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"After writing that, I wasn't interested in writing a novel or a play. I wanted to just write songs." The story of the song that saw Bob Dylan pivot from folk to rock

Using three chords nicked from La Bamba, Bob Dylan wrote the song that transformed his career – despite his record label's initial reluctance to release it

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Blood, Sweat & Tears lead singer David Clayton-Thomas dies at 84

Clayton-Thomas died ‘peacefully’ on Wednesday in Toronto

The Independent UK

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

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"I used to sleep with my guitar next to the bed": Born in a dream, the guitar solos in one of classic rock's greatest songs were out of key, but band superstition kept them in

Lynyrd Skynyrd's down-home anthem was a retort to Neil Young's Southern Man, but decades on it's soundtracked everything from KFC to video games

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"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

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"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

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"We hit the trees at what seemed like 100 miles an hour": The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the plane that fell from the sky

Fist fights, premonitions and a flight into hell: This is the tale of Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd

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“I didn’t know what was going to happen, but they certainly booed, I’ll tell you that. You could hear it all over the place”: How Bob Dylan created one of his greatest songs while controversy erupted around him

When Dylan went electric, not everyone approved

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"A unique album, bursting with intelligence, creativity, and shining musicianship": Bob Dylan creates a watershed in the history of music with Blonde On Blonde

Blonde On Blonde is the album that saw Bob Dylan complete the transition from folk to rock artist

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"I was lying in bed at about three in the morning when an axe smashed through my door": Deep Purple’s 25 maddest moments

Life in Deep Purple has never been dull

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“I don’t get into many fights now cos you get hit on the throat and you miss a gig”: The explosive rise of Lynyrd Skynyrd, America’s greatest southern rock band

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) was released on August 13, 1973, setting them on the path to stardom

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Shuggie Otis's third album was hailed as classic, but his record company dropped him: It took 40 years to make a fourth

The son of an R&B legend, guitar virtuoso Shuggie Otis did it his way, turning down the Rolling Stones and David Bowie in the process

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"Jimi Hendrix lived a block from me in New York. We jammed together a lot": Al Kooper's stories of the Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh and more

He freaked out Lynyrd Skynyrd, produced The Tubes and more, hung out at Keith Moon’s house and had George Harrison hang out at his. He's the legendary Al Kooper

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“My God, it’s hard to get in tune when they’re booing": when Bob Dylan faced down his detractors with a Strat and made rock n' roll history

In 1965, Bob Dylan strapped on a Stratocaster, then a Telecaster, and ushered in a bold new folk-rock sound. But he'd actually gone electric six months earlier…

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Vito Bratta recorded White Lion’s All You Need is Rock 'n' Roll with Jimi Hendrix’s black Stratocaster – and Leslie West’s Marshall amp

West's 100-watt Mountain Marshall is still owned by Bratta, who got his hands on the fabled Strat through Al Kooper – who was gifted the guitar by Hendrix himself

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Robby Krieger's track-by-track guide to his favourite songs by The Doors

"Why would a young man like Jim think so much about death? Sure he was a poet. But my theory was that he always felt he had something wrong" - Robby Krieger

The Guardian - UK

Gary Rossington obituary

Songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for its single Sweet Home Alabama

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