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Craig Chaquico, formerly of Jefferson Starship: Something Else! Interview

Craig Chaquico is ready to rock again — or more specifically blues-rock again. After years of work as a best-selling acoustic artist, the former Jefferson Starship guitarist has dug back into his earliest influences. You May Also Like: The Craig Torso Show – ‘Conflagration Vespers’ (2021)

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‘We never wrote a cock-rock song’: Jonathan Cain has a theory about Journey’s lasting resonance

Longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain says Journey’s music has an innocence, an essential lack of cynicism, that helps it to resonate across the generations. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Edie Brickell, of Gaddabouts and New Bohemians: Something Else! Interview

Most famous for her breakout late-1980s hit “What I Am” with the New Bohemians, Edie Brickell always had an uneasy relationship with fame.

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Desert Island Discs: 1980s R&B and Hip Hop Edition

We’ve finally answered an age-old question from the decade, as our intrepid panel of shipwrecked music lovers definitively chose Prince over Michael Jackson — not to mention Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy, Rick James and Run-DMC You May Also Like: DELIRIOUS: Our Ultimate Prince Playlist

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Reason To Believe" (1982)

Nebraska comes to a close with a song that sums up one of the underlying themes of the album: redemption. And man, we need some redemption here You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

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Solo Beatles Albums That Sucked: Gimme Five

For all of the promise that greeted their time apart — we’ll get four Beatles albums a year now! — the reality was far different as Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison embarked on solo careers. You May Also Like: Yes, ‘Now and Then’ Is an Actual Beatles Song

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True Hearts – True Hearts (2012)

Just when you think the well has run dry and all the great power pop records from the past have been uncovered and pressed on compact disc, along comes True Hearts, a band from Houston, Texas. Founded in 1979 and initially called the Flirts, the group cut an EP onRead More

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John Oates says production changed in 1980s, but Hall and Oates’ songwriting didn’t

Hall and Oates, the story goes, started out as this folksy doo-wop inspired duo. Then, the 1980s happened. Synthesizers, videos and a plasticine production style changed everything, right? Not so, says John Oates. You May Also Like: Why ‘Abandoned Luncheonette’ Is Still the Best Hall and Oates Album

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Steely Dan Sunday, "Reflections" (1984, 1988)

<<< BACKWARD (“Shanghai Confidential”) ||| ONWARD (“Trans-Island Skyway”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** I really debated on whether this recording belongs in the series; this cut from the movie soundtrack for Arthur 2: On the Rocks is jointly credited to the song’s only performers: Steve Khan and DonaldRead More

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'Party every night, and getting paid pretty well': Styx, Ricky Phillips showing no signs of slowing down

Though Ricky Phillips is only nine years into his current stint as bassist with Styx, he’s actually a rock music veteran who was part of both the respected late-1970s group the Babys as well as 1980s hitmakers Bad English. You May Also Like: No related posts.