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Keeping the gears moving - one day at a time - Unveiling the stories behind classic tracks - Playin’ the Blues and hangin’ with Jones.

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Ginger Baker — heroin-addicted (quit 29 times), violently tempered (once attacked Jack Bruce with a knife) — fueled constant strife in Cream, causing the band to collapse and driving Eric Clapton to a breakdown. Clapton then quietly sought a calmer project with Steve Winwood in Blind Faith, but Baker tracked them down and forced his way into the band anyway.

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1973. Intended as a parody of Bob Dylan, Gerry Rafferty (Baker Street. Right Down the Line) recorded the lead vocals but quit Steeler's Wheel before its release. With Rafferty gone, Joe Egan (co-founder/songwriter) was forced to lip-sync to promote the album. He can be seen mocking the idea in the clip.

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Pater: Latin for Father; Mater: Latin for Mother.

Widely mistaken for a romantic love song because of the soulful performance, Hucknall was 17 when he wrote it about his mother abandoning him when he was just 3 years old.

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Immediately after this song, Daryl Hall was found guilty of possession of blue-eyed soul over the legal limit.

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Written by Jonathan Cain, the 1980 replacement for keyboardist Greg Rolley and a devout born-again Christian. He survived the tragic Our Lady of the Angels school fire in 1958 Chicago (it killed 92 classmates and 3 nuns). The song is inspired by a faith journey from tragedy to rock stardom to ministry.

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@RollingStone She’s not “replacing” anyone. I remember Rolling Stone before it turned into People magazine.