Creator’s Almanac

One of the strangest coincidences in rock history. July 7, 1968. The Yardbirds walked off stage for the last…

On September 26, 1969, The Beatles released their 11th studio album, Abbey Road, in the UK. Featuring one of…

Childish Gambino quietly gave George Clinton and Bootsy Collins actual songwriting credits on his own album.…

🎤 Happy Birthday, Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) – Born September 25, 1983 A multi-hyphenate who somehow…

Linda McCartney was not just the beloved wife of music legend Paul McCartney, but a talented individual in…

🎵 35 Years of Nevermind (Released September 24, 1991) The album that quietly ended one era of rock and…

The most successful boy band of all time wasn’t built in a moment. It was built in every moment everyone…

The Beatles almost named their final album after a mountain nobody wanted to fly to. Everest. That was the…

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ most famous gimmick started at an actual strip club. On July 3, 1983, just months…

The Rolling Stones tried to play a secret club show. Word got out anyway. On September 14, 1981, ahead of…

🎵 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Steve Gaines & Ed King A remarkable coincidence connecting two of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s…

🥁 The Night Dave Grohl Watched His Future Band from the Crowd One drummer’s only Nirvana show, and his…

Leonard Cohen walked away from music for five years to live as a Zen monk. In 1994, he moved into the Mount…

George Harrison once complained that Led Zeppelin couldn’t write a ballad. He wasn’t even talking to Jimmy…

Black Sabbath – Rain, Bells, and Full Circle A 43-year gap between the first and last note of the same…

In 1992, Parlophone Records released Radiohead’s debut single, “Creep.” While the British alt-rockers had…

Bob Dylan wrote an eight minute song about a man he believed was wrongfully imprisoned. It became a…

🎵 Avril Lavigne – “Girlfriend” A worldwide No. 1 hit, born from two drunken minutes she almost didn’t take…

On September 20, 1969, during a meeting in London between John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr…

Green Day refused to play without Pansy Division in 1994. Right after Dookie turned them into one of the…

🎤 Cass Elliot & The Mamas & The Papas A bittersweet story about idealism colliding with the machinery of…

Simon and Garfunkel hadn’t performed together in over a decade. Then half a million people showed up anyway.…

“Take Me Home, Country Roads” was written about a state nobody in the room had ever visited. Bill Danoff and…

“Strawberry Fields Forever” is actually two completely different recordings glued together. After listening…