Classic Rock

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 […]

Van Morrison is a sweet story teller who gave us wonderful songs like "Brown Eyed Girl,” “Domino,” “Jackie Wilson Said” and “Tupelo Honey.” Van has been singing and performing since the mid-60s, but oddly this star from Northern Ireland has done very few tours in the US. He’s out on tour now in Northern Ireland but has no plans for a tour here in the States anytime soon. Van is […]

Have you ever wondered what other singers appear on your favorite songs? These vocal contributions are known as ‘background vocals,' and often times are surprising. Did you know that the song “The Wall” by Pink Floyd has the background vocals of (70s “Love Will Keep Us Together”) The Captain and Tennille, and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys? “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by Elton John employed […]

If you live in the San Francisco area, you know the fourth annual ‘Acoustic-4-A-Cure’ show, held May 15th at the famous Fillmore, is all the rage. Recently, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo are joined the lineup. Sammy Hagar and Metallica's James Hetfield started the charitable convert/event a few years ago for the benefit of the fight against Pediatric Cancer, at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Additional guests that night include […]

Van Halen fanatics who love the band with David Lee Roth as its front man think this version of the group is the bomb, while those that love "I Can’t Drive 55” think that Sammy Hagar took Van Halen to new heights. Let’s learn a little more about Sammy… Sammy was born in Salinas, California on October 13th, 1947 and his first success came from a group called Montrose in […]