Guitarist Bernie Leadon was at the forefront of bringing country rock to mainstream audiences in the early 1970s. His recordings with the Eagles dominated radio, and they became one of history’s ...
As a founding member of the Byrds, Gene Clark was folk rock royalty. Onstage, he usually stood center, leaning into his microphone while occasionally shaking a tambourine. Though his well-built ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pedal steel guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, who co-founded influential 1960s country-rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died from complications of Alzheimer's disease ...
The High Hawks is what you get when six musician friends come together to create an ad hoc supergroup of Americana that brings together jamgrass, blues, folk, rock and country in a manner that echoes ...
Seventy-nine years ago today, one of the most important artists in alternative country history was born in Florida.
On Sept. 18, 1973, drinking heavily, Parsons took a fatally high dose of morphine and died in that very room. When he arrived at the hospital early on Sept. 19, 1973, he was declared dead on arrival.
Through his involvement with "The Byrds" and "The Flying Burrito Brothers," Parsons achieved his dream of marrying country and rock music. He died Sept. 19, 1973 at a motel in the California desert of ...
JPG: As we’re speaking, you’re doing the Railroad Earth tour, then you jump on with The High Hawks. What you said earlier about switching from violin to guitar gave a preview of how you mentally ...