A studio portrait of rock band Cheap Trick, New York, November 1980. L-R Tom Petersson, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Bun E Carlos. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) John Lennon’s final album, Double…
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Back in 1970, This Former Beatle Proved That Delivering a Hit Single Doesn’t Have To Take Forever
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: John LENNON between 1970 and 1973. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) John Lennon often approached his career in a refreshingly spontaneous fashion. Without calculating what it might…
4 Rock Anthems From the 90s That Melissa Etheridge Wrote by Herself
American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge performing on stage, United Kingdom, circa 1990. (Photo by Suzie Gibbons/Redferns/Getty Images) Beginning with her self-titled debut album in 1988, Melissa Etheridge has carved out a career for…
Born 104 Years Ago Today, the WWII Veteran and Country Songwriting Genius Who Wrote Songs From His Deathbed
Lawton Williams (via YouTube). Even if his name isn’t super familiar to you, I bet you’ve heard at least a few of this lyrical icon’s country stylings through the years. Lawton Williams…
The Gut-Wrenching Song That Joni Mitchell Wrote About Her First Marriage
Before Joni Mitchell was, well, Joni Mitchell, she was Joni Anderson, a girl with a guitar and an aptitude for folk music from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. That is, until she met Chuck Mitchell,…