King joined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1972 not long after the band formed, and with two other lead guitarists, Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, helped create the group's powerful triple-guitar sound prominent on such rock classics as "Free Bird." LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ed King, a former lead...
The vocalists on this list have sung for bands like The Beatles, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and The Rolling Stones to name a few. But which lead singer is also the lead money maker? There's no better job on the planet than being the front man/woman for a major rock band. Not only ...
By Brian Ives Legendary rock band theEagles, iconic singer-songwriterCarole Kingand filmmaker andStar Warscreator George Lucas lead this year's Kennedy Center honorees. Other honorees include actress/singer Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa and Broadway star Cicely Tyson. The38th Annual Kennedy C...
Two French music festivals dropped Eagles of Death Metal -- the U.S. band that was performing at the Bataclan theater in Paris when the attack by ISIS terrorists (89 people murdered), took place there -- because of "Islamophobic" comments by Jesse Hughes, its lead singer. שני ...
occasionally get their due at the mic. In fact, as you'll see in the following countdown of Classic Rock Songs Not Sung by the Lead Singer, there is more than one example where a band's biggest hit featured vocals from somebody else. Check out those times when the frontman took a ...
A number of the acts on the bill worked with Buffett themselves, including McCartney and the Eagles. Buffett and his Coral Reefer band opened for the Eagles in 1975, an inspiring moment for the future "Margaritaville" singer. "I was introduced to the band in the dressing room of the [Los...
Jones was the youngest member of the hit-making Monkees, a pre-fabricated rock quartet formed in 1966 to star in a television show of the same name. His good looks and British charm paired well with the American members of the group, drummer-singer Micky Dolenz, guitarist Michael Nesmith an...
"Who's That Man" is a classic Toby Keith breakup song. The singer finds that another man has taken his place in the lives of his (ex) wife and kids, and he's pretty blue about it. Keith wrote this No. 1 hit by himself, something he'd do often during his career. ...
In the early ’80s I met Ray Wolffe through one of my oldest friends and mentors, Michael O’Neil (guitarist with George Benson). Ray invited me to join his band Loose Change to replace long-time member Phil Solem (who was leaving to join the Rembrandts). With Cyril Cianflone and then...
A new chapter is being written in thePixies‘ legacy: The New York band announced late Wednesday that a yet-titled new album will be released in September. The latest rendition of the group includes guitarist Joey Santiago, singer and guitarist Francis Black, drummer David Lovering and bassist...