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The year was 1980, a time when the Jukebox still held sway in dimly lit diners and the raw, unpolished energy of late 70s rock was beginning to collide with the polished production of the new decade. Deep within the legendary Record Plant in New York City, a quiet collision of musical worlds occurred that … Read more

In the mid-1960s, the airwaves were dominated by the clean-cut harmonies and catchy melodies of groups like The Grass Roots. Among them stood a charismatic figure, Warren Entner, a man whose face graced teen magazines and whose voice fueled the pop-driven jukeboxes of America. He was living the dream of a generation, basking in the … Read more

By 1968, the man who had once shaken the foundations of American culture with his hips and a microphone was, to many, a relic of a bygone era. Elvis Presley had spent the better part of the decade trapped in a cycle of mediocre Hollywood musicals, far removed from the rebellious electricity of the Sun … Read more

In 1980, the music industry was obsessed with youth. As the neon glow of the new MTV era began to cast long shadows over the industry, a rigid gatekeeping began. If you weren’t a fresh-faced teenager with a perfectly styled haircut, you weren’t considered marketable. Enter Donnie Iris, a veteran rocker who had already paid … Read more

Imagine driving down a desolate stretch of highway in 1970, the air thick with the scent of pine and gasoline, while a crackling radio signal flickers in and out. This was the world of Gordon Lightfoot, a man whose voice acted as a lighthouse for the weary traveler. Before the glossy, overproduced sounds of mid-seventies … Read more

It was 1986, and the world was changing. The neon pulse of MTV was beginning to dictate the rhythm of our lives, and the cassette deck in every Walkman was hunger for the next big sound. In a dimly lit studio, exhausted by the grinding pressure of their debut album, Neil Finn of Crowded House … Read more

In 1976, while the neon lights of the Sunset Strip buzzed with the promise of eternal stardom, The Eagles locked themselves inside a recording studio to craft what would become a haunting prophecy. Most listeners swaying to the smooth, sun-drenched guitar harmonies of that golden era mistook the track for a simple ode to West … Read more

In the sweltering heat of the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, the air was thick with the scent of cigarettes and the restless energy of a crowd that did not want to hear the blues. They had come for jazz, and when Stevie Ray Vaughan stepped onto that stage with his battered Stratocaster, the response was … Read more

In the golden age of Rock ‘n’ Roll, ego was the fuel that kept the industry burning. Imagine the scene in 1958: a star-studded concert where the hierarchy of fame was everything. Jerry Lee Lewis, the wild man from Ferriday, Louisiana, was instructed to open the show for the legendary Chuck Berry. To the rest … Read more

It was 1989, and the world of rock music was undergoing a tectonic shift. Amidst the neon glow of the late eighties, a raw, sultry, and haunting voice emerged from the Canadian wilderness to capture a spirit that had been long gone. That voice belonged to Alannah Myles, and the song was Black Velvet. While … Read more