22 years ago today (4/4/95), Guided by Voices released their eighth full -length album Alien Lanes. As Robert Pollard has put out 100 and counting LPs with Guided by Voices and
Happy 55th birthday to Mike Ness of Social Distortion who was born on 4/3/62. Although new Social D albums have been infrequent of late, the band remains a steady draw
30 years ago today (3/31/87), Prince released his Sign o’ the Times LP. The double LP marked Prince’s first following his departure from The Revolution and is considered by many
40 years ago today (5/30/77), The Commodores, featuring Lionel Richie released their self-titled fifth album. The band mixed up the musical styles for the album, with the funk favorite”Brick House” along
Happy 50th birthday today to John Popper of Blues Traveler who was born on 3/29/67. The Blues Traveler frontman and harmonica guru has had quite the career as he conceived the
22 years ago today (3/28/95), Wilco released their debut LP A.M, the first and last Wilco album to feature Brian Henneman (Bottle Rockets) on lead guitar who was brought into the
Happy 67th birthday today to Tony Banks of Genesis who was born on 3/27/47. The keyboardist and composer helped lay down the melodies for most of Genesis’ songbook and his
Happy 75th birthday today to the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin who was born on 3/25/47. Aretha of course has one of the most vital and influential careers in music
35 years ago today (3/24/82), The Talking Heads released their first live album The Name of This Band is Talking Heads. Originally released in 1982, the first disc featured the
40 years ago today (3/23/77(), Elvis Presley appeared at the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona to kick off this last ever tour. This was the first date of a
