by The History of Rock and Roll | Sep 29, 2018 | Rock and Roll, Uncategorized
Tom Petty was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch. He was also a co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the...
by The History of Rock and Roll | Sep 22, 2018 | Rock and Roll, Uncategorized
Atlantic Records is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important American recording labels, specializing in jazz,...
by The History of Rock and Roll | Sep 22, 2018 | Radio Show, Uncategorized
Eric Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of...
by The History of Rock and Roll | Sep 21, 2018 | Rock and Roll, Uncategorized
Tom Dowd Was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable “who’s who” of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul...
by The History of Rock and Roll | Sep 14, 2018 | Folk Rock, Uncategorized
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most...
by The History of Rock and Roll | Aug 30, 2018 | Radio Show, Uncategorized
(Simon and Garfunkel to his Solo career on songs and albums) The Sound of Silenceis a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a...
