The musician who stopped Eric Clapton in his tracks: “I have to know who this guitar player is”
Eric Clapton had a good ear for music, but there were some songs which blew his mind so much he had to stop what he was doing to listen.
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“His Voice Was Like the Ghost of Hank Williams”: The Country Icon That Left a “Haunting” First Impression on Emmylou Harris
After opening for Townes Van Zandt in 1968, Emmylou Harris said she was "stunned" after seeing the legend perform for the ...
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Stevie Van Zandt on why the Strat became his go-to guitar for decades – after passing the Tele baton to Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Van Zandt knows a thing or two about the music industry – from being the guitar slinger in the E Street Band, side by side with Bruce Springsteen, to his Grammy-nominated HBO film ...
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The Bob Dylan Album That Made Townes Van Zandt Want To Be a Songwriter
Bob Dylan inadvertently fueled Townes Van Zandt's songwriting dreams with hope, inspiration, and an awfully fierce sense of ambition.
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Shane Fontayne on the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren in Bruce Springsteen's band
Springsteen had seen Fontayne perform with Lone Justice on Saturday Night Live years before, and was impressed. When the time came to put together a new band, Fontayne was one of his first calls ...
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Van Zandt was ‘Born to Run’
By Matthew Sotlar / The Jambar Award-winning actor, activist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Steven Van ...
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Ready to talk
Any conversation with Van Zandt has to include music. He first gained fame as Miami Steve, playing guitar with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. He eventually became music director of the ...