Category: Rock
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Supertramp
About Supertramp were a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, the group were distinguished for blending progressive rock and pop styles as well as for a sound that showcased Hodgson’s distinctive playing on his Wurlitzer electric piano. The classic lineup,…
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Harvey Mandel
About Harvey “The Snake” Mandel is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Albums/Songs: Games Guitars Play Snake Pit Shangrenade The Snake Emerald Triangle Harvey Mandel & The Snake Crew Chicago Blues Union Twist City…
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Slade
About Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them the most successful British group of the…
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Willy DeVille
About Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler,…
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
About Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first…
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Robert Palmer
About Robert Allen Palmer was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, his sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. His 1986 song “Addicted to Love” and its accompanying video came to “epitomise the glamour and excesses of the 1980s”.…
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Van Morrison
About Sir George Ivan Morrison OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career spans seven decades. Albums/Songs: Common One Enlightenment A Sense of Wonder The Healing Game Moondance Inarticulate Speech of the Heart Irish Heartbeat Beautiful Vision Hard Nose the Highway A Period of Transition Avalon Sunset Astral Weeks Tell Me Something:…
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Gerry Rafferty
About Gerald Rafferty was a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was a founding member of Stealers Wheel, whose biggest hit was “Stuck in the Middle with You” in 1973. His solo hits in the late 1970s included “Baker Street”, “Right Down the Line”, and “Night Owl”. Albums/Songs: Gerry Rafferty City to City…
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Dire Straits
About Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers. They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995. Albums/Songs: Rock File ’78 (Aphrodisiac Feeling) Down Under Dire Straits The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private…
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ZZ Top
About ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For 51 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill’s death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons’ blues style and Hill and Beard’s rhythm section. They are known…
