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Month: March 2023

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Carry On Wayward Son» by Kansas

25 March 2023 SB 0

What to do when the song you are working on has a long, somewhat extended instrumental intro but you want to snare in the listener? […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Eight Miles High» by The Byrds

18 March 2023 SB 0

Eight Miles High is one of the defining songs of the psychedelic rock movement of the 1960s. The song was influential in introducing the concept […]

When Rick Wakeman ate a curry during a Yes concert

11 March 2023 SB 0

Yes performed two sold out shows at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall on the Tales From Topographic Oceans tour on 28 and 29 November 1973. It […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «The Journey» by Big Country

4 March 2023 SB 0

The Journey is a Big Country song from their 2013 album of the same name. It introduced Mike Peters as the new vocalist, Jamie Watson […]

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