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Vol V, Issue 7 – Military madness (01 Jul 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 7 – Military madness (01 Jul 2020)

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Name of song– Military madness

Singer – Graham Nash

Writer– Graham Nash

Release year– 1971

Album –Songs for Beginners

Peak chart positions

# 20 – Australian Charts

# 57 – Canadian Charts

#66- US Cash Box

# 73 – US Billboard Pop Singles

 Military madness

 “Graham Nash” is a British American folk-rock singer and songwriter, mostly famous for his contribution in “The Hollies” and the supergroup “Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young” (CSNY). He is famous not only for his contribution in these bands, but also for his solo career. Besides being inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for both the groups, he is also well known for photography, philanthropy as well as anti-war activism.

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Vol V, Issue 6 – Mainstreet (01 June 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 6 – Mainstreet (01 Jun 2020)
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Name of song- Mainstreet
Band –Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Writer- Bob Seger
Release year- 1977
Album – Night Moves
Peak chart positions
# 1 – Canadian RPM Singles
# 19 – US Cash Box Top 100
# 24 – US Billboard Hot 100

Mainstreet

“Bob Seger” is an American rock singer and songwriter who was the prototype heart land rocker of the seventies. In his six decades plus career, he has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, establishing him as one of the world’s best-selling artists of all times. With numerous hit numbers like “Like a rock”, “Against the wind”, “Still the same”, “Night moves”, “Turn the page”, “Roll me away”, “Katmandu” etc to name a few, it is undoubtedly true that his contribution to the rock music has been phenomenal. Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 and 2012 respectively, he retired from the music scene in 2018.

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Vol V, Issue 3 – Pictures of Lily (01 Mar 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 3 –Pictures of Lily (01 Mar 2020)

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Name of song– Pictures of Lily

Band –The Who

Writer– Pete Townshend

Release year– 1967 (Single)

Album – Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971)

                                        

                                                 Pictures of Lily

“The Who”, one of the most influential rock acts of the twentieth century, were undoubtedly famous for diverse reasons- Loudest band, mods enthusiasm, great music and poetry, and of course, the prototype late sixties and seventies rock band. With sales more than 100 million records worldwide, they are definitely a source for inspiration all the rock bands of the past and the future. Originally formed from the ashes of earlier group “The Detours”, “The Who” had Pete Townshend on guitars, Roger Daltrey on vocals, John Entwistle (Bass) and Keith Moon (Drums). The powerful quartet was famous for their music, their crazy stage acts and fabulous improvisations on stage.

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Vol IV, Issue 19 – No control (01 Oct 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 19 – No control (01 Oct 2019)

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Name of song– No control

Singer – Eddie Money

Writers– Johnny Gunn, Ralph Carter & Eddie Money

Album- No Control

Release year– 1982

            No control

“Eddie Money”, born Edward Joseph Mahoney on 1949 in New York, was an American working class rocker with amazingly husky voice and wonderful hit numbers to his credit. Most famously associated with hit singles like “Two tickets to paradise”, “Think I’m in love”, “Baby hold on” and many more, he succumbed to oesophageal carcinoma on 13 Sep 2019. Although already gone, he shall never be forgotten, for his wild lifestyle, drugs and alcohol addiction and above all, his contribution to rock music.

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Vol IV, Issue 18 – Do I have to come right out and say it (15 Sept 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 18 – Do I have to come right out and say it (15 Sep 2019)

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Name of song– Do I have to come right out and say it

Band – Buffalo Springfield

Writer– Neil Young

Album-Buffalo Springfield

Release year– 1966

Peak chart positions

# 7 – US Billboard Hot 100

                          Do I have to come right out and say it

 “Buffalo Springfield” is undoubtedly the one and only pioneers of the folk rock, who lasted for two years only, produced three albums only but has become the source of inspiration for all the rock stars for the ensuing decades, till this date. Formed in 1966 by the veteran musicians Stephen Stills (Guitars, keyboards, vocals), Neil Young (Guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals), Richie Furay (Guitars, vocals), Dewey Martin (Drums, vocals) and Bruce Palmer (Bass) in Los Angeles, USA, this short lived American Canadian band had the most successful single “For what its’ worth”, one of the most iconic anti-war cum protest song of all times. The band had immense potential, but sadly could not last long, with all the members going to become more successful in their own ways. However, their contribution and inspiration to the future rock world can never be disregarded.

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