1. In her memoir, Wonderful Tonight, Boyd wrote: “He told me, in a matter-of-fact way, that he had written it for me. I thought it was beautiful — and it turned out to be the most successful song he ever wrote, with more than 150 cover versions.”Watch the Beatles' 'Something...
1. In her memoir, Wonderful Tonight, Boyd wrote: “He told me, in a matter-of-fact way, that he had written it for me. I thought it was beautiful — and it turned out to be the most successful song he ever wrote, with more than 150 cover versions.”Watch the Beatles' 'Something...
rock and influenced countless musicians across different genres. Besides his bass-playing expertise, Lee also gained fame for his high-register vocal abilities, songwriting skills, and proficiency in playing keyboard instruments. Throughout his time with Rush, he co-wrote and co-produced most of ...
"We recorded my first song, ‘It Was You’, in late 1963 at the home studio of Barry Gray, who wrote music for children’s TV puppet series like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5. Dick James, The Beatles’ co-publisher at the time, heard ‘It Was You’ and signed me to his company. ...
In reality, country music owes its most profound roots to Black musicians and artists — such as the ones who taught country pioneerJimmie Rodgerseverything he knew about music. Or the ones who wrote the groundbreaking music that was made mainstream byElvis Presley. With any justice, country si...
Sure, it may not seem fair to fault a then 16-year-old not yet ‘Dimebag’ Darrell, but they wrote it and the cover says Pantera. Aping the guitar theatrics found in traditional metal in the early ‘80s, the licks here are ever-competent, but the songwriting leaves just about everyt...
Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.” I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the Nobel Prize have much to fear from AI. Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story ...
I originally wrote this piece in 2006. I’m dusting it off & publishing it now because I will soon announce big publishing news for yours truly. I am somewhat more sanguine about the book publishing industry today, now that I’ve broken out of the business how-to genre. But there’s ...
The sad news was confirmed by his longtime manager, Jared Levine, who shared a statement from the musician's family. Robertson was the founding guitarist of The Band, and wrote and played on hits like “The Weight,”“Up on Cripple Creek,” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”...
The Conversation: Pantera were a band of brothers and Machine Head’s Robb Flynn and the band were pretty close. This is the guy who wrote a ‘fuck you’ song (“Aesthetics of Hate”) to a dimwit outsider journalist (we shan’t even speak the poser’s name) who unabashedly insulted ...