Steve Ripley grew up in Oklahoma graduating from Glencoe High School and Oklahoma State University. He went on to become a recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. Steve worked with Bob Dylan, playing guitar on the Shot of Love album and on the ...
"It is with great sorrow we are letting the world know we have lost our brother: CJ Snare, the rock and roll warrior, lead vocalist, and a founding member of Firehouse," the band wrote on theirFacebookpage. "CJ snare passed unexpectedly at home Friday night, April 5, 2024. He was a...
Elvis Presley changed music because he made Rock and Roll the new thing. He made songs as early as 21 years old. Everyone else around that time was singing country, jazz,and blues. He was not the inventor of Rock and Roll, but he brought it back to life. The most famous songs that...
The History Of The Notorious Pet Rock (And The Inventor Who Became A Millionaire) In the history of fads and crazes, there is nothing to rival the Pet Rock's inexplicable popularity. It was a smooth rock, sold in a cardboard box, and it made inventor Gary ...
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,,goth rock,Insideout Music,pop,progressive rock,Rock and Roll,southern rock,vernacular music1 Comment It’s been another excellent month for new music. So let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? Purchase links are embedded in the artist/title listing; playlists or video samplers follow eac...
Case in point: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had to posthumously allow one of the greatest keyboardists into their ridiculous club.Allowing bands like The Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Guns and Roses, and the Sex Pistols in ahead of so many worthy artists is a damned shame. It was a rare ...
Rock stars and drugs go together like football and beer: you could have one without the other and it would still be fun, but you would sense that something was missing. And in the world of rock and roll, musicians being whacked out on drugs and alcohol can be pretty entertaining (...
The first Rock ‘n’ Roll star. Haley was one of the earliest acts to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. He sold over 60 million records during his career. As …Continue reading→
"I really feel from the bottom of my heart that I am the inventor [of rock & roll]," Little Richard says. "If there was somebody else, I didn't know than, didn't hear them, haven’t heard them. Not even to this day. So I say I'm the architect."Terry O'Neill/Getty This s...