When the Woodstock film was released in March 1970, many concert promoters rushed to find a field that could hold the next big festival. The film had forgotten the previously doomed events at the ill-fated Altamont festival only three months prior. Now the music festival scene was big business and promoters wanted to make money,… Continue reading 64: Drugs, Injunctions, and More Drugs
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32: Cars, Conspiracies, and Not Filling Potential.
When it comes to Texas musicians they always seem to pass away before their time. Buddy Holly and Stevie Ray Vaughan both went before they reached their peak. Their tragedies were straightforward in terms of their untimely demise. However, there was another musician from Texas who had a mysterious death that still hasn’t been cleared… Continue reading 32: Cars, Conspiracies, and Not Filling Potential.
7: A Lawsuit, A Countersuit, and Rock and Roll
What is there not to say about the Beatles? The Fab Four broke so many boundaries in the 1960s that they rewrote the whole pop song experience. The influence is heard to this day. I believe that the band have done more for music than anyone else in music history. Even the influencers have influences.… Continue reading 7: A Lawsuit, A Countersuit, and Rock and Roll