‘He liked the Beatles, too’: Tom Petty opens up about his relationship with George Harrison
They memorably recorded two albums together with the Traveling Wilburys.
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‘Heaved it at least 150 feet’: Peter Frampton teaches video-obsessed concertgoer a lesson
Don’t use your cell to film a Frampton show. Not if you want it back.
‘We all had our demons’: Jack Bruce on Cream’s pitfalls, and surviving them
The resurgent bassist has some stern advice for his younger self.
‘Big shoes to fill? Of course’: Adam Lambert is growing into role as caretaker of Queen legacy
“The key,” Lambert says, “is to be mindful of the original intention of the songs.”
‘It just popped up’: Roger McGuinn on the Byrds’ happenstance beginnings
Slowly, but surely, something magical was happening.
‘We just thought that would be fun’: The Yardbirds’ lasting connection with 10cc’s Graham Gouldman
They scored an early hit with a Gouldman song. But it didn’t end there.
‘Something’s got to trigger’: Micky Dolenz on the best Monkees song you’ve never heard
One of their most trenchant late-1960s protest songs took a circuitous route.
‘We’d create some sort of magic’: If Hall and Oates record again, it would be in a whole new way
“The whole idea of making an album,” John Oates says, “is really old-fashioned.”
‘It’s not supposed to be ballot by bullet’: Inside one of Crosby Stills and Nash’s most emotional tracks
This standout early CSN song remains a fiery indictment of dreams lost.
Inside Michael McDonald’s off-the-cuff audition for the Doobie Brothers: ‘He mouths at me, Oh my God’
When Tom Johnston’s health faltered, producer Ted Templeman initially approached Patrick Simmons about fronting the Doobie Brothers. Simmons had another idea.
