‘My First Wife Left Me’: The song John Lee Hooker could never sing without crying
The very nature of blues music.
From The Vault Archives: 09/2025
“As close as I could get to smiling”: The true meaning of John Prine’s song ‘Illegal Smile’
“This is a song about smiling.”
‘Sisters of the Moon’: The weirdest song Stevie Nicks ever recorded
“They like to wrap her in velvet.”
‘The Rising’: The song Bruce Springsteen said had the “beauty of rock and roll”
Capturing the zeitgeist.
Axl Rose always wanted “incredible” Dave Navarro in Guns N’ Roses: “The world’s gotta see”
The perfect foil for Slash.
The Eagles member Linda Ronstadt called “the best source for singers”
Matching the right singer with the right song.
ZZ Top, the band Keith Richards called “the heartbeat of the whole country”
From one fan to another.