"I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk. I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!" - Stevie Ray Vaughan, lost this day in 1990.
You can watch a free live stream of every set at LOCKN' this weekend thanks to good ol' Ben & Jerry. Trey Anastasio and Derek Trucks just kicked off a set...
Arrington, Va.’s LOCKN’ Festival will offer a free webcast this weekend, featuring acts like Trey Anastasio Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Joe Russo's Almost
"Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, 'Listen, mate, *life* has surface noise." - John Peel
"Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car." - Robert Plant
"Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us. The streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that." - John Lydon
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia, lost this day in 1995.
"It's the most psychedelic experience I ever had, going to see Hendrix play. When he started to play, something changed: colors changed, everything changed." - Pete Townshend
"You can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30 odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary." - Rob Halford