Nick Gravenites, a Chicago blues musician who relocated to San Francisco in the 1960s and played an important role in that city’s burgeoning rock scene, died Wednesday, September 18, after many months of failing health. He was 86.
His death was announced by family on his Facebook page. Details about cause or place of death were not disclosed, with the post noting that details will follow as they arrive. “The Gravenites family appreciates all of the fans and loved ones who have been there for us during this time,” the Facebook note states.
A GoFundMe page to defray medical costs for Gravenites was set up last April, in part by longtime friend and colleague Barry Melton of Country Joe and the Fish.
Gravenites was born on October 2, 1938, in Chicago, and by the mid-1950s immersed himself in the city’s blues scene, forming, as his website bio puts it, a “coterie...
His death was announced by family on his Facebook page. Details about cause or place of death were not disclosed, with the post noting that details will follow as they arrive. “The Gravenites family appreciates all of the fans and loved ones who have been there for us during this time,” the Facebook note states.
A GoFundMe page to defray medical costs for Gravenites was set up last April, in part by longtime friend and colleague Barry Melton of Country Joe and the Fish.
Gravenites was born on October 2, 1938, in Chicago, and by the mid-1950s immersed himself in the city’s blues scene, forming, as his website bio puts it, a “coterie...
- 9/19/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Join The Beatles Channel (Ch. 18) for “Ringo Starr Peace & Love Birthday Week,” featuring special programming July 1-7 in celebration of Ringo.
Enjoy brand-new specials including a deep dive into Beatles songs with Ringo on lead vocals, a countdown of Ringo’s fan-favorite drumming performances, Ringo-focused editions of shows like “Fab Fourum” and “Breakfast with The Beatles,” and handpicked mixes from other legendary drummers.
See the full broadcast schedule below, and start listening to The Beatles Channel now on satellite channel 18 and streaming on the SiriusXM app.
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On July 7, Ringo and his wife, Barbara Starkey, will be joined on his birthday by family and friends in Los Angeles for his annual Peace & Love Birthday event. More than 34 celebrations around the world have been confirmed; the complete list of events will be shared on Ringo’s Facebook page.
Enjoy brand-new specials including a deep dive into Beatles songs with Ringo on lead vocals, a countdown of Ringo’s fan-favorite drumming performances, Ringo-focused editions of shows like “Fab Fourum” and “Breakfast with The Beatles,” and handpicked mixes from other legendary drummers.
See the full broadcast schedule below, and start listening to The Beatles Channel now on satellite channel 18 and streaming on the SiriusXM app.
The Fab Four, 24/8Everything dedicated to The BeatlesListen on the App
Listen on the App
On July 7, Ringo and his wife, Barbara Starkey, will be joined on his birthday by family and friends in Los Angeles for his annual Peace & Love Birthday event. More than 34 celebrations around the world have been confirmed; the complete list of events will be shared on Ringo’s Facebook page.
- 7/1/2024
- by Jackie Kolgraf
- SiriusXM
Most of the guest singers on Slash’s just-released album of blues and soul covers, Orgy of the Damned, seem like a who’s who of hard rock: Paul Rodgers, Steven Tyler, Billy Gibbons, Iggy Pop. There’s also Demi Lovato, the rock-loving pop star who gives a powerhouse performance of the Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.”
“That was so left-field for everybody involved, because she’s from the pop world,” Slash told Rolling Stone earlier this week. “But I had this very distinct idea in my mind of...
“That was so left-field for everybody involved, because she’s from the pop world,” Slash told Rolling Stone earlier this week. “But I had this very distinct idea in my mind of...
- 5/17/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Slash has unleashed his new blues album, Orgy of the Damned, featuring contributions from Demi Lovato, Iggy Pop, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, and more.
Along with releasing the new album today (May 17th), Slash unveiled the music video for his cover of The Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” featuring powerhouse vocals by Lovato. The song is the third single from the LP, following a version of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor” (featuring Johnson on vocals and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on harmonica) and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” (featuring Stapleton).
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Another album highlight is a rendition of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Awful Dream” with lead vocals by the godfather of punk himself, Iggy Pop. “Iggy came to my studio in L.A., and we just sat down, he was on one stool, and I was on another,...
Along with releasing the new album today (May 17th), Slash unveiled the music video for his cover of The Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” featuring powerhouse vocals by Lovato. The song is the third single from the LP, following a version of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor” (featuring Johnson on vocals and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on harmonica) and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” (featuring Stapleton).
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Another album highlight is a rendition of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Awful Dream” with lead vocals by the godfather of punk himself, Iggy Pop. “Iggy came to my studio in L.A., and we just sat down, he was on one stool, and I was on another,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Pj Harvey paid tribute to Steve Albini, who she recorded her acclaimed second album Rid of Me with, following the death of the noise-rock pioneer.
“Meeting Steve Albini and working with him changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful,” the singer wrote on social media after Albini’s death at the age of 61. “My thoughts are with him and his family and friends as we suffer his loss.”
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“Meeting Steve Albini and working with him changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful,” the singer wrote on social media after Albini’s death at the age of 61. “My thoughts are with him and his family and friends as we suffer his loss.”
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- 5/9/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
When Slash was putting together the track list for his upcoming blues album, Orgy of the Damned, he had a very distinct voice in mind for his version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well”: Chris Stapleton.
“His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye, it sounded perfect,” the Guns N’ Roses guitarist tells Rolling Stone.
