“Jerry Garcia could hear”: Why Bob Dylan thought the Grateful Dead played his songs better
Beaten at his own game.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 03/2026
“The king”: The musician Glenn Frey crowned as the great American party animal
Bringing the mayhem on the road.
The one project Paul Simon wanted to forget: “A disappointment I was trying to block out”
Not worth going back to.
The two singers who were out of Linda Ronstadt’s league: ‘I tried the best that I could’
The greatest vocal technicians.
The song the Traveling Wilburys wanted to be remembered for: “It was brilliant”
Not a note out of place.
“I was really a big fan”: The singer David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar both called the best
The absolute peak of performance.
“I’m convinced”: The one genre The Edge dismissed as the worst rock music
Nowhere near the real depth.
The bandmate David Crosby said knew nothing about music: “He was completely uneducated”
Doing a lot with a little.
“It’s hard to listen to”: The one song Dave Grohl was afraid to perform live
Remaining confined to the studio.
