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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas in 1915. When she was six years old she joined her mom as a performer in a traveling evangelical troupe. Billed initially as a “singing and guitar playing miracle,” she would eventually take on a new title, “The Godmother of Rock and Roll.”

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Queen and a phone booth

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Fan photos of the Rolling Stones concert and backstage, on 20th November, 1965 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Brian was clearly the photographer’s fave! 

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Robert Plant with his family from The Song Reamins The Same

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Janis Joplin and Johnny Winter, Madison Square Garden 1969, by Steve Banks, from the photo gallery for Raisin’ Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter

(The two also performed together in Boston, which is how these photos are frequently labeled…but I’m gonna go with the credits in the book!)

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The 27 Club

Jim Morrison // Amy Winehouse // Jimi Hendrix // Kurt Cobain // Janis Joplin

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John Lennon bringing out the guns at Sunset Sound’s Studio 2, from the documentary Imagine: John Lennon (1988). 

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Roger Waters and his band take a knee in solidarity with NFL players after the encore of his concert in Hartford, CT on September 24th, 2017

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David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth (Paul Duncan / Taschen)

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“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make” Not many bands get to write their own epitaphs, but the Beatles aren’t just any band. For the finale (except for the tacked-on ‘Her Majesty’) of the group’s last recorded album, McCartney wanted to come up with something special. After each member had gotten his turn in the spotlight (drum solo for Ringo, rotating guitar solos for Paul, George and John), McCartney delivered the above couplet, which he said was inspired by Shakespeare. Not only is it a wonderfully simple philosophical moment, it dovetails with the Beatles’ other defining message: All you need is love. The strings swell, the harmonies descend and the result is a perfect moment at the end of a great album and the swan song of a great band. #rock #rockband #rocknroll #beatles #thebeatles #johnlennon #yokoono #ringostarr #breakfast #star

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“And any time you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don't carry the world upon your shoulders For well, you know that it's a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder” McCartney wrote this epic single for Lennon's son Julian after his parents announced that they were getting divorced (the original lyric was “Hey Jules"). It’s an incredibly uplifting song with more than a few great lines about staying positive in the face of adversity, and having the courage to change the things you can and the patience to accept the things you cannot. Lennon initially thought 'Hey Jude' was about him, taking the line “go out and get her” as a reference to Yoko Ono's growing influence on Lennon, who was being pulled away from his musical partnership with McCartney. The “na na na, na-na na na” singalong makes everyone feel a little better in the end. #rock #rockband #rocknroll #thebeatles #johnlennon #yokoono #ringostarr

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“Doesn’t have a point of view Knows not where he’s going to Isn’t he a bit like you and me?” The significance of ‘Nowhere Man’ is that it’s the first Beatles song not written about love. John Lennon penned the lyrics about himself (not 'Yellow Submarine''s Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D), after a frustrating session in which was unable to come up with any good words for a song. ‘Nowhere Man’ is about Lennon’s isolation in his Weybridge home, where he was living a rather depressed existence in an unhappy marriage. Although it's written in the third person, McCartney noted that his bandmate gives a little clue in the line “Isn’t he a bit like you and me?” #rockstar #rocknroll #thebeatles #beatles #johnlennon #yokoono #ringostarr #paper #lyrics #meaning #lyricmeaning #bestsong #bestrock #lsd

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“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away / Now it looks as though they’re here to stay / Oh, I believe in yesterday” We all know the story behind ‘Yesterday’'s famous melody: Paul McCartney dreamed the tune, which he initially thought was an old jazz number he had subconsciously remembered. We don’t know a whole lot about the original words, other that that they could have been “Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs.” It’s been suggested that McCartney was writing about his mother, who had died when he was 14. Either way, ‘Yesterday’s’ simple, perfectly chosen words speak to something elemental in human nature: When things go bad, we always want to go back, even though we know that’s impossible. #thebeatles #yokoono #johnlennon #ringostarr #rock #rockband #rocknroll #paper #breakfast #acdc #pinkfloyd #thedoors

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"May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay forever young" -Dylan,Forever Young #bobdylan #rock #rocknroll #rockstar #quotes #lyrics #song #woodstock #meaning #guitar #johnlennon #pinkfloyd #kurtcobain #thedoors #jimmorrison #acida #acid #acidtrip #lsd #weed #marijuana #drugs #star #rockstar

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"Don't criticize what you can't understand." Bob Dylan #bobdylan #woodstock #rock #rocknroll #thedoors #thebeatles #therollingstones #pinkfloyd #queen #johnlennon #yokoono #ozzyosborne #acdc #concert #mood #rockstar #nobel #quotes #lsd #acid #weed #marijuana

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•BLOWIN' IN THE WIND• "There ain’t too much I can say about this song except that the answer is blowing in the wind. It ain’t in no book or movie or TV show or discussion group. Man, it’s in the wind – and it’s blowing in the wind. Too many of these hip people are telling me where the answer is but oh I won’t believe that. I still say it’s in the wind and just like a restless piece of paper it’s got to come down some …But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down so not too many people get to see and know . . . and then it flies away. I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it’s wrong. I’m only 21 years old and I know that there’s been too many . . . You people over 21, you’re older and smarter." -Bob Dylan #bobdylan #song #meaning #lyrics #rock #rocknroll #woodsto #woodstock #concert #lsd #acida #acid #trip #weed #star