Rickey Medlocke began his career as a drummer in Lynyrd Skynyrd but then he left to form Blackfoot.
Blackfoot’s first album has a great cover of the song “Wishing Well”, originally recorded by Free.
Free most famous song is “All Right Now” with its iconic guitar riff that managed to generate wonder even in guitar-heroes who wanted to learn it from the band’s guitarist Paul Kossof, like Eric Clapton.
Eric Clapton played with the Jon Mayall’s Bluesbreakers along with bassist John McVie.
John McVie later got together with drummer Mick Fleetwood and formed Fleetwood Mac.
Fleetwood Mac started up its career as a Blues band, but then moved to California and became a Rock/Pop/Folk behemoth, especially after adding singers Christine Perfect (later Christine McVie ) and Stevie Nicks.
Stevie Nicks will restart her tour in the end of this month alongside the Pretenders.
The Pretenders had in its ranks Robbie McIntosh who later found even more fame and fortune from 1989 to 1993 playing live and in all records of Paul McCartney.
Paul McCartney’s album Kisses on the Bottom has only Jazz standards he used to listen to when he was a child in Liverpool, but he invited John Walsh from The Eagles to play in it.
The Eagles early line-up was formed with musicians from the backing band of Linda Ronstadt.
Linda Ronstadt recorded the Rolling Stones’ “Tumbling Dice” on her album Simple Dreams after being persuaded to do so by Mick Jagger.
Mick Jagger was executive producer of Vivid, debut album from Living Colour.
Living Colour’s second album was Time’s Up which contained in its track-list the song “Elvis Is Dead” a good humored critic of all things Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley really exploded with the song and album Heartbreak Hotel.
Heartbreak Hotel was written by Tommy Druden and one Mae Axton.
Do you know who Mae Axton was? She was Rickey Medlocke’s babysitter!
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