20 years ago today (3/16//04), The Hold Steady released their debut studio album Almost Killed Me. Formed four years following the break-up of lead singer/lyricist Craig Finn and guitarist TAd
Happy 84th birthday today to Phil Lesh who was born on 3/15/40. The Grateful Dead founding member continues to carry the torch of the Dead catalog of the obscure and
40 years ago today (3/13/84), Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Cars released their mammoth-selling LP Heartbeat City – their fifth studio LP. The album had the band steady radio
Happy 75th birthday today to Little Feat co-founder and pianist/keyboardist Bill Payne (born 3/12/49). Regarded as one of rock’s most accomplished keyboardists with an enormous resume who has worked with
50 years ago today Queen released Queen II, perhaps the band’s heaviest album and one that would set the template for many rock bands to follow. The album is known
80 years ago today (3/8/44), the late Townes Van Zandt who pretty much served as the pioneer of all things country-folk/Americana/Alt-Country that we hear so much on festival lineups (you
15 years ago today (3/6/09), Phish played their first official gig together after their kind of/sort of dire 2004 Coventry farewell. Fans made it to the Mothership in Hampton, Virginia,
40 years ago today (3/5/84), David Gilmour released his second solo album About Face. Featuring Gilmour’s distinctive soaring guitar sound along with trysts with’80s pop. The album included songs such
Ten years ago today (3/4/14), Drive-By Truckers released their tenth studio album English Oceans. Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley’s stories of hard living and the truth beyond the fake fronts
30 years ago today (3/1/94), Nirvana played their last-ever show during the finale of the band’s European tour. The show took place in Germany at Munich’s Terminal Einz, an aircraft
