The 1969 concert Billy Joel thought was a disaster: “I didn’t enjoy it”
Missing out on the counterculture.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 05/2026
The band Neil Young crowned as the American Rolling Stones: “Never been a bad night”
Neil Young is the kind of artist who was never going to do what a label told him to. The fact that he made entire…
The Pink Floyd guitar solo David Gilmour thought went too far: “It’s grown on me a bit”
Soloing for the sake of soloing.
The one Eagles member Don Henley couldn’t stand listening to: “I don’t understand why”
Butchering a rock classic.
The singer Elton John crowned as one of the great musicians of our time: “The greatest of my life”
The peak of musical performance.
The Beatles member Ringo Starr said had no rhythm: “No real sense of timing”
The wild side of rock rhythm.
The 1973 gig Eric Clapton was forced to play against his will: “I wasn’t even really there”
‘Slowhand’ going through the motions.
