Guitarist Nita Strauss will rejoin Alice Cooper for his 2023 shows after previously leaving the shock-rocker’s live band to go on tour with Demi Lovato. “She’s back!” Cooper announced in a statement. “Nita asked for a leave of absence to work with someone else, something I always encourage my band members to do. I like them to […]
Mr. Big has announced a farewell tour that will take place this year called the Big Finish. The shows are scheduled to launch in Nagoya, Japan, on July 20 and continue through Southeast Asia through August. You can see a list of tour dates below. Earlier this year, singer Eric Martin confirmed that a tour was in the works, “no question […]
The death of Gary Rossington, the final original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, has spurred an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians. In their official statement, the current members of Lynyrd Skynyrd called Rossington “our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist,” adding that the rocker “is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven […]
The limitations of the long-gone 8-track cartridge format caused headaches for artists and engineers. While the platform offered the first big chance for mobile record listening and stereo sound to automobile drivers in the ’70s and early ’80s, it was far from perfect. One band that bravely tried to find a solution was the Rolling […]
When Snowy White laid down a guitar solo for Pink Floyd‘s 1977 album Animals, he didn’t suspect it would go unheard by most fans. His contribution to “Pigs on the Wing” only appeared on the 8-track edition of the album and died with the format in the early ’80s — until the internet revived it. The 8-track tape […]
Live albums were already a part of the rock record business before 1972. There had been multiple live releases from the likes of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown, along with classic titles by the Who, the Allman Brothers Band, Cream, the Grateful Dead, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane, Grand Funk Railroad, Elton John […]
David Lindley, journeyman multi-instrumentalist who played with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and many more, has died at age 78. Lindley’s passing was confirmed to the Los Angeles Times, though an official cause of death was not given. Born on March 21, 1944, in San Marino, Calif., Lindley played a variety of stringed instruments as a child, […]
Patti Smith‘s “Dancing Barefoot” begins with a description of a mystical woman: “She is benediction / She is addicted to thee / She is the root connection / She is connecting with he.” The song was designed to blur the lines between male and female power, an androgynous ode to the sexes and their relation […]
Roger Waters has revealed further details behind his decision to re-record Pink Floyd’s classic 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. In a post to Facebook, Waters explained that the initial idea came to him while working on the Lockdown Sessions, a collection of minimalist versions of Pink Floyd and solo material that he recorded during […]
Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who worked with both jazz and rock legends during his six-decade career, died Thursday morning at age 89. No cause of death was given. Shorter’s career included collaborations with the likes of Steely Dan, Carlos Santana, Joni Mitchell, Don Henley and Herbie Hancock, among others. Born in Newark, N.J., in 1933, Shorter graduated from New York University […]