Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist Ritchie Blackmore started out as a session player and then was a cofounder of the hard rock group Deep Purple in 1968....
Happy Birthday Pat Travers
While most bluesy hard rock acts of the '70s and '80s hailed from the United States (the South, to be exact), there were several...
YES Announces 50th Anniversary Tour Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman
2018 marks the 50-year anniversary since the formation of progressive rock's legendary YES. To mark this milestone, YES Featuring...
Happy Birthday Brian Setzer
Every decade has its own retro craze spearheaded by a true believer who brings classic sounds and style back into vogue. Brian Setzer...
New Study Says, Going to Concerts Can Extend Your Life
A new behavioral science study has concluded that attending concerts on a regular basis is good for people’s well being – and could...
Happy Birthday Carl Perkins
While some ill-informed revisionist writers of rock history would like to dismiss Carl Perkins as a rockabilly artist who became a...
Happy Birthday Izzy Stradlin
The gals dug Axl and the musicians dug Slash, but the man in the back, guitarist Izzy Stradlin, was just as much an integral part of Guns...
Happy Birthday Steve Howe
Steve Howe was born in London on April 8, 1947. When he began playing guitar he had quite a few influences, chief among them Chet Atkins....
Happy Birthday John Oates
Although he's played on, penned songs for, and/or produced other artists' recordings, singer/guitarist John Oates is best known as...
