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Olympic Playlists: What Johnny Weir, Gretchen Bleiler, Louie Vito and More Athletes Are Spinning

Photo: Lubin/NBC Photo The Winter Olympics began in Vancouver Friday night with performances from Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado, k.d. lang and Sarah McLachlan, as well as the debut of the “We Are the World” remake. But music at the world’s biggest sporting event won’t end there — Rolling Stone asked some of the games’ best athletes what songs keep them motivated and got a wide range of responses: Lady Gaga, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clipse, Bob Dylan the Strokes and A Tribe Called Quest all have a spot on

Published: 2010-02-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Weekend Rock List: Bird Songs

To celebrate the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell and his legendary intro to the band’s “Free Bird,” this week’s Rock List is dedicated to Bird Songs. Whether it’s about an eagle, a pigeon, a double-crested cormorant… if it has wings and feathers, it’s applicable. Tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll tally the votes and reveal the Readers’ List. Here’s our picks: • Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” • M.I.A. - “Bird Flu” • David Bowie – “Dodo” • The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” • Animal Collective – “Cuckoo Cuckoo”

Published: 2009-01-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty In memory of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell, the musician responsible for the famous introduction to the band’s “Free Bird” (and to honor last night’s great effort by the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl), this weekend’s Rock List was dedicated to Bird Songs. It was a heated battle between two former Super Bowl Halftime Show performers, but in the end Paul McCartney and the Beatles’ White Album classic “Blackbird” edged out Prince and his Purple Rain gem “When Doves Cry” for the prize. To see where Alice in Chains, the Misfits and Wilco all nested, check out our Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs below: 1. The Beatles – “Blackbird” 2. Prince – “When Doves Cry” 3. Alice In Chains – “Rooster” 4. The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” 5. Bob Marley – “Three Little Bird” 6. The Trashmen – “Surfin’ Bird” 7. The Beatles – “And Your Bird Can Sing” 8. The Grateful Dead – “Bird Song” 9. Steve Miller Band – “Fly Like An Eagle” 10. Phish – “Birds of a Feather” 11. The Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare” 12. Nelly Furtado – “Like A Bird” 13. Fleetwood Mac – “Songbird” 14. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” 15. Wilco – “Hummingbird”

Published: 2009-02-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

Photo: Halleran/Getty Images Rock Daily had Las Vegas panicked when we revealed the winning answer to all those Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show bets, forcing most gambling sites to shut down all Bruce-related betting. We have the full story on that plus much more at our Super Bowl Hub — Rock Daily will be in Tampa this weekend to root on the Steelers and witness the Springsteen set. The music world was saddened by the deaths of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell and Solid Air singer-songwriter John Martyn. The Grammys hired every gun possible to ensure people will tune in to this year’s show: Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake were all announced as 2009 Grammy performers on Monday, then yesterday U2, Kid Rock, Plant & Krauss and Rihanna were joined the Grammy bill. Speaking of Macca, Sir Paul will go from The Colbert Report to Coachella lineup. Weezy revealed he’s making the jump from beats to electric guitars with Lil Wayne’s “real rock album” Rebirth, due out April 7th. Wayne also debuted his new single “Prom Queen” and settled his lawsuit with the Rolling Stones.

Published: 2009-01-31 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Rock List: Readers’ Best Drinking Songs

To honor St. Patrick’s Day, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite drankin’ tunes. We went through the picks and came up with the top ten, because $3 will buy you ten songs on any respectable jukebox. Without further pregaming, here are your picks for the Best Drinking Songs: 1. Tom Petty – “Free Fallin’” 2. Guns N Roses – “Paradise City” 3. Billy Joel – “Piano Man” 4. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama” 5. Beastie Boys – “Fight For Your Right” 6. The Kinks – “Lola” 7. Elton John – “Tiny Dancer” 8. Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin’” 9. Bon Jovi – “Livin’ On a Prayer” 10. Jerry Lee Lewis – “What Made Milwaukee Famous”

Published: 2008-03-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists, Rock Daily

