Lyrical: “Guitar” (Part One)

These are songs that contain the word “Guitar” in their lyrics.

“Dear Mr. Fantasy” is a 1967 song by Traffic, written by Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood, and it became one of the defining songs of the band’s psychedelic-rock period. It first appeared on Traffic’s debut album Mr. Fantasy in the United Kingdom, where it closes the original album’s first side, and on the American Heaven Is in Your Mind configuration.

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Lyrical: “Stardust” (Part One)

These are songs that contain the word “Stardust” in their lyrics.

“Ziggy Stardust” is a David Bowie song written solely by Bowie and recorded with the Spiders from Mars—Mick Ronson on guitar, Trevor Bolder on bass, and Mick Woodmansey on drums—at Trident Studios in London on November 11, 1971, for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, released June 16, 1972. The song tells the story of Ziggy, an androgynous,

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Bobby Whitlock, Danielle Spencer, Terry Reid, and Chuck Girard Dies

Several more have passed this summer of 2025.

These individuals have been in Delaney & Bonnie and co-founded Derek & the Dominos; played Dee in What’s Happening!! (1976–1979); was nicknamed “Superlungs”, and turned down lead singer for Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple; and was a pioneering musician in the realm of Contemporary Christian Music.

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David Crosby Dies

A founding member of two popular and enormously influential ’60s rock groups.

David Van Cortlandt Crosby was born on Aug. 14, 1941, in Los Angeles into families with deep roots in American history dating back to Dutch rule in New York in the 17th century. His mother, who was born Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead, descended from the prominent Van Cortlandt family[1]. His father, Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award-winning cinematographer whose credits included the classic western “High Noon,” was a member of the Van Rensselaer clan[2].

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