The legendary Grateful Dead song inspired by a TS Eliot poem: “Pretty much as the lyric suggests”
Some psychedelic inspiration.
From The Vault Archives: 12/2025
Tom Petty’s greatest piece of writing: “That may be my favourite”
The purest sound of musical magic.
The songwriter Jimi Hendrix felt was out of his league: “He doesn’t inspire me actually”
The Jimi Hendrix of the songwriting world?
The album Jimi Hendrix would always learn licks from: “A vision and aura”
Student becomes the master.
The one “weird” Foo Fighters song Taylor Hawkins struggled to play live
Playing mind games while onstage.
This one Beatles song contains “the secret” to their success, according to Paul McCartney
“Painting en plein air.”
The one album that brought Stevie Nicks back to music: “What I really wanted to say”
The return of the ‘Gold Dust Woman’
The guitarist Eddie Vedder thought could compete with Jimmy Page: “He was right up there”
An exceptional guitar player.
The one singer Paul Simon said no one should follow: “You don’t want to die at age 42”
Not the best example.
The one song idea Don Henley thought the Eagles butchered: “Pretty clumsy”
Not fulfilling the potential.