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The Kinks

Taj Mahal

Sha Na Na

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

The Move

Cold Blood

Albert King

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead

AUM

Flying Burrito Bros.

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

Spirit

Nazz

James Cotton Blues Band

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Over the years there have been many arguments concerning which year produced the best rock album.  While this is most probably arrived at via a subjective view point, there is a serious case to be made for the year 1966;…

Today on the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog, we travel back in time to 1967 and take a look at Privilege, an obscure film that was part of the the rock & roll landscape.  Of…

BOB DYLAN

GRATEFUL DEAD

Oakland Stadium

Oakland, CA

IGGY POP

The Austin Opera House

Austin, TX

BRYAN FERRY

Greek Theatre

U.C. Berkeley

Berkeley, Ca

PERMANENT VACAION TOUR

AEROSMITH

Dokken

White Lion

Lakeland Civic Center

Lakeland, FL

WORLD TOUR '88

AC…

Vince Taylor, while not widely known to US rock fans, was an influential part of the European rock scene in the late 50's and early 60's.  While not widely known to US rock fans, Taylor was an influential part of…

From the awwwards.com site :"Long before the digital era and the design disciplines that emerged with it, there was a unique canvas, reaching a visual audience of millions; every designer dreamed of working on a vinyl record album cover. Invented…

Led Zeppelin

L.S.U. Assembly Center

Baton Rouge, LA

Led Zeppelin

Earl's Court

London, UK

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Keystone Hall

Kutztown State College

Kutztown, PA

Ramones

CBGB's

NYC

John Cale & The Only Ones

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Bottom Line

NYC

SET LIST

Pump It Up

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

Waiting for the End of the World

No Action

Less Than Zero

The Beat

Living in Paradise

Blame It…

The Year Rock Went to Pieces (Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado) 

“In 1978, rock music resembled a combat zone more than a community. The divisions had been visible for most of the decade, with the fraying of any notion that the…

RAISING HELL TOUR '86 

RUN DMC 

WHODINI 

LL COOL J 

Municipal Auditorium 

Nashville, TN

"All Hell Breaks Loose at a Run-D.M.C. 'Raising Hell' Rap Concert in California: 'I am great--get it straight--that`s what I say--my name is Run--I`m number…

The Cramps

Eldorado

Paris, France

SETLIST

TV Set

Zombie Dance

Goo Goo Muck

(Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads cover)

Rockin' Bones

(Ronnie Dawson cover)

Strychnine

(The Sonics cover)

NOTE: SET LIST INCOMPLETE

Back In Black Tour '80

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From Canadian Broadcast Radio: "It was easy to trace the marketing of rock all the way back to its origins with Elvis Presley and his wily manager Colonel Tom Parker. I'm sure we all remember the story of how the…

Today's blog post is about Swinging London; a moment in time that reconfigured the music, fashion, movies and books of the youth culture.

“There came a moment when London first shook off the coils of hidebound British society, the…

As I remember it, the 1980s was a decade in which the genre known as basic meat & potatoes rock & roll began to undergo a myriad of changes.  The punk rock revolution was underway but didn't really become a…

It's a beautiful morning on a Sunday

which always reminds me of rock & roll songs that are all about Sundays!

Blue Sunday is track 10 on the Doors’ fifth album Morrison Hotel, which was released in February 1970.…

Today on the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog, we celebrate the 54th anniversary of what many regard as one of  the very first rock festivals...Monterey Pop! 

While Monterey Pop wasn’t the first music festival ever held…

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FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB!

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Johnny Pierre on stage with the Freelance Vandals circa 1978

“In 1978, rock music resembled a combat zone more than a community. The divisions had been visible for most of the decade, with the fraying of any notion that the…

The early, much-romanticized years of the ‘70s -- when Lester Bangs was starting to inspire a generation of imitators – were a time when print advertising relied on a lot more words than it usually does today, and when it…

It's Time For Our Weekly Collection Of 

Random Articles From The World Wide Web!

Inside Bob Dylan's Archive

Appreciating Little Village: A Humble Supergroup

A Band Called Spirit

Lux Interior: Where On Earth Did You Come From??

Groundbreaking Band Fanny…

As a songwriter, I've always enjoyed writing in a wide variety of musical genres but the rock & roll genre has always been my favorite genre.

More often than not, rock & roll music has always been there to help…

Lester Bangs

In a June 1975 article in Creem magazine, Lester Bangs, while writing about how the impact of the breakup of the Beatles, captured some of the angst that existed in rock & roll music: “Name me one…

Back in the early 1960’s, rock band logos were never quite as important as they are today in this age of branding.  Over the years, official logos became an essential item that every band needed to have in order promote…

EXHIBITION OVERVIEW

"For the first time, a major museum exhibition examines the instruments of rock and roll. One of the most important artistic movements of the twentieth century, rock and roll's seismic influence was felt across culture and society. Early…

It's Time For Our Weekly Compendium Of

Random Rock & Roll Articles From Around The World!

The Rolling Stones At Oakland Coliseum, November 9, 1969

‘Ready Steady Go!’—Britain’s Groundbreaking Rock TV Series

Eric Burdon: The Hellraiser Who Had It All…