Jimi Hendrix

John Lennon and George Harrison electric guitar to be auctioned

2013-03-22 10:30:00

A Vox electric guitar said to have been played by John Lennon and George Harrison, jewelry given by Elvis Presley to associates and an autographed pillow Michael Jackson threw to a fan from a Paris hotel window are among a bevy of rock ‘n’...

Luke Bryan scores first No. 1 album, Jimi Hendrix follows at No. 2

2013-03-13 12:59:00

Rising country singer Luke Bryan has scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with “Spring Break ... Here to Party,” a collection that sold nearly 150,000 copies during its first week. A safe distance behind at No. 2 is Jimi...

Las Vegas: 'Rock Vault' sends you down a musical memory lane

2013-03-14 07:30:00

Guests can take a trip down rock music’s memory lane with the opening of “Raiding the Rock Vault” at the LVH Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, formerly the Las Vegas Hilton. Using narration and video clips, the musical extravaganza weaves...

Adele to sing for James Bond again?

2013-03-04 15:08:00

Call him the spy who (really) loved her. A week after Adele's "Skyfall" became the first James Bond theme to win the Academy Award for original song, producers for the spy-film franchise have drafted Adele to sing for the next Bond movie, as well,...

'New' Jimi Hendrix album, 'People, Hell and Angels,' surfaces

2013-03-04 14:05:00

There’s been no shortage of posthumous Jimi Hendrix releases since the groundbreaking electric guitarist, singer and songwriter died at age 27 in 1970: Only three Hendrix albums charted during his lifetime, while more than three dozen released after...

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West at Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week show

2013-03-04 08:45:00

Kim Kardashian, dressed in black, and Kanye West, dressed in white, looked very yin/yang as they sat in the front row at Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week runway show on Sunday. Others in the crowd included Nicole Richie, Jessica Chastain and Amanda Seyfried....

Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy count

2013-02-20 10:10:00

The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign...

Joey Ramone LPs, guitars among auction items

2013-02-08 11:44:00

How much are a punk rock hero's personal items worth? Joey Ramone’s vinyl record collection, two electric guitars, a leather jacket, his passport, Rolodex, T-shirts and other items will be auctioned off by the late singer’s estate. �A...

Remembering Reg Presley of the Troggs: Unsung hero of rock & roll

2013-02-06 06:00:00

Raise a pint to Reg Presley, the singer and co-founder of the Troggs, who died Monday at age 71 after a battle with lung cancer. Yes, of course, stand at attention for the band’s mega-hit, “Wild Thing,” and for the primal pleasures of...

Reg Presley, Troggs lead singer, dead at 71

2013-02-04 18:00:00

Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs, who made our hearts sing with the primal-scream, proto-garage-rock anthem "Wild Thing," as well as more tender tunes including "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around," has died at age 71. The BBC reports...

Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends

2012-12-12 11:23:00

Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...

Ed Cassidy dies at 89; drummer for band Spirit

2012-12-08 00:00:00

Ed Cassidy, the drummer whose musical background influenced the jazz-tinged sound of the band Spirit, which emerged in the late 1960s as one of the West Coast's premier rock groups, has died. He was 89. Cassidy died Thursday of cancer at an assisted...

The late, great guitarist believes in heaven, resurrection and redemption? Apparently.

2013-03-29 11:16:00

Jimi Hendrix, pictured rehearsing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1967, has an album of previously unreleased studio recordings, "People, Hell and Angels," coming out March 5.

2013-03-04 13:10:15

Jackson spent $2,775 in 2010. (Hendrix in 1967.)

2013-02-20 10:07:00