“Let me tell you ‘bout Wayne and his deals of cocaine. A little more every day,” the Clash sang in 1978. “Holding for a friend till the band do well. Then the DEA locked him away.” Sign up for our ...

When blues music was transforming into rock ‘n’ roll music in the 1950s, there were a lot of Black artists leading the way. But in the United States at the time, mainstream music consumers weren’t ...

Many rock bands of the 1960s had unusual names. One that sticks out is The Zombies, a group that stormed the international scene in the early 1960s with the big hit, "She's Not There." The Zombies ...

Remember Bubble Puppy? A few old heads who got to enjoy the birth of psychedelic rock might remember this outfit. “Hot Smoke And Sassafras” was their main claim to fame, and that 1969 hit made it to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born ...

An original Eric Clapton guitar — a 1968 Martin acoustic used by the musician in his short-lived '70s act Derek and the Dominos — was the highest-selling item among a recent auction of rock ...

THREE OAKS — Tommy Castro & The Painkillers perform at 7 p.m. March 29 at The Acorn, 107 Generations Drive. The blues-rock guitarist’s 16 albums as a bandleader contain a mix of 1960s-influenced ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by ...