But despite Stapleton having opened some shows for Gn’R, Slash didn’t already have a relationship with the country crooner. “I had to...
“His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye, it sounded perfect,” the Guns N’ Roses guitarist tells Rolling Stone.
But despite Stapleton having opened some shows for Gn’R, Slash didn’t already have a relationship with the country crooner. “I had to...
- 4/12/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Slash and some of his famous friends will celebrate the blues this summer on the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s upcoming touring S.E.R.P.E.N.T. festival. In addition to Slash, who recently announced a new album, the lineup will variously include the Warren Haynes Band, Keb’ ‘Mo, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Robert Randolph, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Zz Ward, Jackie Venson, and Larkin Poe, depending on the night.
The tour, which kicks off in Montana in July, will help raise money to fight racism and fight for civil rights.
The tour, which kicks off in Montana in July, will help raise money to fight racism and fight for civil rights.
- 3/12/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Around the time Slash parted ways with Guns N’ Roses, he got deep into the blues and soul music. With a group called Slash’s Blues Ball, he reinterpreted the music of Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, and Stevie Wonder, among others, at gigs between 1996 and 1998. Now — nearly three decades later — the guitarist, who returned to Gn’R in 2016, is recommitting himself to that group’s repertoire on Orgy of the Damned, a new solo album due out May 17, which finds him trading licks with many of his famous friends.
The album,...
The album,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
An Elvis Presley tribute album could feel incomplete without a cover of “Suspicious Minds.” Regardless, Glenn Danzig declined to record the track for his album Danzig Sings Elvis. The rocker explained why he did that and how Elvis changed his life.
Glenn Danzig didn’t cover Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicions Minds’ because he followed his gut
Danzig released Danzig Sings Elvis in 2020. During a 2020 interview with Rolling Stone, the “Mother” singer was asked to name the first Elvis song he attempted to sing. “The first Elvis song I sang, probably in a garage band, was, like, ‘I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You,’ ‘All Shook Up,’ ‘Hound Dog,'” he said.
Danzig Sings Elvis includes covers of a few famous songs, such as “Fever” and “Always on My Mind.” Despite this, most of the tracks on the album are obscure. Danzig was asked why he steered clear of...
Glenn Danzig didn’t cover Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicions Minds’ because he followed his gut
Danzig released Danzig Sings Elvis in 2020. During a 2020 interview with Rolling Stone, the “Mother” singer was asked to name the first Elvis song he attempted to sing. “The first Elvis song I sang, probably in a garage band, was, like, ‘I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You,’ ‘All Shook Up,’ ‘Hound Dog,'” he said.
Danzig Sings Elvis includes covers of a few famous songs, such as “Fever” and “Always on My Mind.” Despite this, most of the tracks on the album are obscure. Danzig was asked why he steered clear of...
- 2/10/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It might or might not be true, as Nick Broomfield declares in his new feature documentary, that “most people today” haven’t heard of Brian Jones. If it’s true of most young music fans, then a) yikes and b) The Stones and Brian Jones is here to bridge the generation gap. The Magnolia release, which is receiving a one-night theatrical showcase 10 days before its Nov. 17 general release, joins an ever-expanding pack of doc portraits exploring boomer musicians who led the rock revolution of the ’60s and ’70s.
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
- 11/6/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1994, he called Bernie Taupin onstage and handed him the award. “Without him, the journey would not have been possible,” John said at the time. “I kind of feel like cheating standing here accepting this. Without Bernie Taupin, there wouldn’t have been any Elton John at all. And I would like him to come up and give this to him.”
Three decades later, John took the stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center...
Three decades later, John took the stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center...
- 11/4/2023
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour hit Leonard Cohen’s hometown of Montreal on Sunday night, and he honored the late singer with a breathtaking performance of his 1984 classic “Dance Me to the End of Love.” Check out an audience recording right here.
“Dance Me to the End of Love” originally appeared on Cohen’s 1984 LP Various Positions. The second side of the album kicks off with “Hallelujah,” but Cohen’s commercial career was in a state of steep decline at this point, and Columbia initially refused to...
“Dance Me to the End of Love” originally appeared on Cohen’s 1984 LP Various Positions. The second side of the album kicks off with “Hallelujah,” but Cohen’s commercial career was in a state of steep decline at this point, and Columbia initially refused to...
- 10/30/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan has spent the past few weeks spotlighting local artists and city-specific songs while cross-crossing America on his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. It began October 1 in Kansas City when he opened up with “Kansas City,” continued in St. Louis where he covered two Chuck Berry songs, and carried on in Chicago where he broke out Chicago blues tunes by Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf.
Perhaps the biggest curveball came October 16 in Indianapolis, Indiana when he played John Mellencamp’s “Longest Days.” It’s a relatively obscure song from Mellencamp’s 2008 LP Life,...
Perhaps the biggest curveball came October 16 in Indianapolis, Indiana when he played John Mellencamp’s “Longest Days.” It’s a relatively obscure song from Mellencamp’s 2008 LP Life,...
- 10/22/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
One week after his unannounced appearance at Farm Aid, where he stunned the crowd by playing three 1965 classics with 3/5th of the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan resumed his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour at the Midland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. And even though he was back with his standard touring band, the surprises kept coming when he opened the show with Leiber and Stoller’s 1952 classic “Kansas City.”
It was the first time he’d played the song since a 1986 show with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Bonner Springs,...
