“Yeah, listen, there’s this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field.” – Tommy James & The Shondells’ Secretary on their Woodstock ’69 offer, which they declinedRead more
“I was born in New York City on an Monday, it seems I was out shinin’ shows ’bout Tuesday Noon” – James Brown, “Down And Out In New York City”, 1973Read more
“Actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street, and on the streets of New York City were the musicians. They were doing the greatest healing work.” – Garth Hudson to Martin Scorsese in The Last WaltzRead more
“B.B. King was a lovely chap. His early stuff was stupendous and he’s just kept going. I first met him in New York. He came up to me and said, “Hey boy are you sure you weren’t born in Mississippi?”” – David Gilmour, Pink FloydRead more
“Paul Butterfield’s harmonica sorties against the surging heavily amplified rhythm of drums, electric guitar, organ and bass are without parallel in blues or jazz.” – Robert Shelton, The New York TimesRead more
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis performed a duet set together at The Lincoln Center in New York City, which would become the 2008 album “Two Men with the Blues”.Read more
In 1974, John Lennon claimed he saw a flying saucer from the balcony of his New York apartment, and wrote a line in the song “Nobody Told Me” that quipped “There’s a UFO over New York, and I ain’t too surprised.”Read more
Tommy James and the Shondells declined the once in a lifetime chance to play at Woodstock 1969 after their secretary called and said, “There’s this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field.”Read more
In 1966, when B.B. King had a two-night engagement at famous nightclub The Scene in New York City, Jimi Hendrix sat in both nights.Read more
New York rock band The Strokes was formed in Switzerland where the band members all went to school.Read more
Gov’t Mule covered James Brown’s song “Down And Out In New York City” on their 2001 album “The Deep End Vol. 1”.Read more
The cover of blues guitarist Bo Diddley’s “Have Guitar Will Travel” was taken at 368 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York.Read more
The buildings on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” are located at 96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan, New York.Read more
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the rich jazz history in Harlem, New York.Read more
The “Live” side of B.B. King’s 1969 album “Live & Well” was recorded live at The Hit Factory in early March, 1969. The “Well” side was recorded in the Village Gate Studio, New York City.Read more
The cover of “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” was taken by Don Hunstein at the corner of Jones Street and West 4th Street in West Village, New York City. The woman with him was his then-girlfriend Suze Rotolo.Read more
Despite the prestigious name of Paramount Records’ New York Recording Laboratories, the 1920s era ‘lab’ was actually located in a Wisconsin chair factory.Read more
After The Last Waltz, Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese lived together for a time, and Robertson contributed to the musical direction on many Scorsese movies, including Raging Bull, The Departed, The Color of Money, Gangs of New York and Shutter Island.Read more
At just 17 years old, Ella Fitzgerald won first place singing at an amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, which included a weeklong engagement — a huge opportunity that the legendary venue never gave her.Read more
Humble Pie’s hit album “Performance Rockin’ the Fillmore” was recorded at the Fillmore East in New York City on May 28 & 29, 1971.Read more
Miles Davis’ landmark 1959 jazz album ‘Kind of Blue’ was recorded at Columbia Records’ 30th Street Studio in New York City.Read more
According to The New York Times, cards on seats of the Spring 2013 Yves Saint Laurent Paris Fashion Week read “Music Junior Kimbrough Edited by Daft Punk.”Read more
After the tragic death of saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, his friend poet Ted Joans began writing “Bird Lives” all over New York City. The campaign took a life of its own, and BIRD LIVES can still occasionally be found scrawled on sidewalks, walls and bathroom stalls.Read more
Between East 7th and East 10th Street in New York City is “Charlie Parker Place” — the honorary street name of Avenue B where Parker lived until 1954, shortly before his death.Read more
The block where Miles Davis lived on West 77th Street in New York City is now Miles Davis Way in his honor.Read more
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s famous guitar “Yellow” was stolen in 1985 in New York. It was recovered and hangs at the Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas.Read more
