The bandmate Ginger Baker considered his “best friend”
Baker was candid about his friendship.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2023
When Blur’s Alex James called Mick Jagger a “grotesque caricature”
A big call from the Britpop star.
Crowded House’s Neil Finn names “the essential songwriter album”
The guide to how to make great songs.
Hear Jimi Hendrix’s previously unheard live cover of ‘Sgt. Pepper’
A new live version of ‘Sgt. Pepper’.
What “pained” Nina Simone about Janis Joplin
“She got hooked into a feeling – and it wasn’t on drugs.”
How a Bulgarian vocal trio changed a classic Kate bush song
The song “written for the Bulgarian girls.”
The Black Sabbath album Tony Iommi calls “very confused”
A balanced account of a controversial record.
Why Etta James went “crazy” over The Rolling Stones: “they know what the hell to do”
Keith Richards covered Etta James back in 1974.
How David Gilmour wrote the solo for ‘Comfortably Numb’
One of his finest moments on the six-string.