It was the first time he’d played the song since a 1986 show with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Bonner Springs,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
It’s late afternoon in the back of the Princess Theatre in downtown Decatur, Alabama. Sitting in front of a brightly-lit mirror in the green room of the historic venue, blues-rocker Samantha Fish is readying herself for the show alongside her musical-partner-in-crime of late, Jesse Dayton. The duo is in the midst of a whirlwind tour for their album Death Wish Blues.
“The blues speaks to people of all generations at different times in their life — it’s just kind of your soul,” Fish tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Watching a great [blues] band,...
“The blues speaks to people of all generations at different times in their life — it’s just kind of your soul,” Fish tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Watching a great [blues] band,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Bernie Marsden, the British guitarist who played with David Coverdale’s Whitesnake in the late ’70s and early ’80s and co-wrote hits including “Here I Go Again” and “Fool for Your Loving” and had a long solo career, died Thursday. He was 72.
Coverdale shared the news in a social media post, calling his former bandmate “A genuinely funny, gifted man, whom I was honored to know and share a stage with.” He didn’t share any other details.
Good Morning…I’ve just woken up to the awful news that my old friend & former Snake Bernie Marsden has passed. My sincere thoughts & prayers to his beloved family, friends & fans. A genuinely funny, gifted man, whom I was honored to know & share a stage with
Rip, Bernie XXX pic.twitter.com/KXwsDEICN6
— David Coverdale (@davidcoverdale) August 25, 2023
Born on May 7, 1951, in Birmingham, Marsden played with various local bands before linking up with pre-Michael Schenker UFO.
Coverdale shared the news in a social media post, calling his former bandmate “A genuinely funny, gifted man, whom I was honored to know and share a stage with.” He didn’t share any other details.
Good Morning…I’ve just woken up to the awful news that my old friend & former Snake Bernie Marsden has passed. My sincere thoughts & prayers to his beloved family, friends & fans. A genuinely funny, gifted man, whom I was honored to know & share a stage with
Rip, Bernie XXX pic.twitter.com/KXwsDEICN6
— David Coverdale (@davidcoverdale) August 25, 2023
Born on May 7, 1951, in Birmingham, Marsden played with various local bands before linking up with pre-Michael Schenker UFO.
- 8/25/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Carlos Santana’s definition of magic is simple: “Magic is when you command the elements to capture people’s hearts,” he says in the trailer for the forthcoming documentary Carlos. The film, which is set for a general theatrical release on Sept. 29, shows that the legendary musician doesn’t just believe in magic — he creates it.
In the brief preview, Santana remembers the pivotal moment when he was invited to perform at the Fillmore in San Fransisco. “Bill Graham came to me, and he said, ‘You’re gonna open up for the Who,...
In the brief preview, Santana remembers the pivotal moment when he was invited to perform at the Fillmore in San Fransisco. “Bill Graham came to me, and he said, ‘You’re gonna open up for the Who,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Abramorama has set worldwide release plans for Mr. Jimmy, a documentary it’s acquired on Japanese guitarist Akio Sakurai, who has dedicated his life to honoring the music of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page. The film directed, produced and edited by Peter Michael Dowd will hit theaters globally on September 1st, opening in the U.S. against the Denzel Washington-led The Equalizer 3, Vertical’s thriller The Good Mother starring Hilary Swank and Olivia Cooke, and Strand Releasing’s French-language climbing drama The Mountain.
Mr. Jimmy explores Sakurai’s dedicated work to mirror Page’s fashion style, instruments, sound, movements, and live performances for an act he’d eventually take around the globe to festivals including SXSW, the Buenos Aires Film Festival, the São Paolo Film Festival, and the Rotterdam Film Festival.
As a teenager in snowbound Tokamachi, Japan, Sakurai took refuge in his room, escaping to another...
Mr. Jimmy explores Sakurai’s dedicated work to mirror Page’s fashion style, instruments, sound, movements, and live performances for an act he’d eventually take around the globe to festivals including SXSW, the Buenos Aires Film Festival, the São Paolo Film Festival, and the Rotterdam Film Festival.
As a teenager in snowbound Tokamachi, Japan, Sakurai took refuge in his room, escaping to another...
- 8/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ringo Starr had a solid relationship with all of his Beatles bandmates, but he was incredibly close to John Lennon. Even after Lennon’s murder, the drummer showed respect by refusing to record a song of his that became a hit. The song we really want to hear, though, is the extended jam Ringo and John played on that Yoko Ono interrupted.
An impatient Yoko Ono broke up a lively jam with Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and Eric Clapton
Members of the Fab Four didn’t stop working together even though the band broke up. Ringo drummed on albums by each of his former bandmates. That included the simultaneous John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band projects in 1970.
The drummer was an early member of the rotating supergroup that orbited around John and Yoko.
Ringo, Eric Clapton, and longtime Beatles friend Klaus Voormann joined Lennon and...
An impatient Yoko Ono broke up a lively jam with Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and Eric Clapton
Members of the Fab Four didn’t stop working together even though the band broke up. Ringo drummed on albums by each of his former bandmates. That included the simultaneous John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band projects in 1970.
The drummer was an early member of the rotating supergroup that orbited around John and Yoko.
Ringo, Eric Clapton, and longtime Beatles friend Klaus Voormann joined Lennon and...
