By the time producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange signed up to work with Mick Jones on Foreigner’s fourth album 4, his reputation preceded him. Lange’s
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As most songwriters can attest, there often comes a point in the writing process where something stalls. In 1970, Chicago’s Robert Lamm, one of the
It wasn’t unreasonable to wonder how Bonnie Raitt could follow up her long-awaited breakthrough on 1989’s Nick of Time. Even Bonnie Raitt wondered. So, rather
The Beatles and Frank Sinatra were from disparate universes: The Beatles sang “A Day in a Life”; Sinatra sang “That’s Life.” The Fab Four floated
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)” was released as the second single from Hard Promises in June 1981. With its soft
On March 26, 2004, Van Halen announced they would be heading on tour that summer and erstwhile singer Sammy Hagar was back in the fold, eight years
The original concept of Love, a spectacular theatrical production featuring the reimagined music of the Beatles, came from George Harrison a year before his death in 2001. At a fete for the Montreal Grand
How in the world did “So This Is Love?” end up on Fair Warning? Van Halen hunted out dark, seething and downright weird tones for
By 1971, Rod Stewart had carved out a reputation as a vivacious performer, as both a solo artist and the frontman for British rock group Faces, which also
The Allman Brothers Band had reestablished themselves after launching a third era with 1990’s well-received Seven Turns, but something was still missing. Well, actually, something