Ray Manzarek

"1969 and you're 15 years old. For the previous three years you've been swamped in lysergic symphonies, marathon guitar solos (even worse: drum solos) and blissful acoustic drippie-droning about pixies and bed-sits. The raw garage thrash that careered out of the '64 UK R&B explosion seem like a distant memory. Even the Stones had a touch of blurred vision in '67 before getting back to blues basics on Beggars Banquet. In '69, there were only mavericks, madmen and geniuses to rely on, like Jimi, the Doors, Beefheart and Tim Buckley, maybe the Velvet Underground if they survived. It would be a few more months before Mott The Hoople came along to sow the seeds of UK punk rock. Read More

So I'm 13, and I'm slouching through Harvard Square on my way to get Pink Floyd boots at the used record store. Read More

The response I got was immediate, negative in tone, and came from two colleagues who know a little something about music. Read More

For 45 years, Ray Manzarek and Michael C Ford have shared a mutual admiration for communication, improvisation and creativity. Read More

Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump writes most of the music for his platinum-plus Chicago rock band, but he's also a closet R&B/soul fan who has produced tracks for fellow Windy City rapper Lupe Fiasco, and is a longtime fan of Daryl Hall's music, which makes him the perfect guest for the 25th and latest installment of Live From Daryl's House, available starting Nov. 15 at www.lfdh.com. "As a musician, I can't fathom a show more fun to play than Live From Daryl's House," says Stump about his experience playing with Daryl and his band, including T-Bone Wolk, on the web series. Read More

The origins of Southern California's music and lifestyle are vividly told, in many of the participants' own words and images. Read More

I Heart Hiroshima expresses a sort of youthful vigor that most artists lost in corporate hoopla have disassociated themselves with. Read More

Bands continuing on after the death of a lead singer are nothing new. Read More

Man, I didn't realize Golden Gate Park was this long! Read More

When Ireland's U2 won four Grammy Awards in 2001, singer Bono remarked that the group had earned the job title of "best band in the world." Read More