- 7/23/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Nils Lofgren Is in the E Street Band and Crazy Horse — and He Still Found Time to Make a New Solo LP
In the early months of the pandemic, Nils Lofgren didn’t know what to do with himself. The guitarist had been on the road since the Sixties, when his band Grin took off, and in the years that followed he’d launched many solo tours between stints with Bruce Springsteen in the E Street Band, Ringo Starr in the All Starr Band, and Neil Young in the Santa Monica Flyers, the Trans Band, and Crazy Horse.
“Covid threw me for a loop,” he tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from a...
“Covid threw me for a loop,” he tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from a...
- 7/21/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a wish-you-had-gills type of humid September day in Nashville, but Lucinda Williams is comfortably out of the soup, sitting at the kitchen table of Ray Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio telling tales about life on the road to a gang of touring lifers including Tommy Stinson and Jesse Malin. They’re rare, behind-the-curtain anecdotes, many of which she shares in her superb memoir, Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You. But in person, hearing them delivered in Williams’ syrupy Southern drawl, they’re especially captivating.
Soon,...
Soon,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Being the PR man was about the only job Jimmy Page didn’t have in Led Zeppelin. He and the band agreed to let the music more or less speak for itself, especially when the media said the group was all hype and no substance. Once Page gave up his hidden job in Led Zeppelin, it provided more time for his guitar playing to improve, which in turn led to more stellar songs and media praise.
Jimmy Page | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jimmy Page’s secret job on the first 3 Led Zeppelin records? Help write the lyrics
Page made his name as a virtuoso guitarist, but he was a jack of all trades for Led Zeppelin.
He formed the band when the Yardbirds disintegrated by recruiting little-known English Midlands musicians Robert Plant and John Bonham. Adding multi-talented session ace John Paul Jones rounded out the membership. He produced and...
Jimmy Page | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jimmy Page’s secret job on the first 3 Led Zeppelin records? Help write the lyrics
Page made his name as a virtuoso guitarist, but he was a jack of all trades for Led Zeppelin.
He formed the band when the Yardbirds disintegrated by recruiting little-known English Midlands musicians Robert Plant and John Bonham. Adding multi-talented session ace John Paul Jones rounded out the membership. He produced and...
- 5/29/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Even some of the most accomplished musicians of all time have found themselves at the center of plagiarism cases. Sometimes, they get off without any trouble; juries determine that the song simply uses common chord progressions or that there are no real similarities. Other times, though, musicians pay a lot of money to settle the cases. Here are four musicians who lost money in plagiarism cases.
George Harrison | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty George Harrison
One of the most notable plagiarism cases involved one of the biggest musicians of all time. George Harrison was fresh off his time with The Beatles when he released “My Sweet Lord.” The song made him the first former Beatle to hit No. 1 as a solo artist. It also brought him legal trouble.
The Bright Tunes Music Corporation brought a lawsuit against Harrison for plagiarizing The Chiffons’ song “He’s So Fine.” After a lengthy legal battle,...
George Harrison | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty George Harrison
One of the most notable plagiarism cases involved one of the biggest musicians of all time. George Harrison was fresh off his time with The Beatles when he released “My Sweet Lord.” The song made him the first former Beatle to hit No. 1 as a solo artist. It also brought him legal trouble.
The Bright Tunes Music Corporation brought a lawsuit against Harrison for plagiarizing The Chiffons’ song “He’s So Fine.” After a lengthy legal battle,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Given the long history of the music industry and the vast amount of recorded songs, it isn’t surprising that many musicians have been accused of plagiarism over the years. Artists like Ed Sheeran have recently gone to court over these issues, but some musicians settle out of court. Here are five musicians who have landed in trouble after being accused of plagiarism.
Dolly Parton | Richard E. Aaron/Redferns George Harrison
After The Beatles broke up, George Harrison became the first member of the band to get a No. 1 hit. The song “My Sweet Lord” brought him success but also drew comparisons to another popular song. It sounded remarkably similar to “He’s So Fine” by the Chiffons.
The song’s publisher agreed and, in 1971, sued Harrison for copyright infringement. In 1976, a judge ruled that Harrison had subconsciously copied the song. While he said he didn’t feel guilty, the case rattled him.
Dolly Parton | Richard E. Aaron/Redferns George Harrison
After The Beatles broke up, George Harrison became the first member of the band to get a No. 1 hit. The song “My Sweet Lord” brought him success but also drew comparisons to another popular song. It sounded remarkably similar to “He’s So Fine” by the Chiffons.
The song’s publisher agreed and, in 1971, sued Harrison for copyright infringement. In 1976, a judge ruled that Harrison had subconsciously copied the song. While he said he didn’t feel guilty, the case rattled him.
- 5/9/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin started life as a heavy, psychedelic blues band. They eventually evolved to become a well-rounded band worthy of having songs added to the Library of Congress. Yet like other groups from the era, they showed their deference for the musicians who preceded them by using elements of their songs in their own tunes. When the band got caught, guitarist Jimmy Page said singer Robert Plant was the one to blame for Led Zeppelin’s lawsuits.
(l-r) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin | Jorgen Angel/Redferns Jimmy Page blamed Robert Plant for Led Zeppelin’s copyright infringement lawsuits
Led Zeppelin soared into the music mainstream soon after they launched. Their first two albums came out within 10 months in 1969 and quickly found a massive audience, especially in the United States.
Page had ideas for several songs kicking around in his head when he formed the band, but appropriating...
