Slash has signed a record deal to the brand-new Gibson record label. Gibson — the iconic guitar brand — announced the launch of Gibson Records, headquartered in Music City, Nashville, Tennessee. The next Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators album to be released via Gibson Records.
While much has been made of Dave Grohl reaching into his falsetto to cover the Bee Gees on Foo Fighters new Hail Satin EP, drummer Taylor Hawkins vocal contributions should not be overlooked either. A new performance video has surfaced of Hawkins fronting the group for their cover of Andy Gibb's chart-topping 1978 disco hit “Shadow Dancing.”
Steely Dan have announced an upcoming series of U.S. shows, marking the band's first set of performances since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Tickets for the Absolutely Normal tour will go on sale July 30.
In the History of Rock: In 1955 Chuck Berry's first hit record, “Maybellene” enters the Billboard R&B chart where it will reach #1 during an 11-week run.
In 1968 Cass Elliot releases her first solo single following the break-up of The Mamas And Papas. “Dream a Little Dream of Me” had been around since 1931 and had been recorded by a plethora of people, but Cass’ version would be the most successful as it rose to number 12 on Billboard's Hot 100.
In 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd's “Sweet Home Alabama” was released in America, where it would become their highest charting single, reaching #8. You can hear Ronnie Van Zant shout “Turn it up”, asking producer Al Kooper and engineer Rodney Mills to turn up the volume in his headphones so that he could hear the track better.