When four lads from Liverpool got together in the early 1960s to make music, they never dreamed they would become the most influential band of all-time. 60 years later, the Beatles are undisputedly that. The…
On the evening of December 8, 1980, an announcement was made during a Monday Night Football game. An emotional Howard Cosell related the unimaginable, stating that John Lennon had been “shot twice in the back,…
By the early 1970s, The Beatles were broken up. George Harrison had been married to fashion model Pattie Boyd for a handful of years and Eric Clapton had just recorded the epic and iconic love…
“Pancho and Lefty” is the best known song from perhaps the greatest songwriter you’ve never heard of. It was written in 1972 by the hallowed pen of Townes Van Zandt. Hardly known outside the realm…
Glen Campbell was one of the most influential music artists of the last 60 years. Born in Arkansas in 1936, he got his start as a session musician in Los Angeles playing guitar for the…
Nashville, Tennessee, also known as “Music City”, is where singers and bands go to make hit records. Pure and simple. It has been that way for nearly a century. One main reason is because of…
The 1960s were one of the most creatively prolific periods for songwriters. Consequently, the 60s put out a lot of great songs that people don’t associate with the artist who wrote it. People tend to…