(l-r) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin | Jorgen Angel/Redferns Jimmy Page blamed Robert Plant for Led Zeppelin’s copyright infringement lawsuits
Led Zeppelin soared into the music mainstream soon after they launched. Their first two albums came out within 10 months in 1969 and quickly found a massive audience, especially in the United States.
Page had ideas for several songs kicking around in his head when he formed the band, but appropriating...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bob Dylan is a legendary musician. While he didn’t have any No. 1 singles, he influenced the industry with his introspective songwriting and a blend of folk with rock n’ roll. His praise means a lot to various musicians, and he called one musician a “genius,” which is a fair assessment.
Bob Dylan has expressed praise toward a few musicians Bob Dylan | Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
Many artists have expressed a love for Bob Dylan, and sometimes that admiration is mutual. Dylan has praised some artists, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Howlin’ Wolf, and Ray Charles. In a 2007 Rolling Stone interview, Dylan said one artist he was in “awe” of is Paul McCartney.
“He’s about the only one that I am in awe of. But I’m in awe of him,” Dylan said. “He can do it all, and he’s never let up. He’s got the...
Bob Dylan has expressed praise toward a few musicians Bob Dylan | Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
Many artists have expressed a love for Bob Dylan, and sometimes that admiration is mutual. Dylan has praised some artists, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Howlin’ Wolf, and Ray Charles. In a 2007 Rolling Stone interview, Dylan said one artist he was in “awe” of is Paul McCartney.
“He’s about the only one that I am in awe of. But I’m in awe of him,” Dylan said. “He can do it all, and he’s never let up. He’s got the...
- 4/3/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
What Led Zeppelin lacked in song title creativity, they made up for with impressively played and magically memorable tunes. Zep had four songs with the word love in the title, but one of them, “Whole Lotta Love,” was one of their most pleasantly experimental songs. Led Zeppelin’s five “song” songs reveal a dearth of song-naming talent, but the best are standouts from their catalog.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham | Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns 5. ‘The Lemon Song’
There are two distinct camps when looking at Led Zeppelin’s “song” songs. Two that stand far below the trio of frontrunners jockeying to be the best. “The Lemon Song” sits firmly in the first group.
The Led Zeppelin II track is a relatively straightforward slow-moving blues. It wades through more than six minutes without really accomplishing anything. That includes two minutes smack in the...
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham | Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns 5. ‘The Lemon Song’
There are two distinct camps when looking at Led Zeppelin’s “song” songs. Two that stand far below the trio of frontrunners jockeying to be the best. “The Lemon Song” sits firmly in the first group.
The Led Zeppelin II track is a relatively straightforward slow-moving blues. It wades through more than six minutes without really accomplishing anything. That includes two minutes smack in the...
- 4/2/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
You know what you’re getting with Ringo Starr. As a musician, he proved to be a groundbreaking drummer and one of the best to ever hit the skins in a rock ‘n’ roll band. As a person, Ringo’s sharp and funny but deeply emotional, as he revealed when Paul McCartney threatened him in 1970. He’s also self-aware. Ringo’s reaction to having his drumming deleted from a Yusuf / Cat Stevens album says everything about The Beatles drummer’s personality.
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr | Michael Putland/Getty Images Ringo Starr resented Cat Stevens ‘wiping him off’ a record but then understood the reason
Ringo hardly slowed down when The Beatles broke up. He released four solo albums by 1974 and played on George Harrison, John Lennon, Stephen Stills, B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, and Harry Nilsson in the early part of the decade.
His output, both his own albums and playing on others’ records,...
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr | Michael Putland/Getty Images Ringo Starr resented Cat Stevens ‘wiping him off’ a record but then understood the reason
Ringo hardly slowed down when The Beatles broke up. He released four solo albums by 1974 and played on George Harrison, John Lennon, Stephen Stills, B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, and Harry Nilsson in the early part of the decade.
His output, both his own albums and playing on others’ records,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Shania Twain just released new music.
On Wednesday, the Canadian country star dropped three new Spotify Singles, including a cover of a hit by Harry Styles.
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The first track on the list is a “redux” version of her song “Queen of Me”, from her most recentl album.
Next up is a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful”.
Finally, Twain covers Styles’ “Falling”, which was featured on the former One Direction singer’s 2020 album Fine Line.
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Back in February, Twain told Et Canada she wants to duet with Styles on “Falling” during our “One-on-One” special with the “Giddy Up!” artist.
“I am starting my stage warmups with, the first song I...
On Wednesday, the Canadian country star dropped three new Spotify Singles, including a cover of a hit by Harry Styles.
Read More: Shania Twain Still Hasn’t Met Brad Pitt: ‘I Think He’s Avoiding Me’
The first track on the list is a “redux” version of her song “Queen of Me”, from her most recentl album.
Next up is a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful”.
Finally, Twain covers Styles’ “Falling”, which was featured on the former One Direction singer’s 2020 album Fine Line.
Read More: Shania Twain Reveals Which New Actor She’d Replace Brad Pitt With In Her Famous Name-Dropping Song: ‘Okay, So You’re…’
Back in February, Twain told Et Canada she wants to duet with Styles on “Falling” during our “One-on-One” special with the “Giddy Up!” artist.
“I am starting my stage warmups with, the first song I...
- 3/15/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Shania Twain’s been a high-profile member of Harry Styles’ fandom for a while, but now she’s going on record about it: on Wednesday, the country megastar shared her cover of Styles’ heartfelt song, “Falling.”
