Month: August 2018

The Kinks’ Dave Davies Announces New Album of Unreleased Solo Material | Pitchfork

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The Kinks’ Dave Davies, 1975, photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images The Kinks’ Dave Davies has announced a new album of unreleased solo material. Decade arrives October 12 via Red River Entertainment/Green Amp. It includes works recorded from 1971 to 1979. Listen to the record’s lead single, “Cradle to the Grave,” below. “I am so pleased…

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Motley Crue: the man who claimed he replaced Nikki Sixx | Louder

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The Bizarre Life & Sad Death Of Nikki Sixx’s Doppelganger By Jon Hotten August 27, 2016 Classic Rock   In the late 80s, unknown musician Matthew Trippe claimed to have replaced Nikki Sixx in Motley Crue. Now the true story of Trippe’s strange life can finally be told Matthew Trippe died in December 2014. You…

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Nana na naaa! How Hey Jude became our favourite Beatles song | Music | The Guardian

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The Beatles in February 1968, the year Hey Jude was written. Photograph: Rex Features/Blackbrow You could argue forever about which of the Beatles’ songs is the greatest. According to the Daily Telegraph, it’s something nostalgic: In My Life. According to the NME, it’s something psychedelic: Strawberry Fields Forever, which wasn’t even the best song on…

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Beatles song mystery solved using statistics | The Star

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HALIFAX—Researchers from Canada and the U.S. have used math to unravel one of the greatest musical mysteries of the modern era: Who wrote “In My Life,” a nostalgic rock ballad on the Beatles’ 1965 album “Rubber Soul.” It’s a song both John Lennon and Paul McCartney have taken credit for, sparking an enduring debate on…

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How John Lennon Ended Up in an Ad for a Guitar He Only | Reverb News

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It was Beatlemania gone mad around Christmas 1964. The Beatles played a residency of seasonal shows at a theatre in West London from Christmas Eve right through the first few weeks of the new year. Paul played his Hofner bass, Ringo thrashed a Ludwig set, George switched between his Rickenbacker 12-string, a Gretsch Country Gent,…

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young May Reunite Over The One Thing They Hate More Than Each Other

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young May Reunite Over The One Thing They Hate More Than Each Other George Pimentel / WireImage / Getty Images Wait…What? Folk rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young have had an on again-off again relationship that’s nearly as famous as their music, their feuds stretching on for decades; in fact,…

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