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On my 11th birthday, I was given a record called The Sound Of Paint Drying. It really made me think…that I need better records. Well, now the shoe’s on the other hand and Dr. Rhino is calling the shots. That...

This day in 1977, "Hotel California" by the Eagles hit #1 on the US singles chart. It would be the group's fourth US #1. Following their peak in the charts, the single was awarded Record of the Year at the...

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. Crosby and ... In the late ‘60s, living up in Laurel Canyon, most folk music...

  Now available on the App Store, THE DOORS official App brings The Doors' story to life with a rich, immersive experience that delves deeply into every aspect of The Doors' incandescent career. Of all the California bands, The Doors...

If you're a Dead Head, chances are you've spent many an hour expounding upon the distinction of May 8, 1977, Cornell University, Barton Hall. Well, at the risk of preaching to the choir, we'd like to reintroduce you to a...

Last Tuesday, Willie Nelson turned eighty years old. If you happen to have caught him live lately, that might take you by surprise. Willie won’t be the first touring octogenarian — Ralph Stanley’s still on the road at 86; Chuck...

Monica said she just recorded it in Spanish. What was the name of the track again? "Maybe It's You." Don't know it. But then twenty minutes later it came up again, and this time I heard it correctly, she sang...

On this day in 1975, Chicago's CHICAGO VIII started a two week run at #1 on the US album chart. Here they are in '04 performing "Old Days," their top single off the album:

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. The gang that gathered in Laurel Canyon, the artists that Warner/Reprise embraced, came from far...