On Novembe 26, 1976, Joe Nichols was born in Rogers, Arkansas. He has gone on to have a very successful country music career.

Music Thursday for the month of February will celebrate Black History Month. Thursday kicks off with a look at black music from 1926, 1970 and 1976. 1926 was the year Negro History Week was created, ...

"The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country." Gather 'round and revisit this classic country music documentary film Heartworn Highways. Rarely screened, the beloved ...

As the Pasadena hard rock band Van Halen, whose co-founder Eddie Van Halen died Tuesday, was making the leap from neighborhood backyards to stages up and down Sunset Boulevard in the mid-1970s, its ...

If 1975 was a whirlwind year for Joe Sample, the Crusader who passed away last Friday, 1976 was a full-blown hurricane. The newer, funkier Crusaders were increasingly popular, so much so that United ...

The Grateful Dead announced a massive box set titled June 1976 on Thursday. They’ve also shared a nine-minute version of “Friend of the Devil,” recorded live at New York’s Beacon Theatre. Produced by ...

A few months after Ramones put out their debut album, they played a couple of sets at West Hollywood’s famed outpost the Roxy. An energetic, never-before-released live version of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” ...

Then there’s “Soul Crazy,” another instrumental with the same emphasis on a rigid rhythmic foundation and forward motion. A guitar solo is minimal and short, but spot-on in this context. Vol. 1 ...

Like all rock stars, David Bowie had a long history of partying and acting wild. However, in 1976, Bowie was arrested for drug possession, alongside fellow musician Iggy Pop. Here’s how it went down: ...

Robbie Robertson of the Band was sick of the road. "The Last Waltz" was his idea. Not everybody in the group agreed with his plan to pull the plug on the troubled rock band and play one final all-star ...

The last time Paul McCartney played in San Diego was in 1976 during the Wings Over America tour. On Sept. 28, he returns, this time on his Out There tour. Fans can look forward to hearing music from ...