Al Shipley

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The Beat of a Different Drummer: 10 Albums Where a New Drummer Put a Spring in the Band’s Step

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The drummer is the job in a rock band with the highest turnover rate — a cliché lampooned memorably in This is Spinal Tap....
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The 10 Best Indie and Alternative Steely Dan Covers

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Once upon a time, Steely Dan were hipsters. As frontman Donald Fagen explained in his 2013 book, Eminent Hipsters, he and Steely Dan co-founder...
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The 50 Best Live Albums of the 1970s

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The concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory...
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The 10 Best Daft Punk Songs

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On Monday morning, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known as the iconic French dance duo Daft Punk, released a cryptic eight-minute...
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Rock Hall of Fame 2021 Nominations: The Snubs, Surprises, and Long Shots

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally announces its annual slate of nominees in October and narrows it down to a set...
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