In 1974, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and the rest of their band Mudcrutch entered Leon Russell’s the Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to record their first demo tape with producer Denny Cordell. It was a crucial moment that led to the formation of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers two years later. In late April of this year, Campbell returned to the studio for the first time in 50 years.
“It was spiritual,” Campbell tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from the “man cave” of his Los Angeles home. “I got a little...
“It was spiritual,” Campbell tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from the “man cave” of his Los Angeles home. “I got a little...
- 5/7/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Dwight Twilley, the singer/songwriter who helped bring the Tulsa Sound to a wider audience, has died at 72. No cause or other details have been revealed.
Twilley was best known for the Top 20 hit singles I’m on Fire (1975) and Girls (1984). He performed with the Dwight Twilley Band with Phil Seymour until 1978, when he went off as a solo act.
Twilley and Seymour eventually decided to leave Tulsa to try to be discovered in Memphis, Tennessee. By sheer chance, the first recording studio that they wandered into was Sun Studio, where they met Jerry Phillips, son of Sun founder Sam Phillips
He referred them to the Tupelo, Mississippi studio of Ray Harris, who added harder edge to their sound.
The two then headed to Los Angeles and signed there with Shelter Records, which had offices in L.A. and Tulsa, coowned by Denny Cordell and Len Russell. They used the...
Twilley was best known for the Top 20 hit singles I’m on Fire (1975) and Girls (1984). He performed with the Dwight Twilley Band with Phil Seymour until 1978, when he went off as a solo act.
Twilley and Seymour eventually decided to leave Tulsa to try to be discovered in Memphis, Tennessee. By sheer chance, the first recording studio that they wandered into was Sun Studio, where they met Jerry Phillips, son of Sun founder Sam Phillips
He referred them to the Tupelo, Mississippi studio of Ray Harris, who added harder edge to their sound.
The two then headed to Los Angeles and signed there with Shelter Records, which had offices in L.A. and Tulsa, coowned by Denny Cordell and Len Russell. They used the...
- 10/19/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Tl;Dr:
Mick Jagger played The Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” to The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gram Parsons.Jagger also played The Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” to Parsons, who enjoyed both songs.The Flying Burrito Brothers released their version of the song before The Rolling Stones did. The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger | Evening Standard/Getty Images
The Rolling Stones‘ “Wild Horses” is one of the band’s most famous ballads. Notably, The Flying Burrito Brothers first recorded the tune. Subsequently, The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gram Parsons discussed why Mick Jagger gave him the song.
The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gram Parsons got to hear The Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Brown Sugar’ before the general public
Rolling Stone reports that, during a 1973 interview, Parsons discussed “Wild Horses.” He said Jagger played the tune for him the night of a music festival. “He played me ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Brown Sugar,'” he recalled.
Mick Jagger played The Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” to The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gram Parsons.Jagger also played The Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” to Parsons, who enjoyed both songs.The Flying Burrito Brothers released their version of the song before The Rolling Stones did. The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger | Evening Standard/Getty Images
The Rolling Stones‘ “Wild Horses” is one of the band’s most famous ballads. Notably, The Flying Burrito Brothers first recorded the tune. Subsequently, The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gram Parsons discussed why Mick Jagger gave him the song.
The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gram Parsons got to hear The Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Brown Sugar’ before the general public
Rolling Stone reports that, during a 1973 interview, Parsons discussed “Wild Horses.” He said Jagger played the tune for him the night of a music festival. “He played me ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Brown Sugar,'” he recalled.
- 2/27/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles are the most covered band ever. While most of these covers struggle to reach the heights of the original, some are just as good as the original, and a few that surpass them. The Beatles have hundreds of classic songs to cover, and a few artists put their spin on them, which made the tracks even better.
The Beatles | Bettmann / Contributor Here are 5 covers of Beatles songs that are better than the original 1. ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ — Jimi Hendrix
In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney recalled seeing Jimi Hendrix perform this cover and called it one of the “great honors of my career.” Hendrix was a wizard on the guitar, and it shows in his cover of this Beatles track. While his vocal performance is more underplayed than John Lennon’s, his vocals and instrumentals give this song a grittier tone than before.
The Beatles | Bettmann / Contributor Here are 5 covers of Beatles songs that are better than the original 1. ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ — Jimi Hendrix
In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney recalled seeing Jimi Hendrix perform this cover and called it one of the “great honors of my career.” Hendrix was a wizard on the guitar, and it shows in his cover of this Beatles track. While his vocal performance is more underplayed than John Lennon’s, his vocals and instrumentals give this song a grittier tone than before.
- 2/24/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bob Marley and the Wailers perform “Slave Driver” in a new clip from a recently unearthed session at the Capitol Records Tower in Los Angeles in 1973. The clip comes from the upcoming release, The Capitol Session ’73, which will be released in audio and video formats on September 3rd; that same day it will also be available to stream on the Coda Collection.
The reggae legends recorded the session on October 24th, 1973, working with producer Denny Cordell, who received Marley’s permission to document the performance. The “Slave Driver” clip finds...
