Category Archives: Rock and Pop Rewind
Don’s Original ’59 Les Paul in Laurel Canyon Exhibit
If you haven’t already, consider moseying on down to the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live and checking out their new exhibit California Dreamin’: The Sounds of Laurel Canyon, 1965 – 1977. There you’ll find, among other musically historical items on display, Don’s original 1959 LES PAUL. Manufactured between 1958-1960 by …
#ThrowbackThursday
It was twenty years ago this week that the Eagles, after 13 years in limbo, officially launched their “Hell Freezes Over” resumption tour. #86100647 / gettyimages.com Twenty years later (and sporting a little less facial hair), Don is two weeks into the Soundtrack of Summer tour with Styx and Foreigner. …
2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees
Ray Davies, Donovan, Graham Gouldman, Mark James and Jim Weatherly will be inducted this year into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Among the contributions the class of 2014 brings to the table include The Hollies’ “Bus Stop” (Gouldman), Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” (James) and Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Midnight …

