Michael Wadleigh assembled the three-hour 'Woodstock' out of the festival's "Three Days of Peace & Music," as it had been billed. From Richie Havens' improvised opener, "Freedom," to Jimi Hendrix's closing set, the film captured the music, drugs, rain, mud, politics and free love that...
let alone 130 million," Howard Stern said whileinductingBon Joviinto the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Not one of the band's 130 million worldwide sales went unearned. Namesake frontmanJon Bon Joviand hotshot guitaristRichie Samboramade one of the most formidable songwriting duos...
When Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay’s triple-threat singer-songwriter assault hooked up with rhythm section Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer to make rock ‘n’ roll history, everybody else on the West Coast was coming up with weird, fanciful band names. They instead chose theirs f...
Blake Shelton is another country star who suffered the loss of a family member before becoming famous, later telling the story through songwriting. The Okie lost his older brother, Richie, in a car accident when he was a teenager. Blake was just 14 when 24-year-old Richie passed. The loss...
When Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay’s triple-threat singer-songwriter assault hooked up with rhythm section Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer to make rock ‘n’ roll history, everybody else on the West Coast was coming up with weird, fanciful band names. They instead chose theirs ...
Bon Jovi / Richie Sambora Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Images Bon Jovi / Richie Sambora A decade after leaving the band, guitarist Richie Sambora finally declared that he felt it was time for him to rejoin Bon Jovi in a November 2023 interview. "People want to see us play, and it's goi...
Amit has been writing for titles like Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Guitar World for over a decade and counts Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck among his primary influences. He's interviewed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos wit...
Any other tidbits:In addition to Griffey & Kearns, Bernie Williams, Eric Chavez, Eric Hinske, Jimmy Rollins, Kas Ishii, Mark Prior and Richie Sexson were not in this series after being in the Blue Backs set. They were replaced by Barry Zito, Brian Giles, Delgado, Garret Anderson, Magglio...
Lionel Richie Ian Gavan, Getty Images Lionel Richie The former Commodore started his amazing solo career with the platinum selling pop single "Endless Love" with Diana Ross in 1981. Then, he dominated pop and adult contemporary radio with "My Love," "All Night Long" and "Hello" before pitch...
it’ll be a damn franchise. Put a pair of hot, young dudes up front, for the laides and gay gents. For the dudes and lezzies, we’ll throw in that chick fromScandal In Bolivia, or whatever, and make her a badass. Get Guy Richie to direct. He’s British. They love his shit ov...