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  Leslie West first gained recognition as the lead guitarist for the Vagrants, a locally popular 1960s Long Island group. One of that group’s singles was produced by Felix Pappalardi, a bass player who also produced Cream. After the Vagrants and Cream split up, Pappalardi played bass on and produced West’s debut solo album, Mountain […]

Falling somewhere between the earnest, neo-southern rock of The Black Crowes, the bluesy swagger of the Black Keys, and the wide-open-road country-rock of The Eagles, Nashville-by-way-of-Austin’s Wild Feathers apply the lessons of the past to the wounds of the present, offering up an expansive 12-track debut self-titled collection (released in 2013) of hard luck stories, […]

Best known for his tenure fronting the J. Geils Band, singer Peter Wolf was born and raised in the Bronx, and came from a family active in show business. His father was a dancer, song plugger, disc jockey, and singer of light opera; his mother, an organizer for the civil rights and labor movements, was […]

Butch Walker is a singer, songwriter, and producer whose skills run from radio-friendly pop to high-attitude hard rock. After gaining a brief taste of major-label success during the ’80s and ’90s — particularly with Marvelous 3, whose single “Freak of the Weak” became a modern rock hit in 1999 — Walker traded his band mates […]

A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir’s musical legacy (separate from its cultural implications) will be of an utterly strange rhythm guitar player and songwriter who grew up in one of the most lasting outside bands of the 1960s. Playing with the Dead until their dissolution following the death of Jerry Garcia in […]

Co-founder of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters was its essential creative force and mercurial singer-songwriter. Waters drove their albums’ conceptual birth and guided tbe band during the most prolific decade of the 70’s. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. […]

John William “Paul” Weller, Jr. (born 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam.  As the leader of the Jam, Paul Weller fronted the most popular British band of the punk era, influencing legions of English rockers ranging from his mod revival contemporaries to the […]

Singer-songwriter, legendary vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, mandolin player, producer, Grammy winner and BMI icon, Steve Winwood has sold over 50 million records in the course of his five-decade career. For more than five decades, Winwood has remained a primary figure in Rock ‘n’ Roll, a respected innovator who has helped to create some of the genre’s […]

Pennsylvania produces its share of rock and roll bands, and The War On Drugs hails from Philadelphia. TWOD was formed in 2005 and now consists of Adam Granduciel (vocals, guitar), David Hartley (bass), Robbie Bennett (keyboards), Charlie Hall (drums), Jon Natchez (saxophone, keyboards) and Anthony LaMarca (guitar). Founded by close collaborators Granduciel and Kurt Vile, […]

The Weight Band is a recent incarnation of the Band’s legacy and originated inside the barn of Levon Helm in 2012. That’s where Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante, both former members of the Band, were performing “Songs of the Band” with Garth Hudson, Jimmy Vivino and Byron Isaacs. In July 2017, PBS’s Infinity Hall Live […]