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A special, 7-inch vinyl of the Stones’ single, “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale,” drops June 25, Clifton Chenier’s birthday. It features ...
In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, C.C. Adcock, the producer of The Rolling Stones’ new Clifton Chenier tribute cover, says the track was the “coolest thing I’ve ever … been involved ...
One weekend in August 1996, a quarter of a million fans gathered in the grounds of Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, to crown ...
Where Steven Tyler was essentially a knock-off Mick Jagger, and Aerosmith had all the charisma of drying paint, the band was sincere and passionate about music.
The Rolling Stones recorded “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” for “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” which commemorates the 100th anniversary of Chenier’s birth. On the new album, “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” is ...
Despite recording only 29 songs during two sessions in 1936 and 1937, his work had a profound impact on later musicians, including Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.
A 37-year-old music obsessive with deep love for the Stones, but who’d never actually witnessed them live, I didn’t just desire to see great-grandfatherly rock heroes Jagger, Richards, and ...
The songs they recorded in the 60s, specifically, continue to cast a lasting influence; here’s how The Rolling Stones changed rock’n’roll – and popular culture – forever during that decade.
Including works by the likes of The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks and more, was 1971 the greatest year in music history? Read more about it here.
A late-1960s throwback to the days of clean-cut teen idols — he called himself “the missing link” — he rode his gymnastic vocal range to a string of hits.
Landmark concert venues, museums, and music trails around the South continue to tell the region’s ever-changing sonic story.
These classic rock hits are inescapable, but the bands who made them have slipped under the radar. This is where they went ...