Muscle Shoals, Grateful Dead and the Record Plant: Summer Music Books
Steve Matteo surveys a new trio of deep-dive music books on Muscle Shoals, the Grateful Dead and the Record Plant with simply stunning visual presentations.
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Percy Sledge may have been a one hit wonder, but what a hit it was
Percy Sledge has died at 73 having long been dubbed a one hit wonder. But that one hit – “When a Man Loves a Woman” – was a wonder, indeed.
‘I was just strumming around’: Loose session with Steve Cropper sparks one of Rod Stewart’s biggest hits
“It’s more luck,” Stewart says of songwriting, “than judgment.”
St. Paul and the Broken Bones – Half the City (2014)
Close your eyes, and there’s no way you picture this guy singing these songs. The guy with the glasses, the suit, the flushed cheeks. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Books: Cher: All I Really Want to Do by Daryl Easlea and Eddi Fiegel (2013)
In 1969, Cher was past her initial folk-pop successes with husband Sonny, but hadn’t yet launched her smash 1970s variety television program. She’d issue the most interesting project of her career. You May Also Like: No related posts.
