December 29, 2011 Nantucket Sleighride was the second album released by Mountain. Released in January of 1971, the title track of the album reads “Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin).” So, what’s a Nantucket Sleighride, and who is Owen Coffin?
December 15, 2011 Blind Faith were one of classic rock's first "Supergroups," and consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. In fact, some people even referred to the band as "super Cream." Their only self-titled album not only hit the #1 spot for Pop Album in both the U.S. and the UK, but also went down in history as one of the most controversial vinyl covers of all time.
K-Bear's own Major Dan Miller served in the Korean War as an engineer and a medic. Play the audio clip to hear Major Dan describe his time in the service, how he came to be a medic with no formal training and his claim to fame at Fort Leonard Wood off of historic Route 66 in Missouri.
A man called England’s 999 emergency service number to report an unidentified light floating in the sky. Then, two minutes later, he had the courtesy to call back and admit what he thought could’ve been space aliens was actually just the moon.
The draft nearly ended Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1966, before they had even really begun. John Fogerty and Doug Clifford were called for military service, Fogerty enlisting in the Army Reserve and Clifford joining the United States Coast Guard Reserve
Black Sabbath's debut album was released on Friday the 13th, February 1970. The self-titled album was a commercial success, but it was not popular with critics. If fact, Lester Bangs dismissed the album in a Rolling Stone review as "discordant jams with bass and guitar reeling like velocitised speedfreaks all over each other's musical perimeters, yet never quite finding synch".
August 5, 2011 Kansas' self-titled debut album was released in March of 1974, nearly an entire year after it was recorded. The album defined their signature sound, a mix of American style rock combined with complex, symphonic arrangements with changing time signatures. Robby Steinhardt's violin was a distinctive element of the group's sound and set them apart from other progressive rock groups of the era.
The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," has been recognized as one of the most important albums in the history of popular music, including songs such as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "With a Little Help from My Friends", and "A Day in the Life"
With so many people buying music online today, album covers and cd cases have become a thing of the past. We at The Hawk don't think that's a good thing. Album art has always been an important part of rock & roll culture, from King Crimson's "The Court of the Crimson King" and The Beatles' "Sgt. Pe
