August 14, 1971, The Who released their fifth studio album Who’s Next which featured the classic song ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. They view the album by critics as the Who’s best record and one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The cover artwork shows a photo of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete…

My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. John Lennon The Beatles arrived at Kennedy International Airport for their 1965 North American…

‘Dull My Brain’ is a stomping track from soon to release five-track concept EP release by The Jailbirds. The first spin, ‘Dull My Brain’ is dark, extremely heavy. Pay attention to the menacing lyrics that inform you why. You can feel the gritty influence of Guns N’ Roses and other heavy bands like Van Halen…

I don’t like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can’t really ask for more than. Mark Knopfler Birthday wishes to Mark Knopfler, born August 12, 1949. Mark Knopfler…

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham played together for the first time on 12th Aug 1968, when they rehearsed at a studio in Lisle Street in London’s West End. The first song was an adaptation of ‘The Train Kept A-Rollin.’ The song was released in 1951, composed by Tiny Bradshaw and…

September 12, on this day … In 1954 the first ‘teen idol’, Frank Sinatra was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Three Coins In The Fountain’. It was the singer’s first UK No.1. and was The Academy Award-winning Best Original Song of the same year. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles were at No.1 on the UK…

The Who known as The High Numbers on this date in 1964 played a gig at The Railway Hotel in Harrow, England. Just before the band was scheduled on stage, Roger Daltry’s father-in-law entered into the venue and dragged the singer outside and beat him. The band took up their set with Daltry appearing back…

Clarence Leonidas ‘Leo’ Fender, architect, and designer of the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company was born today, August 10, 1909. Playing a Fender is an art itself. They’re always going out of tune. Ritchie Blackmore The Fender Telecaster (1949) was the initial mass-produced electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster (1954) is among the world’s most iconic…

Stevie Wonder at the age of 13 years started a three-week run at No.1 on August 10, 1963, on the US singles chart with ‘Fingertips part II’, making him the youngest singer to lead the charts. Called a 12-year-old genius, Wonder remains to have this moniker to this day. Wonder was blind from childbirth and raised…

August 8, 2007 The US National Musical Publishers’ Association joined other organizations in seeking to sue YouTube. They claimed musicians were not being properly paid when their music played on the site. They united the legal action with those of several other companies, including Viacom and Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Comedy Central. People change. I…