Afterlife Interview with Jimi Hendrix
Riffs and Beats finds Jimi Hendrix backstage afterlife: a Strat upside down, Marshalls cooled but not silent.
David Bowie – Cracked Actor
Mick Ronson's guitar sits hard and dry before the vocal settles. David Bowie doubles on harmonica, Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey lock a straight rock groove, and Cracked Actor opens side two of Aladdin Sane.
C’MON YOU KNOW – Knebworth week, Dave Grohl on the lead single
On 27 May 2022, Liam Gallagher released C'MON YOU KNOW on Warner, a third solo album produced mainly by Andrew Wyatt that went straight to No. 1 in the UK.
George Harrison – Isn’t It A Pity
In November 1970 George Harrison placed Isn't It A Pity on All Things Must Pass. The song runs about seven minutes with Phil Spector. The Beatles had passed on it.
Eagles – California harmony with a hard rimshot
Glenn Frey and Don Henley built the Eagles on stacked vocals, country-rock craft, and Hotel California's long ride.
John Lennon – Solo years that kept asking questions
After the Beatles, John Lennon put private material on Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, and Double Fantasy.
Blackstar – Birthday gift, farewell in seven tracks
On 8 January 2016, David Bowie's 69th birthday, ISO/Columbia released Blackstar, seven tracks cut with a New York jazz group led by Donny McCaslin.
British Invasion or American scene: who invented modern rock?
Transatlantic credit for the sound that still fills stadiums.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Oasis chords without the fight
Noel Gallagher left Oasis in August 2009, backstage at Rock en Seine in Paris. In 2011 he released the first High Flying Birds album on his own label, Sour Mash.
Liam Gallagher – Bold
On As You Were (2017), Bold is Liam Gallagher’s self-written track two: first sung in a Mayo pub in 2015, Bonehead on guitar.