In 2014, Rolling Stones' saxophone player Bobby Keys, who also performed on recordings with John Lennon and Eric Clapton, died after a lengthy illness at his home in Franklin, Tenn. He was 70.

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The Who got their first lead guitarist because Pete Townshend wanted the schoolyard protection only a school bully could offer.

Today in Music History for Nov. 19: In 1954, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was seriously injured in a car crash while en route to a Los Angeles recording session from Las Vegas. His left eye was removed ...

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Pete Townshend has named his five favourite Pete Townshend songs. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote ...

As this is written, I’m only a few days from a pilgrimage to New York City (provided the idiotic government shutdown doesn’t ...

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