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Journey’s first Top 20 hit was released 35 years ago: ‘Very influenced by the great Sam Cooke’

Issued in September 1979, Journey’s first-ever Top 20 hit found Steve Perry playing a surprising role.

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Bryan Murray, “Lundblam!” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek

Bryan Murray creates a scary hip-hop/out-jazz Frankenstein that points ahead to an interesting new direction for this intensely creative saxophonist.

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What Ever Happened to Queen’s John Deacon?: ‘He Doesn’t Feel Able to Cope’

Queen co-founder John Deacon retired in 1997, and has remained absent even as the group returned to the road and the studio.

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Brian Wilson, “Wanderlust” from The Art of McCartney: Something Else! sneak peek

Brian Wilson’s take on “Wanderlust” always seemed like it would be the jewel of the forthcoming ‘Art of McCartney’ tribute album. And it is.

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Roger Waters is still not in Pink Floyd: ‘This is not rocket science, people’

Roger Waters left Pink Floyd almost 30 years ago. But their new album has led to new questions about his involvement in the group.

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Stevie Nicks selects her favorite solo project: ‘It was a really intense record’

Even today, Stevie Nicks looks back on this album with great fondness, though an ugly period of addiction followed.

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Devon Allman, “Can’t Lose ‘Em All” (2014): Something Else! exclusive stream

Devon Allman puts an Allman Brothers groove on this Lee Roy Parnell tune, while remaining very much his own man.

Danny Seraphine, Bill Champlin Open Up on the Complicated Legacy of 'Chicago 18'

Danny Seraphine, Bill Champlin Open Up on the Complicated Legacy of ‘Chicago 18’

Danny Seraphine and Bill Champlin discuss David Foster’s platinum-selling era with Chicago, and how it ended.

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were an embarrassment of riches for the Yardbirds: 'There wasn’t very much space'

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were an embarrassment of riches for the Yardbirds: ‘There wasn’t very much space’

Everything would change when the Yardbirds tenures of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page overlapped in 1966.

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Phil Collins on returning to the drums, reunion with Genesis: ‘I don’t miss it, no’

Phil Collins has been slowing moving back into the spotlight lately, though it’s been as a vocalist rather than a drummer. You May Also Like: No related posts.