Classic Rock

Florida is the Sunshine State. It’s also the state that gave us the following super bands. This list will surprise you. Creed, the religious leaning rock band starring Scott Stapp (who has been divorced, bankrupt, and in rehab within the last five years), hails from Tallahassee and started his rock journey in 1993. Creed sold nearly 40 million records in their career. Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey of K.C. and the […]

Let’s share another deserving band from our feature ‘A to Z.’ Today, we’ll look at the letter ‘F’, and the band Free! In 1968, four lads joined forces to become a high spirited band called Free. Free was lead singer Paul Rogers, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff (lead guitarist) and Andy Fraser. Their biggest commercial hit was the classic "All Right Now,” which got them on stage for the memorable ‘Isle […]

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is planning a three-day open air concert in October of this year, featuring Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. In the spirit of ‘Woodstock,’ the scheduled performers seem to have an activist tone or history to their years of rock, while Coachella has worked hard to get two of the biggest stars of the 60s on […]

In the 60s, the British Invasion began one February night on the nationally televised ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ with the four long haired boys known as the Beatles. Not far behind were great bands like Eric Burdon and the Animals. Let’s spend more time sharing fund facts about Eric and the boys... The Animals actually broke up in 1966. The original 1963-1966 line up Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler, Alan Price, John […]

The Beatles were the good boys with long hair (long by the early 60s standards), the Rolling Stones the bad boys, and finally, Eric Burdon and the Animals were known as the dirty boys. Formed in England in the early 60s, the Animals were a hard band to categorize. They were certainly psychedelic, but also a commercial success in spite of their persona. Here are a few things you might […]

You know how rumors start. The topic is always juicy, scandalous yes interesting but often untrue. Let’s dispel a few of the more interesting classic rumors... Yes, both Duane Allman and bandmate Barry Oakley died from nearly identical motorcycle accidents in Macon ,Georgia a year apart, but neither hit a peach truck as it was rumored. The album ‘Eat a Peach’ had no direct bearing on their deaths. The Lynyrd […]