Santana was a heck of a deal! Carlos admitted he dropped acid - he thought they were going to go on stage 12 hours later than they did:
Woodstock – Santana
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Wednesday Rock Blogging
The Band
The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals). The members of...
Michael McDonald
This Friday night at Kaaboo, Michael McDonald will take the Trestles stage around 7:00 pm. While, at first take, it wouldn't seem like he might fit in with today's crowd, Michael is hip once again:...
Steely Dan
We lost the great guitar player Walter Becker this week. For those who grew up on Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Pink Floyd, Steely Dan was a gateway band that got us to consider other types of music! Here is Reeling in the Years with Skunk Baxter on...
Beatles at Balboa Stadium 8/28/65
Bob Seger in San Diego 1978
This is real 70's rock and roll, including girls sitting on shoulders of guys, the San Diego Chicken, and the purist 3-stripe Adidas:
Why Can’t We Live Together
Can't we all just get along?
Glen Campbell, R.I.P.
We lost an incredible musician yesterday; Glen Campbell. He was probably one of the first crossover stars, who started as a country session player and became a mainstream radio and TV star in his own right. This is the first remark in the Youtube comment section of...
Crowd Singing Bohemian Rhapsody
A month ago, 65,000 gathered for a Green Day show in London. Before it began, they played the instrumental track of Bohemian Rhapsody, and the crowd responded accordingly. P.S. Freddie Mercury died in 1991:
Elvis Costello
It was right about 1983 that my Dad told me that I'd probably be a salesman, so I figured I should sell the biggest-ticket item - houses!
