Posts Tagged ‘The Rolling Stones’
Song of the Week #7 – “Like a Rolling Stone”
Written by admin on June 21, 2010 – 7:22 am -| For this week’s Song of the Week we go back to 1965 and Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.”
“Like a Rolling Stone” is widely regarded as a musical milestone and one of Dylan’s finest achievements. Rolling Stone magazine rates it as the number one song of all time in its list of 500 great songs. |
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Tags: Barb Jungr, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Collins, Like a Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones
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Top ten guitar riffs of the ’60s
Written by admin on June 7, 2010 – 8:36 pm -Gibson.com has put together a list of the top ten guitar riffs of the 1960s.
Here’s what they came up with:
- “Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones
- “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks
- “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles
- “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix
- “I Can’t Explain” by The Who
- “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly
- “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream
- “James Bond Theme” by The John Barry Orchestra
- “Last Train to Clarksville” by The Monkees
- “Over Under Sideways Down” by The Yardbirds.
Tags: Cream, Iron Butterfly, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The John Barry Orchestra, the kinks, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds
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Mick Hucknall to team up with The Faces
Written by admin on May 26, 2010 – 10:20 am -The Faces will reunite for the music and design festival, Vintage, on August 13, but minus Rod Stewart. Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall will take on lead vocal duties instead.
Guitarist Ronnie Wood, drummer Kenney Jones and keyboardist Ian McLagan will also be joined by former Sex Pistol, Glen Matlock, who will play bass in place of Ronnie Lane who died in 1997.
Tags: Mick Hucknall, Ronnie Wood, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, Vintage Festival Goodwood
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Shake, Rattle and Roll – Rock ‘n’ Roll Exhibition
Written by admin on May 24, 2010 – 8:44 am -| Iconic photographs of some of rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest stars will be available to view and buy this week at the “Shake, Rattle and Roll – Rock ‘n’ Roll Exhibition” in Knightsbridge, London.
The exhibition features photographs by three celebrated and award-winning photographers – David Montgomery, Terry O’Neill and Baron Wolman. Among the stars featured are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse. |
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Tags: Baron Wolman, David Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Rattle and Roll - Rock 'n' Roll Exhibition, Skate, Terry O'Neill, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who
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“Exile on Main Street” hits number one
Written by admin on May 23, 2010 – 7:04 pm -The Rolling Stones have achieved their first number one album in the UK since 1994 with the reissue of “Exile on Main Street.” The band’s last number one album was Voodoo Lounge, but they did hit number two with “A Bigger Bang” in 2005 and “Shine a Light” in 2008.
Tags: Exile on Main Street, Stones in Exile, The Rolling Stones
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