This Week In Rock History: May 13 – 19
Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert New York City’s infamous venue, Madison Square Garden hosted a 40th anniversary celebration...
This Week In Rock History: May 6th – May 12th
Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy Hits #1! In their heyday, Led Zeppelin were no strangers to the...
Sharp Dressed Men: ZZ Top puts Texas boogie into the blues
ZZ Top’s brand of Texas blues is a thing of pure musical beauty. In a world where blues...
This Week in Rock History: April 29 – May 5
Jimi Hendrix records Voodoo Child (Slight Return) in New York City! “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” was recorded on...
Joss Stone Helps To Bring Soul Back Into Popular Music
Joss Stone doesn’t need you to tell her she has an amazing voice. She knows it. Her fans...
The Riff Wizardry of Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi is the hard rock riff king! Some would argue Jimmy Page, or Ritchie Blackmore, or...
This Week in Rock History: April 22nd – April 28th
Tom Petty releases his debut solo album Full Moon Fever On April 24, 1989, Tom Petty released his...
This Week in Rock History: October 14 – October 20
This week in rock history tragedy struck when a plane carrying members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd went...
The Wrath of The Telemaster, or, Why Danny Gatton Hated The Beatles
Danny Gatton, teenage guitar virtuoso in training, wasn’t so impressed by The Beatles. Most people would probably find...
The Real Meaning of Pink Floyd’s Album Wish You Were Here
Pt 1. Commercial Success, Creative Breakdown? Where do you go once you’ve reached madness? That could have been the...
Blues Prodigies: The Kids Are Alright
Actually, these kids are much more than alright. These kids are brilliant. Derek Trucks, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and...
This Week in Rock History: September 28 – October 4
Born This Week in Rock History: Albert Collins: October 1, 1932 (blues guitarist and vocalist) Don McLean: October...
Blondie: A NYC Punk Rock Love Story
The Stillettoes Debbie Harry knew she had to give music a try. If she didn’t she would regret...
This Week in Rock History: September 23 – September 29
Welcome back to another edition of your friendly neighborhood This Week in Rock History! Wishing Meat Loaf a...
The Inside Scoop on how Jeff Beck became a Yardbird
On March 25, 1965, seminal British blues rock outfit The Yardbirds, were facing a crisis. The band was...
The Beatles Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues
The musical structure and arrangement is part of the songwriting process to create the feel and style of...
Psychedelic Sound: The Pulse of 60’s San Francisco
The birthplace of America’s counter-culture, San Francisco was the place to be for the youth of the 1960s....
Come Hear Uncle Jerry’s Band: The Legacy of the Grateful Dead
Legacy Hippies. Lengthy improvisational jams. Trippy drugs. What is the legacy of the Grateful Dead? The Grateful Dead...
This Week in Rock History: September 16 – September 22
All Along the Watchtower by the Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” was released in the United...
Become a B.B. King Expert: 11 Cool Things you should Know about the King of the Blues
With a career spanning over 6 decades, B.B. King was probably the greatest star of the blues ever....
This Week in Rock History: September 9 – September 15
Wish You Were Here Welcome back to another edition of “This Week In Rock History.” It’s often said...
B.B. King & Lucille: A Love Story
Sonny & Cher, Simon & Garfunkel, Page & Plant, Jagger & Richards, Lennon & McCartney, BB & Lucille...
Sonny Landreth – A Slide Guitarist Bound by the Blues
Sonny Landreth – Bound by the Blues Sonny Landreth Gets Back to Basics Sometimes you just have to...
This Week in Rock History: August 26 – September 1
The World Remembers Stevie Ray Vaughan The music world would never be the same. On August 27, 1990 it...
This Week in Rock History: August 19 – August 25
Happy Birthday to Robert Plant! We’re back with another edition of your friendly neighborhood tour through rock history....
Drummers – We Got the Beat
There is something primal and animalistic about the drums, yet there’s also a potency in their beauty and charisma....
This Week in Rock History: August 12 – August 18
A Sultan & A King Happy Friday, music history buffs, and welcome back to Tribut Apparel’s weekly series This Week...
This Week in Rock History: July 15 – July 21
Lots to discuss this week in rock history, but we wanted to focus a little bit on the...
The Cars – A Primer on New Wave’s Elite Rock Band
Hello rock music scholars, historians and aficionados. You, of course, know everything there is to know about music....
This Week in Rock History: July 8 – July 14
Let’s take a quick peek into the past with This Week In Rock History: July 8 – July...
10 Things You Need to Know About the Early Years of British Blues
Blues may be a distinctively American genre, but that doesn’t mean the good people of England had nothing...
Working Class Blues: Going Deep Into Heartland Rock
The Heart of Music Apple pie isn’t the only sweet American treat. Heartland rock and in fact all...
I Want My MTV Unplugged! The Great MTV Acoustic Concerts
I Want My MTV Unplugged! The Great MTV Acoustic Concerts Once upon a time MTV was a television...
This Week in Rock History: July 1 – July 7
Welcome back rock aficionados! This week in rock history is filled to the brim with all the important...
Saluting the Top 5 British Blues Guitarists
Why You Need to Know These 5 British Blues Guitarists So you like Joe Bonamassa. So do we. But...
Eric Clapton Rises
Eric Clapton Rises – 10 Ways A Bluesman Becomes A Legend Many people think of Eric Clapton as...
The Greatest Songwriters Ever (and Some of Their Greatest Songs)
Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter ever, according to many. Fair enough, he probably is. But who else...
Hot Pepper: The Beatles and the Making of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles was so monumental, so world-defining, that it...
This Week In Rock History: June 17 – June 23
Exile on Main Street His #1! The 10th studio album from blues-rockers The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street,...
The Big Musical Apple: The History of New York City’s Music
Inside the Music of New York City The center of the American music industry, the dream location of...
Bonnaroo: Do the Roo
Bonnaroo: One of Our Favorite Music Festivals Summer means the brilliant fireworks of July 4th igniting the sky....
This Week in Rock History: June 10 – June 16th
The Howlin’ Wolf of Chicago Howlin’ Wolf is one of the most important and thrilling artists in the...
The Country Blues of Big Bill Broonzy
It all began with the country blues. In some ways the status of country blues within the blues...
This Week in Rock History: June 3 – June 9
It is time for your weekly walk down memory lane! Today we’re back with another installment of Tribut’s...
Six Degrees of The Yardbirds Guitarists: Topham, Clapton, Beck, and Page
Introduction – The Yardbirds One band that lasted six years with six different guitarists could only mean one...