Released as the third track on Twain’s entry in the Spotify Singles series — which also features a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful” and a reworking of her own “Queen of Me” — the 57-year-old’s version of “Falling” is more raw, more stripped-back than Styles’ original, showcasing her enduring ability to deliver powerful performances.
“I just fell in love with ‘Falling,’” Twain said in a statement. “I love Harry Styles anyway and his version of the song really moved me and I wanted to try it on. It came out more emotional than I thought it would and I was very pleased — I can kind of hear my pain in it.”
It’s true,...
Released as the third track on Twain’s entry in the Spotify Singles series — which also features a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful” and a reworking of her own “Queen of Me” — the 57-year-old’s version of “Falling” is more raw, more stripped-back than Styles’ original, showcasing her enduring ability to deliver powerful performances.
“I just fell in love with ‘Falling,’” Twain said in a statement. “I love Harry Styles anyway and his version of the song really moved me and I wanted to try it on. It came out more emotional than I thought it would and I was very pleased — I can kind of hear my pain in it.”
It’s true,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Led Zeppelin had a different approach to music than The Beatles, but they had one thing in common. Both bands burned brightly in their relatively short careers and left very little filler along the way. Singer Robert Plant knew Zep might mean something when they blew away crowds at some of their first shows. Most of their songs had some redeeming qualities if one listened closely, but these overrated Led Zeppelin songs leave something to be desired (presented in chronological order).
Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images 1. ‘Bring It on Home’
Led Zeppelin II featured some of Zep’s best songs, “Whole Lotta Love,” “Heartbreaker,” and “Ramble On” among them. Album closer “Bring It on Home” isn’t one of them. The Willie Dixon cover includes some solid harmonica playing by Plant and Page’s hard-hitting guitar riff, but it can’t hold...
Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images 1. ‘Bring It on Home’
Led Zeppelin II featured some of Zep’s best songs, “Whole Lotta Love,” “Heartbreaker,” and “Ramble On” among them. Album closer “Bring It on Home” isn’t one of them. The Willie Dixon cover includes some solid harmonica playing by Plant and Page’s hard-hitting guitar riff, but it can’t hold...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
He never had a signature song the way his peers and sometime bandmates Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton did, but the genres that Jeff Beck explored throughout his career chart the changes in rock — and rock guitar — over decades. One of rock’s most physical technicians, seeming to enjoy wrestling with his instrument, Beck made his name with British Invasion pop. But not content to stay there, he moved into the in-vogue blues-rock of the late Sixties and then the harder boogie and fusion of the next decade. The settings changed,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Angie Martoccio, Brian Hiatt, Andy Greene and David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago is one of the great musical powerhouses of America. Since the Twenties, its Black population has produced colossal talents, such as classical composer Florence Price and soul singer Curtis Mayfield, not to mention any number of jazz pioneers, from Sun Ra to Quincy Jones to Herbie Hancock. Less well known to the mainstream than some of the above, saxophonist Henry Threadgill has a place in this pantheon, having crowned an eventful 50-year career with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 2016.
When asked about his hometown, the 79-year-old Threadgill has an interesting historical point to make. “They used to describe it as being as far down south as you can go up north!”, Threadgill says on a clear transatlantic phone line. “That’s what the definition is because the majority of the population is from Mississippi. You gotta remember that it’s a Southern city, basically.” Although he has lived in...
When asked about his hometown, the 79-year-old Threadgill has an interesting historical point to make. “They used to describe it as being as far down south as you can go up north!”, Threadgill says on a clear transatlantic phone line. “That’s what the definition is because the majority of the population is from Mississippi. You gotta remember that it’s a Southern city, basically.” Although he has lived in...
- 11/12/2022
- by Kevin Le Gendre
- The Independent - Music
Speaking with Rolling Stone earlier this year, Carl “Buffalo” Nichols was happy to talk about his self-titled debut album, most of it steeped in acoustic blues. But he was already thinking about what would come next. “I think it will be pretty drastically different,” he said of his next record.
With his new single, “Friends,” out Tuesday, Nichols begins to deliver on that promise. The first change is in the producer’s chair: TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone is now behind the boards, which suggests fresh sonic ground for both men.
With his new single, “Friends,” out Tuesday, Nichols begins to deliver on that promise. The first change is in the producer’s chair: TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone is now behind the boards, which suggests fresh sonic ground for both men.
- 10/31/2022
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
[Jackson, Mississippi, is still recovering from a water crisis that left approximately 150,000 people without safe drinking water, a cruel reminder of decades-long structural issues facing a predominantly Black city. Interviews for this story were conducted in the spring.]
Talk to scene makers in Jackson, Mississippi, like Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin and you’ll hear a lot of evangelism about how the “birthplace of American music,” as the state bills itself, is continually overlooked as a breeding ground for hip-hop talent.
Franklin, who recorded as one-half of the hip-hop duo Crooked Lettaz with David Banner in the early aughts, points to Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross and the late Nate Dogg — all of whom have ties to the state — to illustrate his point. But he could go on. In recent years,...
Talk to scene makers in Jackson, Mississippi, like Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin and you’ll hear a lot of evangelism about how the “birthplace of American music,” as the state bills itself, is continually overlooked as a breeding ground for hip-hop talent.
