rock rewind

Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie's friendship goes back almost 40 years. That relationship has created some good music for both artists!

One of the biggest albums of the 1970's included two future celebrities in the audience.

Some band names originate from happenstance.  Some are pure make believe.  For one of the biggest hard-rock bands of the 1970's, their name was purely descriptive.

In a career that counted on a reputation for destruction, this particular night may have been their pinnacle.

Sometimes the stories behind the songs are even better than the song itself.  This might be one of those.   2016 also marks the 40th anniversary of Tom Petty's debut album.

I've often said:  It would have been a blast to be a guest at Johnny Cash's house for Thanksgiving, say - circa 1981.  Can you only imagine the stories and the songs that would have gone down?  

There's a long-standing tradition of famous artists guest-starring on their friends records.  A well-known musician played the harmonica on this hit.  Can you guess who it is?

One of the 1970's biggest acts thinks that they were a failure in the United States.

Had it happened, the consequences would have changed two of rocks major acts - permanently.

When The Beatles split up in 1970, it left a void in the world of rock.  As one of the biggest groups in the format, they influenced many others with the unique sound that they crafted together.

Fame - like a lot of things - is a matter of being in the right place at the right time;  you never know when an opportunity will present itself - or - when that opportunity will be missed.