1965, Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone" at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City, during sessions for the forthcoming Highway 61 Revisited album. Session musicians included Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, whose Hammond organ on "Like A Rolling Stone" became one of rock's most recognizable sounds. 1965, The Who's manager Chris Stamp goes on his first trip to see … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – June 16
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Today in Rock History – May 27
1963, The album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan was released by Columbia in the USA. Establishing Dylan as a leader in the singer-songwriter genre and a supposed spokesman for the youth-orientated protest movement, it reached number 22 on the US charts and number one on the UK charts. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan showcased Dylan's songwriting talent for the first time and propelled … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 27
Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 14
Hosted by Bart Shore. This week's episode of Psychedelic Time Warp includes music from The Kinks, Traffic, Psychedelic Furs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Derek and the Dominos, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, the Doors, Led Zeppelin from Led Zep II, and Iron Butterfly's iconic In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida. Live music comes from Santana, the Allman Brothers, Talking Heads, … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 14
Today in Rock History – December 28
1968, The three day Miami Pop Festival took place, the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the US, with Chuck Berry, The McCoys, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, The Turtles, The Box Tops, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Pacific Gas and Electric, Procol Harum, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly and The Grateful Dead. 100,000 people attended the event. 1968, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – December 28
Song Of The Day – “What The Eyeballs Did” by Atoms For Peace
The first thing that grabs you is the rhythm - jittery, squiggly, purely wiggy and totally glitchy rhythm. Rhythms that don’t make you dance, but do make you move. The ghost of Talking Heads’ Remain In Light lives here. Their fingerprints are all over songs that have been built up from rhythm. They inhabit the nine tracks that make up Amok, the first official album by Atoms For … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “What The Eyeballs Did” by Atoms For Peace