Franklin, who recorded as one-half of the hip-hop duo Crooked Lettaz with David Banner in the early aughts, points to Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross and the late Nate Dogg — all of whom have ties to the state — to illustrate his point. But he could go on. In recent years,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Jim Beaugez
- Rollingstone.com
“You don’t do the business, the business will do you,” B.B. King (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) tells the rising Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. He says this after a late-night jam session which includes Little Richard (Alton Mason), and while the blues guitarist is admiring the shiny new ride owned by the white rock and roll sensation. King advises Elvis to start his own label.
In reality, B.B. King did just that in 1956. At the time, he was coming off his best year, according to King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King, by Daniel de Visé. King had just packed the Howard Theater in Washington D.C. and Harlem’s Apollo, as well as 340 other venues. Born Riley B. King on a Mississippi plantation in 1925, B.B. “Blues Boy” King had risen to the height of his musical popularity by the mid-1950s.
In reality, B.B. King did just that in 1956. At the time, he was coming off his best year, according to King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King, by Daniel de Visé. King had just packed the Howard Theater in Washington D.C. and Harlem’s Apollo, as well as 340 other venues. Born Riley B. King on a Mississippi plantation in 1925, B.B. “Blues Boy” King had risen to the height of his musical popularity by the mid-1950s.
- 7/1/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
"Don't let the blues die." IFC Films has revealed an official trailer for The Torch, the groovy new music documentary about the blues guitar icon Buddy Guy. This originally premiered back in 2019 at the Chicago Film Festival, and is finally getting a release coming up this winter. As an intro: Buddy Guy is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. At 83, he remains the standard bearer for the blues, an icon determined to see the art form live on for much longer after he's gone. Enter guitar phenom Quinn Sullivan, who has been mentored by Guy since he was a young kid. This stirring documentary, amplified by electrifying musical performances, charts the guidance Guy received from the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf while observing...
- 2/8/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Buddy Guy’s storied career and his work to share the blues with younger generations are highlighted in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary, The Torch, set to open in select theaters March 18.
The Torch, as director Jim Farrell tells Rolling Stone, was inspired by a pact that Guy made with one of his mentors and predecessors, Muddy Waters: “Last man standing, don’t let the blues die.” To that end, the film does dig into Guy’s biography, but it also showcases all the work he’s...
The Torch, as director Jim Farrell tells Rolling Stone, was inspired by a pact that Guy made with one of his mentors and predecessors, Muddy Waters: “Last man standing, don’t let the blues die.” To that end, the film does dig into Guy’s biography, but it also showcases all the work he’s...
- 2/7/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
When asked how he’s kept busy during Covid lockdown, Ron Wood doesn’t sound too bothered by the unexpected downtime. “I was out in the English countryside with my studio about a mile away,” says the Rolling Stones guitarist and painter. “I’d walk through the forest. And I did an incredible amount of artwork during that time. I really used this time to its best.”
Although he also spent some of the time overcoming a battle with small-cell cancer, the 74-year-old Wood also made space to paint and...
Although he also spent some of the time overcoming a battle with small-cell cancer, the 74-year-old Wood also made space to paint and...
- 9/16/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Buddy Guy is the kind of musician that musicians you've heard of have heard of. A Chicago bluesman originally from Louisiana, he may not be a household name but he is known to many names you know. The custodian of a legacy that includes names like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, it was John Lee Hooker's Boogie Children that set him on his course.
A looping course at that. In a well constructed documentary that frames a series of interviews with Buddy, some archived, the tale has the structure of a song. There are paintings, true, and beautiful ones, the settings of his interviews are each in their own way stark and telling. "Let me go back", he says, and into the rhythm of the film comes the refrain.
There are traditions here, inheritances. Parallels too, from cotton-picking on sharecropping land as a child to the exploitations of labels like Chess.
A looping course at that. In a well constructed documentary that frames a series of interviews with Buddy, some archived, the tale has the structure of a song. There are paintings, true, and beautiful ones, the settings of his interviews are each in their own way stark and telling. "Let me go back", he says, and into the rhythm of the film comes the refrain.
There are traditions here, inheritances. Parallels too, from cotton-picking on sharecropping land as a child to the exploitations of labels like Chess.
- 8/26/2021
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features bassist Bob Daisley.
Ozzy Osbourne has worked with many bass players throughout the course of his long solo career, but he undeniably did his best work with Bob Daisley.
Ozzy Osbourne has worked with many bass players throughout the course of his long solo career, but he undeniably did his best work with Bob Daisley.
- 8/4/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Chuck E. Weiss, a longtime presence on the Los Angeles music scene and the subject of a Top 5 hit for Rickie Lee Jones, died Tuesday at age 76. Details on his death were not immediately available, but friends said he died after a long illness.
A staple performer on Mondays at The Central nightclub on the Sunset Strip for 11 years with his band, The Goddamn Liars, Weiss convinced friend Johnny Depp to help revive it when it fell on hard times. It became the Viper Room, one of the hottest music venues in the city. He also became associated with the Kibitz Room, an offshoot of Canter’s Deli on Fairfax Avenue, where a booth was named in his honor for his presence at the room’s frequent jams.
An outpouring on social media came as news of Weiss’s death spread. “Please let people know he was so much more than the title of a song,...
