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Kris Kristofferson teams up with the Foo Fighters in a tribute to Johnny Cash. Kristofferson tells how this was the first song he wrote that Cash recorded.
Kristofferson was never much of a singer but I always loved his gritty vocals and still sounds good to me. A great sad song that includes the excellent lines [...]

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The Doors were founded by Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison in Los Angeles in 1965. Light My Fire appeared on their eponymous album released in 1967.
Both controversial and influential during the late sixties, the death of singer Jim Morrison in Paris in 1971 only served to fuel the legend of the band.
This video showcases the [...]

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Taken from Creedence Clearwater Revival’s fourth album Willy And The Poor Boys released in 1969, this is their reworked version of a Leadbelly classic, Midnight Special.
For three years, from 1969,  CCR would make some of the best selling albums in rock music, including the classic Cosmo’s Factory in 1970. They also had stacks of great [...]

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This is one of the best covers from David Bowie recorded here from Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars Motion picture in 1973. An excellent piano led version appears on the album Aladdin Sane, also released in 1973.
David Bowie – Let’s Spend The Night Together

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Despite fitting the genre known as progressive rock in the early seventies, Hold Your Head Up was a big hit for Argent in 1972. Rod Argent had started out playing keyboards and songwriting for The Zombies in the early to mid sixties.
When The Zombies split up in 1968, Rod Argent formed Argent with fellow Zombie [...]

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