Oldies

Rock and roll in the 70s was Southern, hard, Urban, and or California in nature, but we rarely salute the great Soul Rockers of the 70s. We’re going to take two days to recognize the incredible contributions of ‘Soul Rockers From the 70s.’ The Chicago born Earth Wind and Fire was so far ahead it’s time, driven by a horn section that only rivaled their natural born competitors ‘Chicago.’ ‘EWF’ […]

Let's take a look at more cover songs coming from the rock genre. It's been years and years so there are many songs we could talk about, but here are a few more... Rod Stewart's “First Cut is the Deepest” originally by P.P. Arnold, but Cat Stevens wrote the song as a young song writer in 1967, throwing it on his wildly unknown ‘New Masters’ album. The song was covered […]

Robert Clark Seger was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1945. Bob Seger as we know him has grown old gracefully while rocking his way through the 60s, 70s, and 80s and today. Bob’s double-sided live “Silver Bullet Live” is considered a musical benchmark by at least three different music genres. Bob Seger has sold more than 52 million albums in his career and has earned seven multi-platinum albums while […]

Some of the best songs we've heard have been covered beautifully and some not. Over time it's hard not to want to drag up an old song and try our best at it. Let's take a look at some of these classic songs and how others have tried to cover it. Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” may have been her biggest song, but it was Otis Redding that released it first. ‘I […]

Here are your Monday morning music headlines... The world is still spinning from the death of Prince last week. An autopsy has been performed with no apparent signs of foul play or suicide, but the results of the final exam may take up to two weeks to be disclosed. Sadly, Lonnie Mack, one of rock and rolls most influential guitarist has died at the age of 74. Lonnie was close […]

The movie director often looks to his music genius to score the film in a way that will take a scene to a memorable place, while adding depth to the storyline. Thus, it’s typical to hear a classic song in a film, regardless of genre. Here’s part three of this series looking at the best songs from the movies we just can't stop watching... We never thought anyone would find […]