Barbra Streisand recorded over 30 takes of “The Way We Were.” Nothing worked. Then the bassist tried something different

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Tony Levin recalls working with John Lennon on Double Fantasy: “Suddenly he’d say, ‘Stop fooling around!’ — like it wasn’t his idea”

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Jimmy Page on the Beatle who inspired Led Zeppelin’s most beautiful song: “He said, ‘You never do ballads.’ I said, ‘I’ll give him a ballad’”

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“I could phone up Eric Clapton. He’d buy it.” Robert Fripp on the six-figure guitar behind King Crimson’s breakthrough

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Dolly Parton has been laid to rest in Nashville after a private funeral

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Why Dolly Parton was the magic connection for Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris: “We both said, ‘Dolly!’”

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Adrian Belew on his hit-making sessions for Paul Simon’s Graceland: “He stood next to me and sang these parts. That gave me absolute chills”

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