Posts From Greg Brodsky

Greg Brodsky

Greg Brodsky

Greg Brodsky, the founder and principal of Best Classic Bands, grew up listening to pop hits on New York’s Top 40 77WABC and later rock on the free-form station WNEW-FM. At Colgate University, he wrote music reviews, was a DJ at the school radio station and ran the campus record store. Greg’s first job was at business magazine Record World as assistant chart editor before moving to the writing side. He later worked for RCA Records, Atlantic Records, Warner Bros., Madison Square Garden and ESPN. Greg formed Best Classic Bands in 2015 when he recognized an opportunity to create a site devoted to the artists, music and pop culture of the classic rock era that so many still enjoy. He drives the company’s strategic development and has interviewed such great musicians as Burton Cummings, Ian Anderson, Nancy Wilson, and Jon Anderson, and behind-the-scenes legends like photographers Elliott Landy and Henry Diltz.

Mark James, Songwriter of ‘Suspicious Minds’ and Other Hits, Dies

He also co-wrote “Always on My Mind,” a #1 hit for Willie Nelson that won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year

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Waddy Wachtel on Touring With Stevie Nicks

The guitarist has been a first-call Los Angeles-based session and touring musician for many of the biggest artists of the rock era.

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Waddy Wachtel on Playing With Keith Richards, Linda, and More

The legendary session and touring guitarist shares stories about playing with many of the stars with whom he has worked with for decades

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Interview: British Invasion Songwriter Graham Gouldman on His Yardbirds, Hollies Hits

10cc’s co-founder started writing hits for bands like the Yardbirds, the Hollies and Herman’s Hermits at just age 19. He was just warming up.

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The Beatles Restored ‘Let It Be’ Film Shows a Band Still at a Creative Peak: Review

Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s restored 1970 film is streaming exclusively on Disney+

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A Love Letter to Willie Nelson: 14 Collaborations With Fellow Stars

Performing at a high level at 90+ puts you in rarified air. Here are some favorite performances with fellow greats from a variety of genres.

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The Five Americans’ Catchy Hit, ‘Western Union’: Dit-Da-Dit-Da-Dit

The clean-cut band from Oklahoma chose its name to help stand out from groups that were part of the British Invasion, and scored a catchy single in 1967.

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‘Field of Dreams’: ‘Hey, Dad, You Wanna Have a Catch?’

Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, hears a voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come.” His journey ultimately brings him back home.

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When Hank Aaron Topped Babe Ruth’s Hallowed Home Run Mark

As he approached the record, he was the subject of some of the most vile hate mail a human being could receive

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ABBA’s U.S. Success: The Inside Story

After winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with “Waterloo,” Atlantic Records president Jerry Greenberg signed them for the US. Then “Dancing Queen” happened

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