The Allman Brothers Band combines deeply Southern strains of music with boisterous rock 'n' roll and a jazzy, jam-oriented style to create the New South sound, a template to be used for decades by everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd to My Morning Jacket.
These tunes inspire us to embrace summer and get moving; summertime classics that make the list as John 5, Steven Adler, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach and more give us their opinions!
Epic songs that peaked in 1970 shape a generation, create relationships and define musical styles; rock experts including John 5, Jeff Pilson, Eddie Money and more help count down the selections.
Fronted by Eric Clapton, power trio Cream plays a mix of blues, rock and psychedelia while focusing on chunky riffs and fiery guitar solos; in a mere three years, the band sells 15 million records and redefines the instrumentalist's role in rock.
Singer-songwriter James Taylor creates music that combines folk, rock and pop sensibilities, including such hit songs as "Fire and Rain" and "Shower the People."
Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd rises to prominence in 1973, stressing boisterous hard rock as opposed to the Allman Brothers' more open-ended blues; tragedy strikes in 1977 when Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines die in a plane crash.
Julie Brown revisits the year 1983; Brown touches on moments that defined musical history such as the dawn of the MTV-Age, music videos, heavy metal, and more.
The year 1984, where the music video gets its very own celebration on television, pop royalty is crowned, and the first compact disc is manufactured in the U.S.
SiriusXM and former MTV VJ, Downtown Julie Brown, takes a look at the year 1985; she explores a time when cable TV was reaching critical mass, music videos became the cornerstone of pop culture, and half of the decade's top albums were on the charts.
These tunes inspire us to embrace summer and get moving; summertime classics that make the list as John 5, Steven Adler, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach and more give us their opinions!
Epic songs that peaked in 1970 shape a generation, create relationships and define musical styles; rock experts including John 5, Jeff Pilson, Eddie Money and more help count down the selections.
AJ Styles vs. Bobby Roode; Ink Inc. vs. Mexican America; Gail Kim vs. Velvet Sky; Christopher Daniels vs. Rob Van Dam; Jeff Jarrett vs. Jeff Hardy; Crimson vs. Matt Morgan. From Orlando, Fla.