Reuters - Jan 15, 2009
Guitarist Jeff Beck, heavy metal band Metallica and vocalists Little Anthony & the Imperials are headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the music organization announced on Wednesday. Singer, songwriter...
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Keyboardist Ian McLagan says of Ronnie Lane, his late friend and bandmate in the Small Faces and the Faces, It s time people woke up to him, absolutely, but it s way late. Lane, who succumbed to multiple...
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So how s Jeff Beck doing on his next album? I wish you hadn t asked that, the British guitar legend told Billboard.com with a laugh, before revealing that he plans to be quite productive during his upcoming...
More »Reuters - Apr 12, 2006
Rascal Flatts, a group some initially branded as a country boy band, has achieved in six short years what many acts can only hope for in the length of a career. In addition to numerous awards, the band...
More »Reuters - Apr 6, 2006
The most avid Jeff Beck fans will tell you they go to his concerts to hear him play rather than to watch. That makes sense, because he mostly shrugs at being a commanding showman, preferring to let his...
More »Reuters - Feb 8, 2006
Electric guitar innovator Les Paul won two Grammy Awards on Wednesday for an all-star album marking his 90th birthday, but he was unable to pick them up in person because he is hospitalized with pneumonia...
More »AP - Oct 12, 2005
Take it from Peter Frampton. Or from Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Townsend or Jimmy Page — they all owe a debt to Les Paul, father of the electric guitar. They all mention Les as an inspiration...
More »Reuters - Sep 5, 2005
Talk about celebrating a birthday in style. Les Paul, the inventor of multitrack recording and the solid-body electric guitar that bears his name, turned 90 this year amid an array of events. On June...
More »Reuters - Sep 5, 2005
Had Les Paul only invented the solid-body electric guitar, he would be hailed as one of the great pioneers of the music industry -- the guy who built the engine that drove the rock n roll revolution....
More »AP - Aug 1, 2005
Jimi Hendrix might have stayed in the Army. He might have been sent to Vietnam. Instead, he pretended he was gay. And with that, he was discharged from the 101st Airborne in 1962, launching a musical...
More »Reuters - Jul 28, 2005
Buddy Guy made blues history with harmonica man Junior Wells, but always reached out to younger partners like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. His choice for Wednesday s opening-slot stand at the Hollywood...
More »E! Online - Jun 30, 2005
Apparently selling millions of records, winning multiple Grammys and being adored by throngs of young girls is enough to give you the blues. At least that s the case with John Mayer. The 27-year-...
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Through his agile fingers, still soft despite decades of making love to the taut strings of his guitar, B.B. King becomes immersed in his music. The high-pitched wail of the notes he coaxes out of the...
More »Reuters - Jun 7, 2005
Guitar legend Les Paul will celebrate his 90th birthday with his first new studio album since 1978 s Guitar Monsters, a collaboration with the late Chet Atkins. Les Paul & Friends American Made, World...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »E! Online - Dec 13, 2004
The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it s looking for...and then some. U2 leads the list of rock royalty set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish quartet in the class of 2006...
More »Reuters - Dec 1, 2004
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares annual pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said Wednesday. The 15th annual gala tribute will take...
More »Reuters - Oct 26, 2004
Aerosmith s recent A&E concert special You Gotta Move will be released Nov. 23 on DVD with five songs that did not appear on the original broadcast. The 162-minute Columbia Records package is also bundled...
More »Reuters - Oct 22, 2004
Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant will deliver the keynote address at the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin on March 17. He will also perform during the conference, marking...
More »Reuters - Aug 31, 2004
It was just like old days -- except for the absence of booze and cigarettes -- as former Faces members Rod Stewart , Ron Wood and Ian McLagan reunited in a rare on-stage performance during Stewart s concert...
More »Reuters - Jul 17, 2004
It s the sound of the instrument and the way the neck feels. It s unlike any other instrument. So says Bryan Adams of the Fender Stratocaster. My pride and joy is a 1960 cherry sunburst that I bought...
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