Doug Collette

When The Allman Brothers Band reunited in 1989, it was originally intended to support the simultaneous release of the comprehensive 4CD box set Dreams. The response to the collection and the roadwork that followed led to a contract with Epic Records, but the group insisted on more touring before entering the studio.

At least initially, the announcements of the release of additional recordings by the Allman Brothers Band at the famed (and now-defunct) New York venue, Fillmore East, were cause for celebration.

Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story 400 pages ISBN: #978-0306836589 Da Capo

With six decades of hindsight, the Byrds’ third studio album, Fifth Dimension (released 7/18/66), sounds like one of the most pivotal releases in their discography. Yet even as hindsight illuminates the artistry at work in this statement of psychedelia, the absence of one of its original members is an undeniable factor in the record’s significance.

With the release of Sangam & Friends , saxophonist-flutist pays homage to his kindred spirit and longtime collaborator, tabla master . Not that any

Watching a musician perform solo vividly illustrates how difficult it is to play music well.

Scrutinizing the titles within the various Grateful Dead vault series, including Dick’s Picks, Road Trips

Released four decades ago, R.E.M.’s third full-length album, Lifes Rich Pageant (released 7/28/86), represented a willful if cautious nod to the mainstream. Conducted in collaboration with producer Don Gehman, who had made a name for himself working with John Mellencamp, the album was recorded at the latter’s studio in Indiana and came enclosed in a package adorned with the first cover art featuring the visage of one of the group.

J.P. Reali’s Grateful Blues may not seem a wholly original thought, at least upon a cursory glance, given Luther Dickinson and Datrian Johnson’s vividly wrought Dead Blues Volume I, released late in 2025.

Ron Howard’s excellent documentary film, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years,