Classic Rock News

Barbra Streisand will share another track from her all-star duets album on Friday.

It’s a duet version of Paul McCartney‘s song “My Valentine,” and Streisand teased the release by posting a photo of herself in the studio with Sir Paul.

“What a joy it was to record ‘My Valentine’ with @paulmccartney,” she wrote. “To share time with him in the studio was truly special!”

As previously reported, The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2, is due out June 27. Streisand sings with artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Hozier, James Taylor, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Sting, Seal, Sam Smith and country superstar Tim McGraw. The album takes its title from “Secret O’Life,” the 1977 Taylor song that she and Taylor duet on.

“My Valentine” will be the second track released from the album, following “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” which Streisand sings with Hozier.

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The Doobie Brothers are offering up another preview of their upcoming album, Walk This Road.

The latest is the track “Angels & Mercy,” written by Pat Simmons.

“It’s fast and loud, maybe the most rocking thing on the album,” Simmons shares. “It’s an intense song that was a lot of fun to record as well as just coming up with the parts. It’s something that we can play live and have fun with it.”

“Angels & Mercy” is available now via digital outlets.

Walk This Road, dropping June 6, will be the first new release from The Doobie Brothers since 2021’s Liberté and their first full album of original material with Michael McDonald since 1980’s One Step Closer.

It is available for preorder now.

The Doobie Brothers will launch a new tour in support of the album this summer. The Walk This Road tour, featuring special guests The Coral Reefer Band, the late Jimmy Buffett’s backing band, kicks off Aug. 4 in Detroit. Tour dates can be found at TheDoobieBrothers.com.

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On This Day, May 15, 1965 …

Bob Dylan scored his first top-40 hit when “Subterranean Homesick Blues” peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The tune was the lead-off single to Dylan’s fifth studio album, Bring It All Back Home, which featured future Dylan classics “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Maggie’s Farm” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”

It didn’t take long for Dylan to best that chart appearance, however. By September of that year he had a #2 hit with “Like A Rolling Stone.”

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Gregg Allman was known for being a great live performer, and now one of those performances is being released as a live album.

Gregg Allman Band – One Night In DC, May 15, 1984 will be released June 20, featuring a full-length concert recorded live at The Bayou in Washington, D.C., in front of just 900 fans. The concert is the latest release to come from the late rocker’s personal archives.

The 12-track album features performances of Allman Brothers Band classics like “Midnight Rider,” “Trouble No More,” “Melissa” and “Statesboro Blues.” The first preview of the album is a live performance of ABB’s “Dreams,” which is out now via digital outlets.

Gregg Allman Band – One Night In DC, May 15, 1984 is available for preorder now. Check out the track list below:
“Dreams”
“Sweet Feelin'”
“Hot ‘Lanta”
“Yours For The Asking”
“Need Your Love So Bad”
“Trouble No More”
“Matthew’s Arrival”
“Melissa”
“Midnight Rider”
“Faces Without Names”
“Statesboro Blues”
“Band Introduction”
“One Way Out”

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James Taylor had some Royal fans at his recent tour stop in Santa Barbara.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer shared photos on Instagram of him hanging with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, captioning the post, “A backstage visit with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.”

In one shot Taylor appears to be signing two copies of his 2018 children’s pop-up book, Sweet Baby James, for Markle.

Markle also posted photos from the concert, with the caption, “In my concert era, Thanks James.”

Taylor played shows at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Tuesday and Wednesday, treating his fans to such classic tunes as “Carolina on My Mind,” “You Got A Friend,” “Sweet Baby James” and “Fire and Rain.”

Taylor’s next show is Friday in Stanford, California. A complete list of dates can be found at JamesTaylor.com.

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The Doors‘ first official book, Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology, is in bookstores now, and Doors guitarist Robby Krieger is happy with the final product.

The book, described as the “most definitive book yet” on the band, features new interviews with surviving members Krieger and John Densmore, and archival contributions from the late Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. 

“It really shows you a lot of the hidden Doors stuff that a lot of people don’t know about,” Krieger tells Billboard. “Just seeing the old pictures — a lot of pictures I’ve never seen, which is pretty cool.”

“And reading a lot of interviews, stuff that I’ve forgotten all about. … To go back in time and read the original stuff that you might have forgotten about or had the wrong idea of, it is nice to have everything in one (book) like this,” he adds. “I think it’s really done well.”

