Today we celebrate the anniversary of the first Phish show ever held at New York City's esteemed Radio City Music Hall. Fresh off the heels of a New Year's Millennium celebration in the Everglades that made headlines worldwide, Phish was…
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By 1980, the Grateful Dead certainly didn't feel like a stranger at Nassau Coliseum. The band had played ten shows at this arena already, five in 1973 and another five the previous year in 1979. However, 1980 would only see a single…
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Knickerbocker Arena will always be one of those venues with a special place in Grateful Dead lore. The band played the downtown Albany arena thirteen times in their career which included three three-night runs at "The Knick." Today, we…
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There’s a very good argument to be made that Felix Cavaliere may be one of the most underrated songwriters, singers and instrumentalists to emerge during the Sixties.  The latest evidence for this comes in his long overdue autobiography,…
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You may not know the name Lamont Dozier, but you certainly know his music. Together with Brian and Eddie Holland, Dozier was the top songwriting and producing team at the almighty Motown Records – the craftsmen behind 15 #1 hits and…
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The 1970s were heady times when it came to bass innovators. In America, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke not only reinvented how the electric bass was played but pushed it front and center on stage and in recordings with their…
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Guitarist, songwriter, and singer Jim Miller of the band Western Centuries passed away unexpectedly from cardiac arrest while on tour in Boston last week. Miller was 69 years old and his passing has been felt hard on…
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Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the Foo Fighters, died unexpectedly at 50 years old. A statement released on the band’s Twitter confirmed his death shortly before they were scheduled to perform in Bogotá, Colombia. Photo by Michael…
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Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of the Ronettes, has died at 78 after a battle with cancer. Ronnie Spector (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today. She was with…
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