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Author: Tom Phelan Archives: 05/2025

Frank Zappa performing in Copenhagen - 1967

“Unwanted attention”: The easiest way to get kicked out of Frank Zappa’s band

“Zappa had no tolerance for it”.

Tom Phelan
May 19, 2025
The Beach Boys - 1969

The song The Beach Boys regretted not putting on ‘Pet Sounds’

“I’m saving it for later…”

Tom Phelan
May 18, 2025
Kirk Hammett - Epiphone Flying V 1979 Custom Guitar - Metallica - 2023

The Metallica album Kirk Hammett regrets playing on: “Bad notes all over”

“…there’s like bad notes all over that album…”

Tom Phelan
May 18, 2025
Cat Power - 2023

‘I’ll Be Seeing You’: the song Cat Power feels deeply connected to

“…I heard somebody who also felt so desperately alone”.

Tom Phelan
May 17, 2025
Jimmy Page - 2020 - Guitarist

‘Dazed and Confused’: The Led Zeppelin song Jimmy Page has been sued for twice

A murky affair.

Tom Phelan
May 16, 2025
Kate Bush - 1978

The song that earned Kate Bush a record deal

Stunning work.

Tom Phelan
May 16, 2025
John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin - Bass Player - Musician - 2025

“It’s just not true though”: John Paul Jones and the sacred art of DJing

“It’s different skills, that’s all”.

Tom Phelan
May 16, 2025
Pete Townshend performing with The Who in 2008

The band Pete Townshend called “psychedelic heavy metal”

An unlikely legacy.

Tom Phelan
May 16, 2025
The Story Behind The Song- Frank Sinatra, helicopters, and regrets in Kris Kristofferson's 'Help Me Make It Through the Night'

The Story Behind The Song: Frank Sinatra, helicopters, and regrets in Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night’

“Lord, it’s sad to be alone…”

Tom Phelan
May 16, 2025
Eric Clapton - Cream - 23

“Disappear up its own arsehole”: The one band Eric Clapton thought was given “the kiss of death”

“In its infancy it was extremely good…”

Tom Phelan
May 15, 2025
Keith Richards taking a selfie in Hyde Park - London - 1965 - Bent Rej

The artist Keith Richards called the Alfred Hitchcock of classic rock

“His role thing was puttin’ it all together”.

Tom Phelan
May 15, 2025
Butch Vig at Smart Studios, Madison, WI - 2006

George Martin: The most important producer in history according to Butch Vig

Learn from the best.

Tom Phelan
May 15, 2025

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