Rock and Roll

There’s a long-held belief that after the death of Buddy Holly rock & roll lost its way until the arrival of the Beatles. Early '60s rock was still growing in popularity, but the airwaves were ruled by teen idols, girl groups and novelty songs. However, that’s not the full story. This could be seen as a time of innocence and tremendous creativity which shattered with the assassination of President Kennedy.

The influential guitarist, songwriter and singer was best known for the song 'Ramblin' Man.' Betts's blues, rock and country-influenced guitar style helped define Southern rock in the 1960s and '70s.

Both "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be the Day" were co-written by Jerry Allison and Buddy Holly. The drummer for The Crickets died Monday, Aug. 22 at age 82.

Roky Erickson, who died in 2019, would have celebrated his 75th birthday Friday. Bill Bentley, a veteran music producer, says his brush with the fellow Texan’s music altered the trajectory of his life.

Now based in California, Igor Yusov grew up in Odessa, Ukraine, which was then a part of the Soviet Union.

A British Invasion band is headed to San Antonio to perform next week. While Herman’s Hermits was on the second tier of British Invasion popularity, in…

Many artists around the start of the rock era pointed toward sex, but in his performance of "Tutti Frutti" and other songs, Little Richard enacted sexual excitement itself.

Little Richard was an explosive performer who inspired generations of musicians from Otis Redding to The Beatles to David Bowie. He died Saturday morning.

Houston, the only woman included in the 2020 class of a male-dominated institution, will be joined by Biggie Smalls, Nine Inch Nails, The Doobie Brothers, T. Rex and Depeche Mode.

From Texas Stand ard: In August 1969, Henry Kissinger met in secret to try and end the Vietnam War. Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast,...