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How a ‘Throwaway Riff’ Became One of Rock’s Most-Covered Songs

When Peter Green presented “Oh Well” to his Fleetwood Mac bandmates at the end of the ‘60s, he couldn’t have predicted he was delivering an immortal work of rock and blues crossover. And even if he had known, he probably wouldn’t have been impressed.Green already had a reputation as one of the leading British blues guitarists of the era, having replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers before forming Fleetwood […]

todayApril 11, 2024

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Stewart Copeland Thought ‘Roxanne’ Was a ‘Throwaway Song’

Stewart Copeland didn’t think much of “Roxanne” the first time he heard it, admitting he considered the tune a “throwaway song.”The Police drummer was recently a guest on The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, where he recalled his initial reaction to the track.“We were struggling and starving and going nowhere for about a year and a half, and [Sting] wrote it without any agenda,” Copeland noted. “It was certainly not a Police […]

todayJanuary 4, 2024 2

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