When the news broke in April of 2018 that Fleetwood Mac had fired guitarist/singer Lindsey Buckingham, my heart sank.

When Glenn Frey passed on to eternity Jan. 18, 2016, the music world lost a talent that had few equals.

Deacon Frey, the oldest son of the late Glenn Frey, experienced a unique rite of passage last night. On stage with the Eagles at Dodger Stadium, he led the legendary band on “Take It Easy,” the second song of the set.

When the news broke in April of 2018 that Fleetwood Mac had fired guitarist/singer Lindsey Buckingham, my heart sank.

Twenty-two years ago as Sonny Bono was buried in Cathedral City, Calif., he left behind a legacy that is both simple and confusing.

It is easy to remember that this vibrant river city was the cauldron in which the art form known as rock and roll was created in the early 1950s.

On life’s journey, we like to take our favorite music with us. When the pace of our travels through the everyday grind gets to be too fast and tiring, it’s nice to know there is a place where we can pull over, take a breather and pay closer attention to the lyrics.

Bob Seger’s new CD, “Face The Promise,” is his first studio album in 11 years and marks a new chapter in the career of one of America’s most beloved rockers.

She went to live in London on a whim at age 20 and wound up working for the Beatles’ Apple Corps. After rubbing elbows with rock and roll’s biggest stars, she worked for some them as tour manager in the 1970s.


Scarcely a day goes by that I don’t think about the Beatles and their enormous success.

I am continually filled with wonder at how they produced so many great songs in such a short period of time – songs that still sound as fresh as they did in the 1960s.

When the Eagles laid the groundwork in the 1970s for country music stars like Travis Tritt and Trisha Yearwood, little did they know that those artists would help the Eagles reunite in the mid-1990s.

In the days following the Beatles’ break-up in the fall of 1969, Paul McCartney faced a devastating crisis. “I’d outlived my usefulness,” he would remark.

When The Who launched their current concert tour last June, the London-based band was doing what came naturally some 40 years ago. While never the darlings of the record charts like and Beatles and Rolling Stones, The Who have made their mark on rock and roll primarily from the stage.

Originally considered a toy, the kazoo made a prominent appearance in “San Francisco Bay Blues” on 1992’s “Clapton Unplugged” and Dion’s 1962 top 10 hit “Little Diane.” A kazoo is a 4-inch tube that contains a membrane that vibrates when the player hums into one end. A metal model costs about $2, but a plastic one can be had for a buck and a half.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has embraced the slogan “Long Live Rock,” which is the title of a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who in 1971. The three words stand in 6-foot-tall red letters in front of the building.

They had seven women on their mind, and they gave a musical nod to guys who are “brutally handsome” and girls who are “terminally pretty.”