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We're huge Eagles fans here at Gooseneck HQ, and especially fans of Glenn Frey. He played many roles in the Eagles -- singer, guitar player, ringleader. But probably the greatest role he played was songwriter. 

He wasn't the greatest singer…Read more

How many great songs were written and recorded in a single day in a burst of creativity? David Bowie and Queen's "Under Pressure" is one of those songs, according to this excellent Open Culture article.



Back in 1981, David Bowie…Read more

What were the first music videos? "Promos" made by the Beatles nearly fifty years ago.

No one's probably more surprised than the remaining Beatles that these early videos -- material they thought was basically disposable -- would not only still… Read more

Ok, so the last time we thought about "Stairway to Heaven" was when it was portrayed -- as a joke -- on Wayne's World. It's the scene where Wayne picks up a guitar and starts to play…Read more

We always assumed the great ZZ Top song "Tush" was an appreciation of the ladies, an homage to the derriere, written in reverence for the rear. But it turns out "tush" is a Southern expression that means plush,…Read more

​If Alabama gets a cool-sounding name like Crimson Tide, why can't a loser get a cool name too? That's the premise behind Donald and Walter's classic "Deacon Blues."

They wrote this one in Malibu when they were at…Read more

Believe it or not, the title for Aerosmith's song "Walk This Way" was inspired by a famous line in Mel Brooks's classic comedy Young Frankenstein.

It's the scene where Marty Feldman, who plays Igor in the movie,…Read more

Allen Toussaint's recent passing got us thinking about some of the funkiest New Orleans music ever to be laid down by a ....white Englishman. His name was Robert Palmer, and in 1974 he released the classic album "Sneakin' Sally…Read more

Good news for ZZ Top fans. Billy Gibbons has a new solo record out, called Perfectamundo, and we love what we've heard so far! 

As you'd expect, there's the unmistakable bluesy grit in Billy's guitar playing. But what makes…Read more

Don't bore us, get to the chorus.

Those are words to live by when it comes to summer music. A good summer song has to have a catchy hook. It's gotta make you want to sing along in the…Read more