“I started crying as soon I heard it”: The one song played at Carl Wilson’s funeral
Sending him off with class.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 05/2025
“Deep depression”: The era Tom Petty called the darkest of his career
Getting harder to see the light.
“He was instrumental in the disintegration”: The Eagles member Don Henley grew to resent
The start of them falling apart.
The one artist Phil Collins said changed American music: “Changing the face of radio”
Wiping out all the wannabes.
The rock ‘n’ roll classic Bruce Springsteen called “every song I’ve ever written”
Telling the story of his life.
“We spent our adolescence ruining their songs”: The artists Robert Plant called part of his DNA
Built into his musical fabric.
“The weight was getting a bit much”: The album that made David Gilmour retire Pink Floyd
The beginning of the end.