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This 1964 Folk Standard-Turned-Pop Hit Was Originally an Attempt to Stand Out at Chuck Berry Concerts

They wanted to stand out, and they certainly did. The post This 1964 Folk Standard-Turned-Pop Hit Was...

24 Years Ago, We Lost the Songwriter Who Shaped Early Rock & Roll With Hits Recorded by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee...

24 Years Ago, We Lost the Songwriter Who Shaped Early Rock & Roll With Hits Recorded by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee...

This Legendary Guitarist Might Have Had the World’s First Rock and Roll Stadium Wedding in 1951

Born on This Day in 1932, the “King of Rockabilly” Whose Songs Were Recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Johnny Ca...

Carl Perkins, king of rockabilly who inspired everyone from Johnny Cash to the Beatles, would have turned 94 today. The post Born on This Day i...

“My dad said, ‘Take a seat – a band is coming in to make a record.’ I spotted a guitar case entering through the side do...

At the age of 7, seeing B.B. King lit the path for Gibbons as a blues guitarist. The ZZ Top legend discusses B.B.’s lasting impact

On This Day in 1972, Jerry Lee Lewis Was at No. 1 for the Last Time With a Song Penned by a ‘50s Rock Legend

This 1984 Bruce Springsteen Hit Drops a Not-So-Subtle Reference to the Man Whose Property He Tried Breaking Into

Eight years after trying to break into Elvis Presley's estate, Bruce Springsteen released a Top 40 hit named "Pink Cadillac". The post

This 1984 Bruce Springsteen Hit Drops a Not-So-Subtle Reference to the Man Whose Property He Tried Breaking Into

Eight years after trying to break into Elvis Presley's estate, Bruce Springsteen released a Top 40 hit named "Pink Cadillac". The post

On This Day in 2023, We Lost the “Wild Man” of Rock and Roll, Whom The Beatles Were Huge Fans of in Their Youth

Born on This Day in 1936, the Rock Legend Who Made Us Cry for a Living and Formed a Supergroup With Bob Dylan and George...

43 Years Ago Today, the Blues Legend Who Laid the Groundwork for Rock & Roll and Influenced the Rolling Stones and E...

On This Day in 2012, We Said Goodbye to the Guitarist Who Taught Eric Clapton, Brian May, the Beatles, and Millions More...

“The comments I got were from people digging the way I was playing, or asking ‘What song is this?’ which I thought was f...

His cover of Hoochie Coochie Man went viral, but Burnham is blowing minds with his fretwork – and a sound referencing the lineage of Chuck Berry, Hendrix and SRV

70 Years Ago Today, Gene Vincent Recorded a B-Side That Became a Hit After the A-Side Was Deemed Too Scandalous for Radi...

The Beatles Used To Watch This Pioneering Rock ‘n’ Roller’s Pre-Show Ritual During Their Hamburg Days

The Beatles got early lessons on how to be a rock star from none other than pioneering rock 'n' roller Little Richard. The post The Beatles Used To Watch This...

Born on This Day in 1928, the Country Star Who Overcame a Stutter to Notch a String of Hits and Wrote an International N...

98 years ago today, the songwriter who penned one of the most-recorded songs in the world and notched a string of hits was born.

The British Invasion Is an American Story

Dave Mason has just passed away, so we thought it appropriate to re-up this interview from 2017. The post The British Invasion Is an American Story appeared first on The Good Men P...

2 Years Ago Today, We Lost the Guitar Pioneer Who Influenced The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, and Mark Knopfler

Blues Rock Weekly – May 8, 2026

Blues Rock Weekly highlights new releases from Steve Cropper featuring Eric Clapton, new music from The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, The post Blues Rock Weekly – May 8, 2026 appear...

“What are you soloing over? You’re the icing on the cake. And I’m the cake!” Keith Richards on his enduring love affair...

The Rolling Stones icon reflects on life as a rhythm guitar hero, the size of his collection, and how the restriction of five-strings and open tunings blew his mind

On This Day in 1971, The Rolling Stones Were at No. 1 With a Raunchy Track Inspired by Ike Turner’s Backup Singer

On This Day in 1959, Buddy Holly Made Music History With This Posthumous No. 1 Hit—Penned by His “Nemesis”

11 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the “King of Blues” and Eric Clapton’s Beacon of Music

Riley B. "B.B." King, the quintessential Delta bluesman, died 11 years ago today on May 14, 2015. He was 89 years old. The post