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EXPLAINED: Warren zevon | Rare Historical Photos

"He closes the guitar case, he hands it to me and he says ‘take care of this for me’”: Shortly before he died, Warren Zevon gave David Letterman a guitar, and after 22 years, it just went “back to work” in the hands of The Killers’ Dave Keuning

The Killers covered Lawyers, Guns and Money as part of Zevon’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

MusicRadar

“After the show, they handed me what is to this day one of my most prized possessions”: Jim Carrey remembers Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s generous guitar gift as he inducts them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Soundgarden played on the night with Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell, while Olivia Rodrigo honored The White Stripes, the Tedeschi Trucks Band covered The Beatles, and Flea performed with Stevie Wonder

Guitar World

Jack White shares parable about God as White Stripes are inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Meg White did not attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, which also saw Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and Warren Zevon inducted

The Independent UK

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony is this weekend. Who's getting in, and who's honoring them?

Chappell Roan will induct Cyndi Lauper, and Donald Glover will induct Outkast at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday

The Independent UK

“Tom listened to it and said, ‘It sounds kind of jazzy.’ I went back and changed the chorus, and that’s the version I played for Don”: Mike Campbell on writing The Boys of Summer with Don Henley – after Tom Petty passed on it

Campbell made an all-important change to the song before handing it over to Henley

Guitar World

"Musicians hear chemistry"

From Carole King's "It's Too Late" to Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty," these four men helped create those hits

Salon

‘We were working like crazy’: the studio players behind music’s A-list

Documentary Immediate Family follows the unsung heroes who worked alongside Stevie Nicks, Carole King, James Taylor and others

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‘Immediate Family’: 5 top studio musicians detail the making of ’60s, ’70s hits

Documentary shines spotlight on instrumental talents who added to classic tracks by James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and other greats.

Chicago Sun-Times

The best songs for a funeral? Please, anything but My Way

Letters: Readers respond to a report on the most popular music for send-offs – and share their own choices

The Guardian - UK

20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did

The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

Louder

Aerosmith: Rocks - Album Of The Week Club review

Rocks: Aerosmith's fourth album was sleazier than a Boston back alley and sharper than a hypodermic needle. Or was it?

Louder

Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, Link Wray, Willie Nelson lead 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

Notably omitted from this year's list were nominees like Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Joy Division, New Order and Warren Zevon

Guitar World

George Michael, Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Chaka Khan among Rock Hall inductees

Chicago’s Chaka Khan and “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius are also among the list of inductees announced Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall inductees

Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Kate Bush also finally reaching the top of that hill

The Independent UK

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David Lindley obituary

Sought-after session player best known for his collaborations with Ry Cooder and Jackson Browne

Tribune News Service

Appreciation: David Lindley, dead at 78, an arresting music great who was nearly arrested on stage in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — David Lindley may not have been a household name for most music fans, but he most certainly was for his fellow musicians. Witness the classic albums that featured this masterful guitarist, who died last week at the age of 78.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jim O’Neil’s world of fishing at Tinley Expo; and spring wild things

Jim O’Neil, with a career arc from high school bass fishing to a career in the outdoors, will speak on swimbaits at the Tinley Park Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Expo; plus early spring signs in Wild Things.

Tribune News Service

Handicapping the 14 new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

Oh, to be in the room where it happens. The nominating room for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Those debates must be fiery.

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Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, George Michael among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

If Elliott makes it, she would become the first female hip-hop artist in the hall.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall Nominees

Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow and the late George Michael are the 2023 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, reflecting a mix of country, soul, hip-hop, metal, pop, rap-rock and grunge. The Cleveland-based institution announced Wednesday the…

The Independent UK

Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall nominees

Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow and the late George Michael are nominees for 2023 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a list that includes a mix of country, soul, hip-hop, metal, pop, rap-rock and grunge

Los Angeles Times

'The soul of LA': 20 years after his death, the stars are aligning for Warren Zevon

LOS ANGELES — Shooter Jennings knew "Carmelita." He knew "Lawyers, Guns and Money." And of course he knew "Werewolves of London," Warren Zevon's 1978 rock hit about a "hairy-handed gent" on the prowl for "a big dish of beef chow mein."

Tribune News Service

Bob Dylan's 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' book is a love letter to music — and, um, polygamy

Bob Dylan doesn't think much of the current state of songwriting or of contemporary pop music, two points underscored in his sometimes dizzying, sometimes confounding, but rarely less than absorbing new book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song." But he does think polygamist marriages are greatly underrated, about which more in…

The Guardian - UK

Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie’s Listening Diary: ‘Dave Matthews Band? Ouch’

The Anacortes, Washington-based DIY hero takes us through his week in listening, from a “sexually suggestive” EDM song by Pickle to a Nina Simone record picked out by a jazz-loving child

Chicago Sun-Times

Knowing jack about skipjack herring turns into a pending Illinois record, plus the Stray Cast

Travis Strickland caught the pending Illinois-record skipjack herring, in part because he knew what he had.

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