When Music Was Magic - Classic Rock Hits of the 1970's - Who, Journey, ZZ Top, Rush, and More.

When Music Was Magic: A Tribute To 70’s Rock Vol. 3

The summer of '76 was when everything changed. My best friend Tommy had just gotten his driver's license and his dad's old Chevy Impala, which meant freedom. Real freedom. Not the kind they talked about in history class, but the kind that came with four wheels and an 8-track player.

Our first concert was Rush at the Memorial Auditorium. We'd saved for weeks, working extra shifts at the record store, sorting vinyl and recommending albums to customers who trusted our teenage wisdom more than they probably should have. The moment Neil Peart's drums kicked in during "2112," I felt it in my chest – not just the vibration, but something deeper. Like the music was rewiring something inside me.

That summer became a blur of concert tickets and worn-out album covers. We caught The Who when they came through town, Pete Townshend windmilling his arm like he was trying to generate enough electricity to power the whole city. Elton John at the piano, a technicolor hurricane of sound and sequins. And Fleetwood Mac – Stevie Nicks twirling in black chiffon under the spotlight, her voice cutting through the haze of the arena.

The best nights were the ones we didn't plan. Like when we heard Bob Seger was playing at the county fairgrounds on a perfect August evening. We arrived just as the sun was setting, the stage lights coming to life against the darkening sky. We made our way to the front of the crowd as Seger sang about night moves and running against the wind, his voice like gravel and velvet.

Between concerts, we'd drive for hours, windows down, volume up, singing until our voices gave out. Tommy's car didn't have air conditioning, but we didn't care. The wind in our hair and "Dreams" or "Limelight" or "Won't Get Fooled Again" blasting from the speakers was all the comfort we needed.

Nobody had smartphones back then. No one was recording anything or worrying about social media posts. We were just... present. Fully there in those moments when the guitar solo hit and the crowd went wild and you could feel the collective heartbeat of thousands of strangers all experiencing the same perfect slice of time.

I still have all those ticket stubs, pressed between the pages of old journals. Sometimes I take them out and remember how it felt to be young when music was magic – when a great song could change your life, and the next life-changing song was just a radio dial away.

A heartfelt tribute to the 70s experience, as imagined through the lens of the music that defined it.

Track List:
01. - 00:00:01 | Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits.
02. - 00:05:45 | Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who.
03. - 00:14:16 | Working Man - Rush.
04. - 00:21:23 | Layla - Derek and the Dominoes.
05. - 00:28:22 | Don't Look Back - Boston.
06. - 00:34:21 | The Chain - Fleetwood Mac.
07. - 00:38:45 | Ricky Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan.
08. - 00:43:14 | Time for Me to Fly - REO Speedwagon.
09. - 00:46:52 | Pinball Wizard - Elton John.
10. - 00:51:58 | Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings.
11. - 00:57:07 | Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra.
12. - 01:01:07 | Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger.
13. - 01:06:06 | Baker Street - Jerry Rafferty.
14. - 01:12:07 | Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen.
15. - 01:16:33 | Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers.
16. - 01:20:17 | Barracuda - Heart.
17. - 01:24:37 | Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band.
18. - 01:29:14 | Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band.
19. - 01:33:59 | Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton.
20. - 01:47:43 | Shooting Star - Bad Company.
21. - 01:53:55 | Dream On - Aerosmith.
22. - 01:58:20 | Dust in the Wind - Kansas.
23. - 02:01:41 | Love Is Alive - Gary Wright.
24. - 02:05:28 | Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel.
25. - 02:09:47 | Renegade - Styx.
26. - 02:13:59 | Stranglehold - Ted Nugent.
27. - 02:22:19 | Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet.
28. - 02:26:03 | Wheel in the Sky - Journey.
29. - 02:30:12 | All Right Now - Free.
30. - 02:35:39 | Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt.
31. - 02:39:16 | Miracles - Jefferson Starship.
32. - 02:46:04 | Smoke from a Distant Fire - Sanford Townsend Band.
33. - 02:49:34 | Lowdown - Boz Scaggs.
34. - 02:54:48 | Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple.
35. - 03:00:26 | La Grange - ZZ Top.
36. - 03:04:13 | Hold the Line - Toto.
37. - 03:08:06 | No More Mister Nice Guy - Alice Cooper.
38. - 03:11:10 | Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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