Album Life Journey. I put it on and was immediately struck by it’s somewhat somber nature....
Mike Mitchell was just 18 when he caught the Beatles in his hometown on their inaugural tour in 1964, with camera in hand. He came away with 50 iconic photos that captured the explosion of Beatlemania....
When this was first announced that Al Pacino would play Phil Spector, I wondered who was going to play Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison. Spector produced landmark solo albums for both....
Back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, The Beatles had such a wealth of money and influence that they decided to launch their own record label, Apple Records. Some 40 years later this month, a new album, Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records, will be released, including a lot of material that has never been available on CD, or digital download....