Four Decades, Four Hundred Albums I've been thinking about this list now for quite some time. I compiled the list from top album lists I had compiled going back years. I have listened to all of these albums and own most of them in either record, CD or MP3 format. When this decade is done in 11 months I will update it and rename it Five Decades, Five Hundred Albums. The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street (1972) The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (1986) David Murray: Shakill's Warrior (1991) The Grateful Dead: Live / Dead (1969) Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971) The Clash: London Calling (1980) The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984) Derek & the Dominos: Layla (1970) Bob Dylan/The Band: The Basement Tapes (1975) Al Green: Call Me (1973) Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998) Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (1979) Freedy Johnston: Can You Fly (1992) Bob Dy...
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The Day The Music Died
He was only 22 years old when he stepped onto a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane that was going to take him and his fellow performers, J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens , to Fargo, North Dakota, to play their next gig on the Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959. Despite reports of a snow storm, all believed that the flight would be uneventful. The flight took off at 12:05 A.M., February 3. Several hours later, the wreckage was discovered by the plane’s owner some eight miles from the airport. All on board had perished in the crash, including the 22 year old whose name was Charles Hardin Holley – AKA Buddy Holly. While relatively short in its length – just under two years - the career of Buddy Holly was exceptional. He was among the most gifted and influential singer/songwriters, not only of the 1950s, but of all time. Between March 1957 and August 1958 Holly and his band the Crickets charted seven top 40 hits, including “That’ll Be The Day,” “Maybe Baby,” “Oh Boy,” and “Peggy Sue.” Holl...