The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos

We asked for the greatest guitar solos of all time. You gave us your nominations (including some riffs — we’ll get to those another time, folks). After much complicated tallying, here’s the final list: 1. “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” Guns N’ Roses 2. “Freebird,” Lynyrd Skynyrd 3. “One,” Metallica 4. “Comfortably Numb,” Pink Floyd 5. “Marquee Moon,” Television 6. “Crossroads,” Cream 7. “Purple Rain,” Prince 8. “Machine Gun,” Jimi Hendrix 9. “Ball and Biscuit,” The White Stripes 10. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” The Beatles 11. “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin 12. “Eruption,” Van Halen 13. “November Rain,” Guns N’ Roses 14. “Alive,” Pearl Jam 15. “Paranoid Android,” Radiohead 16. “Maggot Brain,” Funkadelic 17. “Fortunate Son,” Creedence Clearwater Revival 18. “Time,” Pink Floyd 19. “Hotel California,” Eagles 20. “Cinnamon Girl,” Neil Young 21. “Yellow Ledbetter,” Pearl Jam 22. “Telegraph Road,” Dire Straits 23. “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” Allman Brothers 24. “Soma,” Smashing Pumpkins 25. “Scar Tissue,” Red Hot Chili Peppers

Published: 2007-08-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Weekend Rock List: Coolest Guitar Solos

Surely you’ve noticed Rolling Stone’s appreciation for guitarists lately: We’ve covered Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, gazed lovingly at images of badass hair-metal axes and examined Slash’s ability to play Guitar Hero. So let’s get down to business here: We want a list of the greatest guitar solos of all time. Everyone from classic rockers to jam bands to Nineties alt-rockers to metalheads has contributed a rippin’ solo to our rock canon. Fork over your nominations (and disagree with ours) starting right now. “One” – Metallica “Freebird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd “November Rain” – Guns N’ Roses “Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd “Soma” – Smashing Pumpkins

Published: 2007-08-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd Praise the Badass at “Rock and Rebels” Tour Opener in Florida

Photo: Diamond/Getty About halfway through his set at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, Friday night, Kid Rock saluted the Twisted Brown Trucker Band, the 10 excellent musicians backing him. “There’s no Pro Tools, no tapes, no trickery,” the man born Robert James Ritchie to a suburban Detroit auto dealer said. “This ain’t no American Idol bullshit; this is some American badass shit.” It’s true: Kid’s band, anchored by dynamo orange-’froed drummer Stephanie Eulinberg, kept the

Published: 2009-06-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows

Summer Tour Preview

Despite doomsday visions of the recession gutting the tour business, the summer season is thick with acts hoping to make it big in a weak economy. Many — Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nine Inch Nails & Jane's Addiction, and Bob Dylan's triple bill with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp — are fighting to keep ticket prices low. Others — including U2, Aerosmith and Coldplay — are mixing up the set list and beefing up the spectacle to give fans more bang for their buck. Still others — Blink-182, Phi

Published: 2009-05-19 Provider: Rolling Stone

Kid Rock, Peter Wolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd Raise the Roof at the Garden

Last night at Madison Square Garden, Kid Rock brought his Rock and Roll Revival Tour north of the Mason-Dixon for a crowd-pleasing review that included guests Peter Wolf, Reverend Run and Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were playing the Garden for the first time in their forty year career. Click below for photos and stories from last night’s gig. • Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Wolf Lead Rock and Roll Revival Tour at Madison Square Garden

Published: 2008-05-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows

Best of Rock Artist Picks: Rob Zombie

Filmmaker and theatrical metal maven Rob Zombie knows a thing or two about cinema soundtracks (dig his use of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird” at the end of The Devil’s Rejects). But what soundtrack is his personal favorite? Click here for Rob Zombie’s pick for Best Movie Soundtrack from Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008. • Rob Zombie Picks Best Movie Soundtrack • Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008

Published: 2008-04-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Best of Rock

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark EP

Artist: Drive-By Truckers Review: Prospects were poor for what turns out to be an overflowing song bag of an album by Lynyrd Skynyrd's arty nephews. Their last winner was 2004's The Dirty South, preceded by two others in close succession but followed by the disoriented A Blessing and a Curse and then the loss of tenor-songwriter Jason Isbell. Welcome though her gender bend is, bassist and Isbell ex Shonna Tucker doesn't compensate by writing and singing. But Mike Cooley is on his game &

Published: 2008-01-08 Provider: Rolling Stone