The book release comes as The Doors are in the midst of celebrating their 60th anniversary, and Krieger is thrilled by the band’s lasting legacy.

“It’s amazing,” he says. “Even 20 years ago, the 40th anniversary, I was telling people I couldn’t imagine this happening. The only ones that have beaten us are The Stones and The Beatles, pretty much.”

“There’s plenty of groups out there who were formed around the same time as we did, and they don’t have the (continuing) interest that we do,” he says. “It’s definitely (because of) the songs, the words and the music. It was just an amazing combination of people, the four of us, who came together, and it probably happens once every 60 years. We don’t take it for granted.”

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Bruce Springsteen kicked off his Land of Hope and Dreams tour in Manchester, England, on Wednesday, and had some choice words for President Donald Trump and his administration.

“The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock ‘n’ roll in dangerous times,” he told the crowd, as seen in fan-shot video posted to social media. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, and has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”

He added, “Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against the authoritarianism and let freedom ring.”

He then kicked off the show with the song the tour is named after, Wrecking Ball’s “Land of Hope and Dreams.”

In another video, Springsteen once again railed against the administration’s actions, telling the audience there’s “very weird, strange and dangerous s*** going on out there right now.” He said that people in America are being persecuted for using their right to free speech and that historic civil rights legislation is being rolled back. Springsteen added, “This is happening now.”

According to setlist.com, the main set featured the live debut of “Rainmaker,” which appears on his upcoming box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums. He also performed “Murder Incorporated” for the first time since 2017.

Springsteen and The E Street Band play a second show in Manchester on Saturday.

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Fleetwood Mac‘s Lindsey Buckingham is sharing his thoughts on the video for Charli XCX’s single “Von dutch.”

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his daughter Leelee recently launched a new YouTube series called Lindsey + Leelee React, in which they share their commentary on music videos. Charli’s video, set in an airport, is the subject of Wednesday’s clip.

Right off the bat, Lindsay admits he’s “not that familiar” with the pop star. He says he did see her on Saturday Night Live, adding, “I hear good things.”

Before watching the video, Leelee asks her dad, “Did you have a brat summer?” Lindsey replies, “The brattiest.”

Watching the clip, Lindsey seems a little uncomfortable as Charli bleeds on and spits at the camera lens, and seems surprised she “got away” with walking on the wing of an airplane, but in the end liked the video.

“I thought it was very entertaining,” he says. “I mean, there was so much going on and all in the context of a normally restrictive environment … that set the whole thing off very well, I thought.”

As for what Charli was trying to say with the clip, Lindsey notes, “She’s saying ‘screw you.'”

Lindsey and Leelee launched their React series in April, with the first episode dedicated to the video for Lindsey’s 1984 track “Slow Dancing.”

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Bob Dylan returned to the road Tuesday night and treated fans to some tunes he hasn’t played in a while.

Dylan is part of Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival this year. During the opening show in Phoenix he performed his iconic tune “Mr. Tambourine Man,” which, according to setlist.fm, he hasn’t played since 2010.

He also performed the Another Side of Bob Dylan track “To Ramona” for the first time since 2017 and the Together Through Life tune “Forgetful Heart” for the first time since 2015.

Dylan ended the night not with one of his own songs, but with a cover of The Pogues classic “A Rainy Night in Soho,” which is the first time he has performed the track live.

The Outlaw Music Festival hits Chula Vista, California, on Thursday. A complete list of dates can be found at blackbirdpresents.com.

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Former Journey frontman Steve Perry has teamed with legendary country crooner Willie Nelson for a new version of the Journey power ballad “Faithfully.”

The reimagined take on the song is being released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid, for which Nelson is a board member. All proceeds from the song will be donated to the organization.

“No one has a voice or vocal phrasing anything like Willie Nelson. Singing this duet with Willie has been something I’ve always wanted to do,” Perry shares. “After recording ‘Faithfully’ with Journey, I always felt it would be a great song for Willie too. What a wonderful experience it was to finally sing with Willie. I’m so proud of what we have accomplished together.”

Willie adds, “Working with Steve Perry on ‘Faithfully’ was a meaningful experience. It was a pleasure to collaborate on this song.” He notes, “I’m proud that we could create something meaningful and use it to give back through Farm Aid.”

“Faithfully” is now available via digital outlets.

Released in 1983, “Faithfully” appeared on Journey’s eighth studio album, Frontiers, and was a top-20 hit for the band, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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