Who was the inspiration behind the Grateful Dead song ‘Casey Jones’?
Casey Jones' is one of the most well-known and accessible songs by the Grateful Dead, and it contains references to a ...
The Tiananmen Square protests and simplistic lamentation: Joan Baez’s “stark” attempt at putting history to music
Always involved in political unrest, Joan Baez felt the unravelling of the protests at Tiananmen Square and injected it into ...
“Killer”: The moment Billy Gibbons became a Prince fan for life
Billy Gibbons is a longtime fan of Prince, but his admiration first began when he heard 'When Doves Cry' and the guitar solo ...
“Power”: Billy Gibbons on the band that set the stage for ZZ Top
While Billy Gibbons took most of his lessons from the godfathers of the blues, he knew that there was something special with ...
The song Kirk Hammett wished he wrote: “This is a brilliant piece”
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has many heroes, but in terms of songs he wishes he had written, there is only one, and it ...
“100%”: Liam Gallagher on his philosophy on life and being in a band
Liam Gallagher may seem to be one of the most untouchable rockstars in the world, but his philosophy has always been about ...
The secret message Pink Floyd hid inside ‘The Wall’
The hidden message in the Pink Floyd song remembering Syd Barrett taken from 'The Wall' which seems to reference the former ...
The Kinks song Ray Davies wrote about the witchy woman who as “sexually out of my league”
The Kinks frontman wrote 'Wicked Annabella' about a fictional woman who is a danger to the rest of society, drawing on his ...
The real reason Neil Young turned down a $1m offer to headline Woodstock
Neil Young was offered a staggering fee to return to Woodstock as a headliner, but he returned it due to artistic integrity ...
Why Stevie Wonder almost gave away his first number one hit: “You have to do this song!”
Before it topped the charts in 1972, Stevie Wonder nearly gave away the song 'Superstition' to a famous guest musician on the ...
“A real song”: The classic track Steven Tyler didn’t ever consider releasing
Aerosmith may have studied under the greatest in hard rock, but Steven Tyler initially thought this piece of brilliance would ...
Ann Wilson’s first choice for her ‘Footloose’ duet
For the soundtrack of 'Footloose', Heart vocalist Ann Wilson performed a duet with Mike Reno of Loverboy, but he was not her first choice for the part.