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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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In 1966, Peter Gabriel saw one singer perform live. At 16, he knew he’d found his calling

  • Otis Redding’s 1966 Brixton gig inspired 16-year-old Peter Gabriel.
  • Gabriel decided that night to pursue music for life.
  • Soul influences later surfaced in his solo work, including “Sledgehammer”.

In 1966, 16-year-old Peter Gabriel watched Otis Redding perform at the Ram Jam Club in Brixton and decided he wanted to be a musician for life. The encounter helped shape Gabriel’s ambitions before Genesis formed the following year, and shows how a soul singer influenced a future progressive…

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Robert Plant admitted Led Zeppelin had borrowed from one blues legend. They weren’t the only ones

  • Robert Plant acknowledged Lead Belly’s influence on Led Zeppelin.
  • The band adapted “Gallows Pole” for *Led Zeppelin III*.
  • Plant said musical borrowing also shaped Lead Belly’s work.

Robert Plant acknowledged that Led Zeppelin drew heavily on blues singer Lead Belly, whose songs and style helped shape the band’s music. The article presents this influence as part of a wider debate over borrowing and originality, noting that Led Zeppelin faced accusations of plagiarism while also developing…

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Who plays drums on The Traveling Wilburys 1988 song ‘Handle with Care’?

  • Jeff Lynne played drums on ‘Handle with Care’.
  • The song began as a last-minute Harrison recording.
  • Its success helped launch the Traveling Wilburys.

Jeff Lynne played drums on the Traveling Wilburys’ 1988 song ‘Handle with Care’. The track began as a last-minute recording for George Harrison, but the collaboration proved so strong that it helped prompt the formation of the supergroup. Harrison, Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan developed…

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In 2000, Don Henley set out to speak for 78 million baby boomers. He made an album to do it

  • Henley said *Inside Job* addressed baby boomers’ musical tastes.
  • He cited 78 million boomers as an underserved audience.
  • The album arrived amid a pop scene shaped by new genres.

Don Henley said his 2000 album *Inside Job* was intended to give baby boomers music that felt distinct from what was then current. The article places that aim in the context of Henley’s career, arguing that his music accompanied several major shifts in American popular culture and became…

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The only singer Sammy Hagar wanted to trade lives with: “I wanted to be that guy”

  • Hagar admired Donovan’s style and musical range.
  • Seeing him perform at 15 left a lasting impression.
  • Donovan’s folk and rock blend influenced Hagar’s songwriting.

Sammy Hagar has said Donovan was the musician whose life and career he would most have liked to trade places with. The folk singer’s elegant stage presence and unexpected shift from acoustic guitar to electric guitar with a band made a strong impression on Hagar when he was…

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The band Dave Grohl couldn’t stand touring with: “They didn’t give us a guest list”

  • Grohl said Foo Fighters were treated as second-class support.
  • They had to buy tickets for guests at $64 each.
  • The band used a trailer instead of a dressing room.

Dave Grohl said the Foo Fighters were treated like second-class citizens while supporting the Rolling Stones on a 1997 stadium tour. His account highlights the sharp divide between an opening act and a headliner, even when the support band is building a profile of its own. The Foo…

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In 1980 the Eagles got into a fist fight. In 1995 Don Henley worked with a musician who he said “could kick his ass”

  • The Eagles’ demanding standards fuelled conflicts between bandmates.
  • Henley admired Dolly Parton’s voice and songwriting.
  • They recorded a cover of “When I Stop Dreaming”.

The Eagles’ polished harmonies emerged alongside intense conflict between bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey, whose high standards often led to clashes. Years after the group’s most turbulent period, Henley worked with Dolly Parton, whom he admired as a songwriter and singer, and said he was willing to…

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Paul Simon was first convinced his 1986 song was “awful”. Now, it has been streamed 42,000,000 times

  • Simon thought the original lyrics were awful.
  • He rewrote most of ‘The Boy in the Bubble’.
  • The song has been streamed 42 million times.

Paul Simon initially disliked the lyrics he had written for ‘The Boy in the Bubble’ and nearly abandoned the song. He discarded most of the words and rewrote them, creating the opening track of his 1986 album *Graceland*, which has since become one of his best-known songs. The…

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TONY IOMMI Confirms He Will Appear On WILLIAM SHATNER’s Upcoming Heavy Metal Album: ‘It’s Really Good What He’s Doing’

  • Tony Iommi has recorded a track for William Shatner’s metal album.
  • Iommi added a guitar riff to lyrics about current events.
  • The album is tentatively due in 2027 with dozens of guest musicians.

Tony Iommi has confirmed he will guest on William Shatner’s forthcoming heavy metal album, after contributing a guitar riff to a track whose lyrics he said address current events. The collaboration brings together the Black Sabbath guitarist and the 95-year-old Star Trek actor, whose spoken-word vocal style Iommi…

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In 1966, a 15-year-old Stevie Wonder wrote a song about his girlfriend in an hour. It now has over 180,000,000 streams

  • Wonder wrote the song as a teenager in about an hour.
  • Motown first released it as a B-side.
  • It reached number four in the US and has over 180 million streams.

Stevie Wonder wrote the song that became “My Cherie Amour” in about an hour during a piano lesson at school in 1966, when he was a teenager. Originally titled “Oh, My Marcia” after his girlfriend, it was reshaped by Motown songwriters Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby after the…

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