Mainstreet - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet BandMake Me A Pallet On The Floor - Mississippi John HurtMalted Milk - Robert JohnsonMargaritaville - Jimmy BuffetMemphis Blues - W.C. HandyMexico - James TaylorMichelle - The BeatlesMiss the Mississippi and You - Jimmie Rodgers...
Kiss (1982):With their career in tatters, Kiss finally stopped messing around with disco, pop and concept albums and delivered their heaviest and most sophisticated album ever. Someday we're going to convince them to play "Saint and Sinner" and "Rock and Roll Hell" live. Pyromania Mercury ...
Bruce Springsteenhad had an issue with taking his show to bigger venues. His reluctance was well known, and he had historically been slow to make such moves, even as the number of people who wanted to see him grew.
Douglas recalled the time she was trying to check into a hotel in Germany by insisting she "had nothing to do with 'those girls.'" She said: "[A] belligerent Belinda crashed through the lobby, knocking over indoor plants and side tables in her path. She came to a screeching halt right...
Listen to Raspberries' 'Tonight'"They haven't gotten the respect they deserve, in my opinion," Springsteen adds in the book. With all of the power pop music you hear out there, what about the Raspberries?" The band, he says, "had at least one full album of stone cold classics." He...
But I felt our recording process had gone to pot during that album. Because we were having quite a few problems with Keith Moon not being in very good physical condition. So those are my main reasons, it wasn’t a very enjoyable album to make. You go deep with some of the songs in...
Subscribe to Idaho’s Talk Station on Los Lobos were as surprised as anyone when Valens was suddenly everywhere again, especially because they'd also refused to translate the song into English. “For it to become a hit back then was unprecedented,” Los Lobos’ Louis Perez told Songfacts ...
Bruce Springsteen (1982):Springsteen originally meant for these stark, desolate songs to serve as demos for the E Street Band, but their themes - mostly death and despair, and lots of it - worked better as stripped-down acoustic numbers. We can't imagine them any other way. ...
Los Lobos weren’t an obvious choice to turn a cover of Ritchie Valens’ '50s-era hit “La Bamba” into one of the songs of the summer in 1987. They’d been around since the ’70s, releasing critically acclaimed albums that never reached anywhere near blockbuster status....
Bruce Springsteen (1982):Springsteen originally meant for these stark, desolate songs to serve as demos for the E Street Band, but their themes - mostly death and despair, and lots of it - worked better as stripped-down acoustic numbers. We can't imagine them any other way. ...