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Ashley Musante
Jan 86 min read
40 Years of King of Rock
Run-DMC understood their legacy very early on, but why did no one else?
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Ashley Musante
Oct 10, 20245 min read
Stevie Nicks and the Story of Rhiannon
How Stevie Nicks wrote one of the most defiant pieces of rock music in 10 minutes
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Ashley Musante
Aug 15, 20248 min read
55 Years of Woodstock: The Truths and Lies to 3 Days of Peace and Music
Joni Mitchell captured the hope, fears, and dreams of Woodstock - all while never stepping foot at the festival
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Ashley Musante
Aug 8, 20244 min read
Simplicity and Grief: How Tom Petty Writes for an audience of One and a Million with the Same Words
Conveying his own pain, Tom Petty once more remains the most relatable a rock star could be
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Ashley Musante
Jul 17, 20246 min read
Thru and Thru: The Stones Single that Never Was
The enduring classic from the band's 1994 album that rarely gets it's flowers
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Ashley Musante
May 15, 20245 min read
How to Create a Classic From an Overplayed Standard: Jimi Hendrix and His First Hit
Take a song beaten to death, make it a classic: just another day at the office for Hendrix.
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Ashley Musante
May 8, 20245 min read
Fall Down Drunk: The Simplistic Genius of The Rolling Stones and Loving Cup
Simplicity, Excess, Love, and The Rolling Stones: What Could Possibly be Better?
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Ashley Musante
May 1, 20246 min read
The Single That Broke the Camel's Back: Infatuation at 40
The weirdest, most drama-fueled collaboration in rock music turns 40
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Ashley Musante
Apr 24, 20244 min read
Yer So Bad... or Good... or Whatever Tom Petty Meant
Sometimes, your critiques must come in candy coating - just ask Tom Petty.
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Ashley Musante
Apr 3, 20244 min read
Run-DMC Covering Aerosmith in the 80s is Still Important, By The Way.
It's always one step forward and three steps back, isn't it?
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Ashley Musante
Mar 25, 20245 min read
All The Nasties: A Song By and For Elton John
How do you describe the man who fails words? Well, you become a pretty damn good wordsmith.
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Ashley Musante
Mar 13, 20245 min read
Five Years: A Look Into Bowie's Best Opener
Opening a world of bisexual alien rockstars would be a difficult - if you weren't David Bowie
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Ashley Musante
Feb 14, 20244 min read
What Does A Kid Know About Love? Everything, apparently.
The idea of the love song was perfected in 1970 with a 19 year old Bernie Taupin, as crazy as that can sound. Well, it becomes less...
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Ashley Musante
Jan 31, 20247 min read
What Happens When the King Midas of Rock gets Knocked Down? He Writes Another Hit Song [Or Three]
The story of one man's trouble to take it easy [due to court, law, and affiliations with multiple Judas wannabes]
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Ashley Musante
Nov 29, 202313 min read
If A Man Bleeds All Over A Page But A Catchy Guitar Solo is Behind Him, Does He Still Bleed?
A look into a few terribly catchy cries for help
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Ashley Musante
Nov 2, 20236 min read
The Final Beatles Song
A New Beatles Song in 2023. Holy Shit.
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Ashley Musante
Sep 20, 20238 min read
Bruce Springsteen taps nostalgia with a fist
How Born to Run turned Bruce into The Boss
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Ashley Musante
Sep 13, 202310 min read
Ooh La La
What did we lose when we lost Faces? Some damn good rock and roll, for starters
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