Santana did not write ‘Black Magic Woman’. Here is how Peter Green, Otis Rush and a forgotten Fleetwood Mac blues band conjured the song’s dark magic.
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In May 1981, a shy SoCal guitarist met a loud Danish drummer through a Recycler ad. That awkward jam lit the fuse for Metallica and thrash metal.
How a skinny 17 year old Johnny Winter crashed B.B. King’s stage, grabbed Lucille, and walked out with a standing ovation – and a new destiny.
Behind the swagger was a son who put his father on the payroll. How poverty, prison, grief and money twisted Elvis and Vernon’s bond.
Jim Croce died at 30, but his acoustic stories of hustlers, heartbreak and hard work still outgun many rock epics. Here is why his short career refuses to fade.
How a Learjet, a rushed Vegas ceremony and a bag of white powder turned Gregg Allman and Cher’s 1975 wedding into rock’s strangest love story.