The “lyrically naive” songwriter Paul Simon said didn’t think hard enough
A songwriter lacking in depth.
From The Vault Archives: 01/2026
The song Pink Floyd needed to completely delete: “We ended up redoing the whole track”
The hard work to make the true epics.
The artist Tom Petty said was better than anyone: “He influenced my songwriting”
No one on Earth who could touch him.
The guitarist Eric Clapton called “one of the most important artists in the history of rock”
The subtle art of musical heartache.
The album that made Graham Nash quit The Hollies: “His stuff appalled me”
Making a mockery of an icon.
The guitarist Ian Anderson called a one trick pony: “He wasn’t unique”
Not fitting the prog aesthetic.
The guitarist so good he was beyond Jimmy Page’s belief: “Seriously experimental”
“Their version of psychedelia was very, very cool.”
The most “kickass vocalist in history”, according to Jack Black
The right amount of musical rocket sauce.
