The Story of How The Beatles Decided to Just Let It Be
In May 1970, the last original album that the Beatles would ever release finally came out, after sitting on the shelf for over a year while the Fab Four battled over management control and financial issues, and in the process broke up. As such, the album Let It Be would act as the finale of the biggest band in the history of popular music. Randy Renaud revisits its creation in honour of its 55th anniversary.
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The Album That Made David Bowie One of the Biggest Stars in the World
In the spring of 1983, David Bowie took a new direction in his career. Instead of music aimed at your brain, he decided to make an album directed at your pelvis. Music to dance to. He teamed up with Chic's Nile Rodgers and recruited a hot young Texas guitarist named Stevie Ray Vaughan and recorded Let's Dance -- the best-selling album of his career. Randy Renaud revisits David Bowie's Let's Dance on the Chronicles of Rock.
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How a Quebec Woman Helped to Keep Keith Richards Out of a Canadian Prison
In the spring of 1977, the Rolling Stones put on two surprise club shows in Toronto. But meanwhile, RCMP officers broke into Keith Richards' hotel room, and discovered heroin. The ensuing criminal trial led to a very unusual verdict: the band had to put on a charity concert for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Why for them? Largely due to the testimony of a Quebec Stones fan. Randy Renaud has the whole tale on this week's edition of the Chronicles of Rock.
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Peter Gabriel's Masterpiece
In the spring of 1986, Peter Gabriel released his 5th solo album -- one which became his most successful yet, and made him a global star, and one of the most respected artists in contemporary music. Randy Renaud has the story behind So, on this week's edition of the Chronicles of Rock.
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The Accidental Hallucinogenic Experience That Would Change the Music of the Beatles
One April evening 60 years ago, John Lennon and George Harrison ingested something that they'd never experienced before, and didn't even know they were consuming. It would be the start of a wild night out on the town, and the beginning of the transformation of the sound of the Beatles; and, by extension, it would help create a new genre called "acid-rock." Randy Renaud revisits that crazy night on this week's edition of the Chronicles of Rock.
Randy Renaud uses his unique storytelling ability to relive some of the biggest and most important moments in the history of rock 'n' roll. Important albums, legendary concerts and nights of debauchery all make up the Chronicles of Rock.
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