A staple performer on Mondays at The Central nightclub on the Sunset Strip for 11 years with his band, The Goddamn Liars, Weiss convinced friend Johnny Depp to help revive it when it fell on hard times. It became the Viper Room, one of the hottest music venues in the city. He also became associated with the Kibitz Room, an offshoot of Canter’s Deli on Fairfax Avenue, where a booth was named in his honor for his presence at the room’s frequent jams.
An outpouring on social media came as news of Weiss’s death spread. “Please let people know he was so much more than the title of a song,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Black Keys have never been afraid to look backward — especially concerning the blues. The first two tracks of their 2002 debut, The Big Come Up, were lively, low-fi covers of tunes by Mississippi juke-joint bluesmen R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, and their 2006 EP, Chulahoma, was a full-on, we’re-not-worthy Kimbrough tribute that ended with a voicemail from the late blues belter’s widow telling them how much she loved their renditions.
Kimbrough and Burnside’s rough ’n’ rowdy guitar wailing and foot stomping has fueled the Keys’ own variety of...
Kimbrough and Burnside’s rough ’n’ rowdy guitar wailing and foot stomping has fueled the Keys’ own variety of...
- 5/14/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Last week, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie walked back comments to the BBC that the band might tour again, but without Stevie Nicks or John McVie. As she told Rolling Stone, it was a “cheeky answer” to a question about the band’s future and not necessarily true.
But for anyone who’s worked with Fleetwood Mac, the ride has never been an easy one; just ask Mike Vernon, whose British label, Blue Horizon, released the first Mac music back in the late Sixties. As Vernon recalls, guitarist and founder...
But for anyone who’s worked with Fleetwood Mac, the ride has never been an easy one; just ask Mike Vernon, whose British label, Blue Horizon, released the first Mac music back in the late Sixties. As Vernon recalls, guitarist and founder...
- 2/25/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
When the British Invasion arrived in America in the mid-1960s, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and other bands introduced songs like “Little Red Rooster” and “Road Runner” to American teenagers who assumed they were originals. In fact, those bands’ catalogs were full of American R&b and blues classics from years in the past, originally written and recorded by black musicians such as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley, and others. Singers like John Lennon and Mick Jagger took more interest in this music than many listeners had at the time,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The Walker Roaders — the supergroup featuring ex-members of the Pogues, Flogging Molly, and Dropkick Murphys — have released a new cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning.”
The cover finds the Walker Roaders using a banjo to deliver the song’s iconic blues riff, while later bits of acoustic guitar and accordion float over the clattering percussion. The track arrives with a music video that blends archival footage — including some of Howlin’ Wolf — with shots of frontman James Fearnley singing “Smokestack Lightning” in his resonant baritone.
Walker Roaders’ cover of “Smokestack...
The cover finds the Walker Roaders using a banjo to deliver the song’s iconic blues riff, while later bits of acoustic guitar and accordion float over the clattering percussion. The track arrives with a music video that blends archival footage — including some of Howlin’ Wolf — with shots of frontman James Fearnley singing “Smokestack Lightning” in his resonant baritone.
Walker Roaders’ cover of “Smokestack...
- 2/2/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Bootsy Collins has released a new video for his song, “Creepin’” featuring ace blues musician Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
The clip finds Kingfish and his band performing the track in a dive bar, with the guitarist peeling off a dizzying number of equally dizzying solos while providing some fine lead vocals as well. Bootsy appears via an old television set, broadcasting live with characteristically eye-popping style (and even occasionally appearing with a werewolf’s mask to lend the “Creepin’” clip some cheeky creepiness).
“Creepin’” appears on Bootsy’s most recent album,...
The clip finds Kingfish and his band performing the track in a dive bar, with the guitarist peeling off a dizzying number of equally dizzying solos while providing some fine lead vocals as well. Bootsy appears via an old television set, broadcasting live with characteristically eye-popping style (and even occasionally appearing with a werewolf’s mask to lend the “Creepin’” clip some cheeky creepiness).
“Creepin’” appears on Bootsy’s most recent album,...
- 12/21/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In 1971, Peter Guralnick published Feel Like Going Home, which told the story of the blues through a series of revelatory profiles of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Howlin’ Wolf, and more. He ended the book with a goodbye: “I consider this chapter a swan song,” wrote Guralnick, who was 27 at the time. “Not only to the book but to my whole brief critical career. Next time you see me I hope I will be my younger, less self-conscious and critical self. It would be nice to just sit back and listen...
- 12/19/2020
- by Peter Guralnick
- Rollingstone.com
Artists’ influences are never nearly as interesting as what they do with them. Chris Cornell always thrived at taking well-known songs and making them his own. One of Soundgarden’s earliest recordings was a rendition of Howlin’ Wolf’s steady-grooving, broken-hearted blues “Smokestack Lightnin’,” on which Cornell seemed to find his own anguish in the vocal, hollering, screeching, and howlin’ like he was on his own personal torture rack. And later, when he approached others’ tunes, the song itself wasn’t always the most apparent influence. He variously replaced the...
- 12/11/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
“How you been, Mavis?” Chris Stapleton asks from Tennessee, where he lives. “I’ve been Ok,” says Mavis Staples, who’s in Chicago. “My bass player sent me a puzzle of the whole band onstage. 500 pieces!” Staples, 81, is contending with her longest break since she started singing with the Staple Singers — her father, Pops, her sisters Cleotha and Yvonne, and brother Pervis — in the 1950s. “I like being in the house, but not this long.” It’s not unusual for Stapleton to call her up; they met after he recorded...
- 11/17/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
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