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Think You Know Rock & Roll? Take This Rock Quiz!
1. Roger McGuinn got a Dylan lyric wrong in
A. “My Back Pages”
B. “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”
C. “Mr. Tambourine Man”

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Dec 8, 20251 min read


‘Two Big Cap Guns, Plus a Toupee!’ The Characters of The Band’s ‘The Weight’ Explained
The Hawks left Hawkins in 1964 and started working as Bob Dylan’s backing band a year later. After he suffered a motorcycle accident in 1966, Dylan invited the Hawks to join him in Woodstock.

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Dec 7, 20253 min read


‘My Old School’ Taught Steely Dan a Lesson
The song only reached №63 but is a fan favorite. Its lyrics describe their arrest, along with Fagen’s girlfriend, Dorothy White, in a marijuana raid.

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Dec 7, 20252 min read


‘Expressway to Your Heart’ Led Instead to a Dead End
“One night, one of the guys jumped off the stage and opened up the cash register and started throwing money all around the place. That made the papers. After that, a couple of the cash registers would be stacked with ones. We did that in that one club, then in another club we’d tear out the ceiling tiles.”

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Dec 6, 20255 min read


The Left Banke’s ‘Walk Away Renée’ Was Set in . . . Brooklyn?
“Renée was Mike Brown’s big love, and Tommy liked her a lot too,” said Cameron. “Tall, blonde and quiet. Mike was like a little kid around her. He’d bring her up to the studio to hear his latest songs, and then we’d all come out and sing. She’d just sit there and listen and smile a lot.”

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Dec 6, 20254 min read


‘Surfin’ Bird’ by the Trashmen: ‘It Just Sticks in Your Mind’
On November 13, 1963, the Trashmen released the surf rock classic “Surfin’ Bird.” Despite its sound, the band recorded the song 2,000 miles away from the sun, sand, and surf of Southern California.

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Dec 6, 20255 min read

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