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San Diego Union-Tribune music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned ...

The death of a beloved ex-bandmate partially inspired Robbie Robertson to complete his first solo album in 1987, which included an ode to his lost friend.

With the benefit of half a century of hindsight, Bob Dylan and The Band's The Basement Tapes (released 6/26/75) would appear ...

A lmost four decades after his death at age 42, the pianist and singer Richard Manuel, whose voice was an essential element ...

His Life and Music, from The Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band’ after deep dives into archival materials and original ...

Released on June 26, 1975, The Basement Tapes was genius finding itself – in Bob Dylan, once more; in the Band, for the very ...

You’d be forgiven for assuming Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson are birds of a different feather. One’s a reclusive Jewish kid ...