Classic Hits

Let’s talk about celebrity homes. The home once owned by David Bowie and his wife Iman in New York City is a beautiful three bedroom, two and ½ bath apartment is in the famous Essex House building, available if you can come up with the listed price of $6.5 million. If you’d rather visit than own, there’s a group by the name of 'Runaway Tours' that will take you on […]

Although it’s not the same as ‘where were you when JFK was assassinated,’ most rock fans remember the moment their favorite radio station or TV bulletin gave us the tragic news that the plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd going down. In retrospect, it’s amazing there were any survivors in that plane crash at all! Now, there's a movie, beginning production in the next 30 days for a film called ‘Street Survivors: […]

Mountain Jam is a three-day festival held at Hunter Mountain, NY every June, (this year June 16th, 17th, and 18th) and it’s an outdoor festival you’ll want to give serious consideration. The confirmed lineup includes Peter Frampton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Steve Miller Band and more. Many of the additional artists have a younger appeal, but these bands are the more commercial and recognizable of that genre. What […]

It’s Monday, so let’s kick off the work week with your music news headlines… If someone tells you that Gregg Allman is dying, don’t believe them. Rumors that Gregg was admitted to hospice care this past week are not true, and Gregg personally told fans that, yes, he’s not well, but expects to make a full recovery and get back on tour. If you’ve always wanted to have breakfast with […]

Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow are all schedule to appear at this year’s Outlaw Music Festival. No, it’s not actually a one location event, rather a troupe of great musicians that are out on tour. The stops this year will be cites like Rogers, Arkansas, Detroit, Scranton, New Orleans, Dallas, Milwaukee, and Syracuse, New York. Tickets for this year's Outlaw Festival tour went on sale starting on April […]

No pun intended, but yes it’s been a great year for Yes. They were blessed to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (after waiting for years) and they are out on tour this summer. “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” “Roundabout,” and all your favorite songs will be heard live. Here are the latest confirmed dates and locations… PS – Todd Rundgren and Carl Palmer will join […]

Don McClean is credited with writing a song that holds a few distinctive records or characteristics; “American Pie.” This song details ‘the day the music died,’ a cold February night when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens perished in a place crash. This song became the longest song in length (8:42) to be played on Top 40 radio stations, and the song was recently admitted into the Library […]

In music, it's nice to be recognized by your peers, thus the Billboard Song of the Year, Brit Award, and Grammy is the cherry on the top for any musician’s ego. It’s hard to believe, but the list of singers and acts that have never won a Grammy is staggering. Take a look and you’ll see what we mean… Depeche Mode has been nominated for a Grammy five times, and […]