John Fogerty, who was awarded BMI's prestigious Icon Award on Tuesday night, admits he's a little awed by the ranks he's joined. Previous winners of the highest recognition presented by the performing rights organization include the Bee Gees, Paul Simon, James Brown and Willie Nelson. Having grown up as a follower of many of his now fellow Icons, ...

Jakob Dylan remembers the first act that reached down and grabbed his musical soul -- and it's probably not who you think. "The Clash were the first group that just had it all. They looked like a gang," he said during a talk with the Grammy Museum's executive director, Robert Santelli, on Monday night. After seeing the British band perform in ...

Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones has a most surprising choice for his dream guest on his beloved radio show, 'Jonesy's Jukebox.' The program, which is propelled by Jones' cult of personality and often-indecipherable Cockney accent as much as his wide-ranging music selections, has featured guests from the entire entertainment spectrum, whether it ...

Warning: If you go to Ringo Starr's Los Angeles home for a cup of tea, prepare to end up on his album. As he began working on 'Y Not,' which came out Jan. 12, various guests were drafted into playing on the collection. "The great Joe Walsh was living in the guest house, so he came over to put guitars on it. Dave Stewart came over for a cup of tea ...

Melissa Etheridge has long been a crusader, whether it's as a gay rights activist, an environmentalist or breast cancer survivor. On 'Fearless Love,' the first single and soaring title track from her forthcoming album, she is a zealot of a different sort, championing our inalienable right to love unafraid and, as she sings, never "settle for ...

On the set of the video shoot for her new single, 'Fearless Love,' Melissa Etheridge enthusiastically waxes about the song's message of acceptance, but get her talking about her weekend plans and she becomes downright giddy. That's because she's playing 'Born to Run' for one of her musical idols, Bruce Springsteen. "I'm about to sing for him this ...

Los Angeles' Gibson Amphitheater may be a good 15 miles from the Pacific, but don't tell that to Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. At the first of four shows at the 6,000-seat venue, the Seattle band's lead singer declared that he was taking the enthusiastic audience on a little surfing safari. "We're playing almost all of the ocean songs," he said, ...