and TowerOfPower. He later joinedLevon Helm’s RCO All-Stars group and was among the original members in Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi'sBlues Brothersband. Cropper resumed his solo career in the '80s, releasing several albums, while continuing to collaborate with leading lights...
Gone Solo Two Epic artists drop their debut solo albums this week, with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard taking a breather from his primary gig to record “Bayleaf,” and Ben Folds Five’s eponymous leader resurfacing after his band’s demise with “Rockin’ the Suburbs.” Gossard’s album, som...
and spawned the popular title song as well as a cover of the Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts," which was a Top 10 hit for Nazareth. The guitarist played on 17 albums by Nazareth before leaving the band in 1990 and launching a solo career. He also produced Guns N' Roses' earliest demos....
Owl John is the only album by Owl John, the solo musical project by Frightened Rabbit vocalist and guitarist Scott Hutchison. It was released on Atlantic Records on 4 August 2014 (perhaps coincidentally, the date also being International Owl Awareness Day since 2011). The music for the album ...
Jack Kay/Getty Images. Olivia Newton-John, the British Australian pop singer who dominated the pop charts of the 1970s and ’80s with mega hits “Hopelessly Devoted to You,”“Magic,” and “Physical”—and jolted audiences with her naif-to-naughty turn as Sandy in one of the top-...
McJohn played on seven albums with Steppenwolf, including 1968’sThe Second, which highlighted another US Top 5 single, ‘Magic Carpet Ride’ and again featured his soaring organ. His last album with band, 1974’sSlow Flux, was followed by his termination from the group by leader Kay in 19...
In addition to his work with other artists, Neuwirth released five solo albums Vangelis Fred Mott, Hulton Archive, Getty Images Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, known to the world as Vangelis, died in May at the age of 79. The Greek composer and electronic musician left behind an...
I’ve been married three times and have seven children. My current wife (Kay) and I have four kids together. We are very happy, and this is our 30thyear of marriage coming up in July. So it’s wonderful. I’m very lucky and blessed with my family, my relationships and my...
then Dolphy rips the canvas with a bracing solo—brash in tone, Parker-meets-Coltrane in style—yet he fits right in, Duvivier and Kay stepping up the beat but just subtly, Lewis and the other horns sustaining their lushness: the clashing colors intensify the beauty. There's very little ...
Mom Young, Mary Kay, John Aaron and Cathy – November 1971 Our two years of active duty in the US Air Force in many ways were good ones. Because I was the sole surgeon at the base hospital I had been able to work pretty much independently with only a few of the usual military restr...