American Songwriter

The Historically Epic Lyric That Closed The Eagles’ Finest Album

How could The Eagles properly end an epic album like 'Hotel California'? With the stirring historical saga of "The Last ...

Drunk driver gets 24 years to life in prison for killing 4 people at July 4 barbecue in NYC park

A drunk driver has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for killing four people at a Fourth of July picnic in New ...

After 7 lives were lost in the Biffle plane crash, a chance to heal in Charlotte

A memorial service was held Friday for the 7 people who died in a mid-December plane crash in Statesville. Why the plane ...

Peter Frampton made rock’s greatest live album. It almost ruined him

Barely 45 minutes after taking a seat on a comfortable settee to listen to a working mix of Peter Frampton’s concert album ...
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"The police and the army were all carrying guns. There was a real edginess to it all." How a "feral" Ozzy Osbourne crowd, an onstage meltdown, and some ill-advised nu…

"It felt like my head was going to explode." Alligator murder, police raids and abandoned adult theatres: the story of the ...