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Brian May on the chart-topping Queen hit Freddie Mercury composed while getting ready one morning
John Lennon said the song inspired his return to the studio in 1980 for his final album, ‘Double Fantasy’
The two strangest things Eddie Van Halen ever took to airport security
During the ‘Balance’ tour in 1995, the Van Halen guitarist had a pair of run-ins so unforgettable that even Ted Nugent weighed in.
Elvis Presley inspired it. John Lennon hated it. Behind the song he wanted to keep off the Beatles’ first psychedelic record
Lennon borrowed a line from Presley’s “Baby, Let’s Play House” to write one of his darkest lyrics
He jammed with Prince and Miles Davis — until one deceptive meeting put an end to everything
Prince could have anything... except the guitarist he wanted most
Ritchie Blackmore on the one musician he was closest to — and what drove a wedge between them
The two men reconnected before one of them died, leading Blackmore to write a song in his memory
How a tip led Terry Kath’s daughter to track down the late Chicago musician’s lost guitars.
Decades after Kath’s death, Michelle Kath Sinclair uncovered the instruments that helped define the sound of Chicago — and her father’s legacy.
“We were really limited onstage.” Eric Clapton on the group he said achieved what Cream could not
Jack Bruce said Clapton had doubts about Cream from the start. “I remember him saying, ‘This is a good recording band, but it will never be a good live band.’”
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