The reggae legends recorded the session on October 24th, 1973, working with producer Denny Cordell, who received Marley’s permission to document the performance. The “Slave Driver” clip finds...
- 8/18/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
When Keith Richards first met Gram Parsons in 1968, he felt he’d known him all his life. “There was an immediate recognition,” he wrote in his autobiography, Life. “What we could have done if we’d known each other earlier.”
It’s easy to discern the influence Parsons had on Richards, who had a cosmic country streak with 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo with the Byrds and 1969’s The Gilded Palace of Sin with the Flying Burrito Brothers. His death at the age of 26 only further cemented his legacy as a country-rock pioneer,...
It’s easy to discern the influence Parsons had on Richards, who had a cosmic country streak with 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo with the Byrds and 1969’s The Gilded Palace of Sin with the Flying Burrito Brothers. His death at the age of 26 only further cemented his legacy as a country-rock pioneer,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Covers albums are often a letdown, mostly unnecessary projects that leave you wondering why the artist devoted valuable time to singing someone else’s songs instead of working on their own. Ronnie Dunn’s Re-Dunn — what a title! — is among the rare exceptions.
Out January 10th, the 24-track collection finds the Brooks & Dunn vocalist somehow making songs we’ve all heard innumerable times (Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down,” Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning,” Pure Prairie League’s “Amie”) sound vital and electric. We asked the newly minted member...
Out January 10th, the 24-track collection finds the Brooks & Dunn vocalist somehow making songs we’ve all heard innumerable times (Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down,” Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning,” Pure Prairie League’s “Amie”) sound vital and electric. We asked the newly minted member...
- 1/9/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly a year on from his death, Tom Petty’s fans could use a heartwarmer. They’re getting one in the form of “An American Treasure,” a forthcoming 60-track boxed set of mostly previously unreleased studio and live material. A few dozen invited guests got a sneak preview this week of some of the Petty songs that have never been issued before in any form, as Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell and producer/engineer Ryan Ulyate held court and answered questions between playbacks at the Village recording studio in West L.A.
Ten of the 60 tracks were played at the listening party, two of which have now been released to the public — “Keep a Little Soul” and “You and Me (Clubhouse Version),” both of which have accompanying music videos directed by Petty’s daughter, Adria, who spoke briefly and emotionally at the start of the event. The video for “Soul,...
Ten of the 60 tracks were played at the listening party, two of which have now been released to the public — “Keep a Little Soul” and “You and Me (Clubhouse Version),” both of which have accompanying music videos directed by Petty’s daughter, Adria, who spoke briefly and emotionally at the start of the event. The video for “Soul,...
- 8/25/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Ask Leon Russell a straight question — say, about the documentary made about him in the early Seventies that's just now seeing the light of day — and the iconoclastic singer-songwriter's answer will eventually wind its way back to the subject after rambling down the crookedest of backroads. "We had a guy at the studio at the time, a harmonica player," he begins. "And one day he put a mic on his heart and started playing harmonica. He played more and more as his heartbeat got faster and faster, until he finally passed out.
- 7/2/2015
- Rollingstone.com
On paper, Les Blank and Leon Russell look like a heavenly match. Blank’s pageants of blues musicians, backyard barbeques, and dancing in the streets are infused with a sense of joy and irreverence all too often missing from documentaries of American folkways. Russell made his name with a honky-tonk mix of country, blues and gospel put over with a carney’s rasp and flash. The singer and his English producer Denny Cordell hired Blank to produce a backstage portrait, but A Poem is a Naked Person (1974) ended up being the rare film maudit of his otherwise happy-go-lucky filmography. >> - Max Goldberg...
- 7/1/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
On paper, Les Blank and Leon Russell look like a heavenly match. Blank’s pageants of blues musicians, backyard barbeques, and dancing in the streets are infused with a sense of joy and irreverence all too often missing from documentaries of American folkways. Russell made his name with a honky-tonk mix of country, blues and gospel put over with a carney’s rasp and flash. The singer and his English producer Denny Cordell hired Blank to produce a backstage portrait, but A Poem is a Naked Person (1974) ended up being the rare film maudit of his otherwise happy-go-lucky filmography. >> - Max Goldberg...
- 7/1/2015
- Keyframe
Now that the busy winter fest schedule of Sundance, Rotterdam and the Berlinale has concluded, we’ve now got our eyes on the likes of True/False and SXSW. While, True/False does not specialize in attention grabbing world premieres, it does provide a late winter haven for cream of the crop non-fiction fare from all the previously mentioned fests and a selection of overlooked genre blending films presented in a down home setting. This year will mark my first trip to the Columbia, Missouri based fest, where I hope to catch a little of everything, from their hush-hush secret screenings, to selections from their Neither/Nor series, this year featuring chimeric Polish cinema of decades past, to a spotlight of Adam Curtis’s incisive oeuvre. But truth be told, it is SXSW, with its slew of high profile world premieres being announced, such as Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs...
- 2/27/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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