Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Tommy Shannon, and Joe Sublett recall the difficult birth of the 1985 classic of Texas blues, as ...

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AC/DC are renowned as being one of the greatest hard rock bands on the face of the earth, but labels have tried to force them down other paths.

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The group released its self-titled album debut in 1978 via major label Capitol Records, followed by 1979 ... its releases including “Brother to the Blues,” a Grammy-nominated 2006 project ...

Out on America’s West Coast a new record label was flexing its muscle – though Capitol Records was not specifically a blues imprint. In 1942 they signed T-Bone Walker, and he became the ...

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The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.

Before Eric Church recorded his single "Smoke a Little Smoke" back in 2010, he was told by his record label, Capitol Records Nashville, that if he did, they would drop him. "My label told me if I ...