when Genesis turned to their drummer only after auditioning a series of others to replace Peter Gabriel. Six years later, Collins began a concurrent solo career that got underway with five straight platinum-selling smash albums. They found him moving far from his initial prog-focused work with G...
“Come on, I had planned this so well. The storm was yesterday, not today. Today was supposed to be cloudy but clear. I did the research, I brought the right gear, I had learned my lessons from Halla.” Jirisan didn’t care about my mental complaining, it threw a few more strikes...
“When we did ‘Islands in the Stream’ we connected musically. When we did ‘You Can’t Make Old Friends,’ we connected personally,” Rogers says. “For me, it’s not important that it’s a hit song but it’s important historically to have it on tape. In this business where so ...
Clapton’s a master at making music love, but Bob Dylan’s the maestro. Although I only decided he should have been my other half when he was midway through his career, and I should have known better, he was it. You know the cliche, he puts into words what I wanted to say. Well,...
“I’m quite positive that these guys didn’t really see the process of making the record from the same perspective that I did,” the producer recalled to Spin.“And I think that caused a lot of friction.” “I think Superunknown had more tension than some of the records because it wa...
Bob Dylan (1989):Dylan gave in to worry, seeming to rebuke everything he'd preached on hope-filled albums like 'Saved' - not to mention his goofball turns with the Traveling Wilburys. The result was a late-period classic, governed by producer Daniel Lanois' atmospheric process. ...
(1)The writer begins the passage with the examples of Steve Jobs and Bob Dylan to suggest D.A.one's success is determined by nothing but his early failureB.only intelligent and talented people can realize their dreamsC.whoever wants to succeed in his career has to bear...
collaborative musical skills of NGDB’s banjo picker and resident music scholar John McEuen, vocalist/guitarist Jeff Hanna and their fellow Dirt Band members. Banjo virtuoso Earl Scruggs, encouraged by his son Randy, dove right in, as did fingerpicking wizard Doc Watson and fiddler Vassar ...
For Stevie Ray Vaughan, ‘Soul to Soul’ represented the latest step in a prolific career. After cutting his teeth in the Austin music scene, Vaughan shared the studio with David Bowie before breaking out on his own. ‘Soul to Soul' added a new element, bringing in keyboardist Reese ...
Regardless of who did what,Money, produced by Zappa, is indisputably a ’60s classic and, for many, the apex of Zappa’s early years, if not his entire career. It was a concept album, owing to but simultaneously parodyingSgt. Pepper. ...