6/20/2011
By 1998, country meant so many things to so many folks that you could get a different description of it from every single fan you asked. For some, it was the twang-soaked Bakersfield balladry of Dwight …
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6/20/2011
These are the sounds that defined the AM airwaves - the sounds that made the '60s arguably the greatest decade for pop music. Yes, the era that gave us psychedelia; garage rock; folk; and yearnin', bur …
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6/20/2011
Our '60s Pop Essentials simply wouldn't be complete without a boatload of British Invaders: Manfred Mann ("The Mighty Quinn"), Herman's Hermits ("Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"), the …
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6/20/2011
A simple request: Stick your hands in a couple cans of neon paint and then spread that mess like a madder-than-usual Jackson Pollock. Now you've got an exploding canvas of colors that look the way Boll …
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6/20/2011
Nineteen seventy-four was the year when cultural happenings became hugely popular novelty songs. Pacifism found an anthem in the antiwar "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods; exhibit …
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6/20/2011
Hey, what goes around comes around. Supposedly hung, drawn, and quartered by punk, progressive rock - once seen as dinosaur - refused to call it quits, and was given an injection of fresh blood by the …
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6/20/2011
Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky? Let's put it this way: the astronomy books aren't gonna school you on the correct answer. Here's a hint: somebody's baby ain't been treating his woman right …
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6/14/2011
Everybody knows about the British Invasion and how a bunch of lovable moptops changed the face of rock forever. But the most successful invasions are the ones that come from someplace you'd neve …
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6/14/2011
Somewhere between the local pub and the Coliseum, Irish rockers amped up their Marshall stacks to 11, and they aren't ever looking back. We can't fault you if you don't immediately think "Irelan …
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