The hit musician who composed Linda Ronstadt’s biggest song in 1974: “We did a few takes”
“Began to work up layers.”
From The Vault Archives: 06/2026
The 1969 Fleetwood Mac song that scares Mick Fleetwood: “I get the heebie-jeebies”
The track has been played by the band on hundreds of occasions.
The 1989 song Tom Petty was too scared to record: “I should disguise it”
Far more literal than he intended.
The one singer Bruce Springsteen was heartbroken to lose: “A long lost brother”
The heartache that never leaves.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s selection of the ‘660 songs that shaped rock’
The whole damn history of rock.
The 1990s band Dave Grohl wanted to rule the world: “It cannot be beaten”
The next phase of evolution.
The classic 1967 song The Beatles cut from ‘Sgt Pepper’: “We were robbing the public”
“It was a cheap way of thinking, really, and complete nonsense.”
The 1930s singer Ringo Starr called his greatest influence: “My first musical experience”
The softer side of his collection.
