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Fleetwood Mac in 1969. (left to right) Bassist John McVie, guitarist/singer Danny Kirwan, guitarist/singer Peter Green, pianist Jeremy Spencer, and drummer Mick Fleetwood
Here’s Why Fleetwood Mac's 1969 Album 'Then Play On' is One of the Greatest Blues-Rock Records Ever Made

By Jim Campilongo Published

The group’s third studio LP is hard evidence of Fleetwood Mac’s growth from an excellent blues band to a blues-based act that defied description

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The Guess Who circa 1970. (from left) Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson
“On Paper, the Song Shouldn’t Have Worked at All”: How Randy Bachman Wrote His Favorite Guess Who Track, “Undun”

By Joe Bosso Published

The guitarist reveals the influence of Lenny Breau, Bob Dylan and the Zombies in the 1969 hit

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1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard ex-Mick Jones
Watch Mick Taylor Play This "Incredibly Resonant" 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard With the Rolling Stones

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Video Hear the ‘Ya-Ya’s’ guitar in action in this electrifying performance of “Love in Vain” from the Rolling Stones' 1972 tour

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Iron Butterfly in 1969 (l-r): singer/keyboardist Doug Ingle, drummer Ron Bushy, bassist Lee Dorman and guitarist Erik Brann
Watch Iron Butterfly’s Kaleidoscopic “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” Performance Film

By Rod Brakes, Christopher Scapelliti Published

Video All 17 minutes of this acid rock epic in full lysergic glory

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Jefferson Airplane perform at the Woodstock Festival, August 1969
Watch Jefferson Airplane’s Historic “White Rabbit” Woodstock Performance

By Art Thompson Published

Video This classic clip from 1969 captures the band at their finest

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Jimi Hendrix, 1969
Listen to Jimi Hendrix’s Awe-Inspiring “Purple Haze” Performance From New Live Album

By Art Thompson Published

Video This amazing rendition of the psychedelic rock masterpiece appears ahead of forthcoming ‘Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969’ LP

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Jimmy Leslie performing with Spirit Hustler
Writing and Recording Acoustic Rock, Part 1

By Jimmy Leslie last updated

Frets Editor Jimmy Leslie shares the lessons he learned creating Spirit Hustler’s inspired recording “The Spirit of ’69.”

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform on stage at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1969 in New York City, New York. (Pho
Fans Demand Rolling Stones Release Entire ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out’ Live Recordings

By Rod Brakes, Christopher Scapelliti last updated

An online petition calls for a box set of the band’s historic 1969 Madison Square Garden gigs in their entirety.

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Jimi Hendrix performs with the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24th February 1969.
Hendrix Fans Demand Release of “Holy Grail of Lost Films” Documenting Final U.K. Performance

By Rod Brakes Published

Video The 1969 concert at the Royal Albert Hall on February 24 was to be the last show in Europe for Hendrix's original line-up.

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King Crimson performing on stage in the afternoon during the concert in Hyde Park, which was headlined by the Rolling Stones. 5th July 1969.
Watch King Crimson’s Frenzied Performance of “21st Century Schizoid Man” at ‘The Stones in the Park’

By Rod Brakes Published

Video This breakthrough gig launched Robert Fripp onto the international stage in 1969.

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