3 STORIES
1968 · 60S
"Hush" was born as a gospel-flavoured Southern soul song by Joe South, and its real subject is an obsessive, almost spiritual summons from a…
1972 · 70S
A song born backstage on a tour bus in 1971 became the opening salvo of one of hard rock's most consequential albums. "Highway Star" is less…
1972 · 70S
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
The most famous riff in rock is attached to a piece of straight news reporting: on 4 December 1971 a concert hall on Lake Geneva burned down…