Newt’s top 10 posts of 2024: AC/DC, the Stones, Deep Purple, the Allman Brothers, Mott the Hoople, Warren Haynes, Bob Rock, etc.

By Steve Newton

Yep, that’s my American Standard Strat and my ’70s Fender Pro Reverb tube amp.

I didn’t use them much in 2024 ’cause I was too busy publishing blogs about my favourite rock bands and guitarists and such.

Here’s my ten most popular posts from last year.

Thanks for the clicks!

10. Even without Dickey and Duane, the Allman Brothers’ final concert is a southern-rock masterpiece (posted Nov. 13, 903 views)

9. AC/DC plays Vancouver in 2025, but will it be bloody worth it? (posted Dec. 2, 904 views)

8. Vancouver blues-rocker Colin James injured in car accident, cancels U.S. tour dates (posted Sept. 17, 923 views)

7. That time Roger Glover told me that Steve Morse was in Deep Purple because Glover was into the Dixie Dregs (posted March 12, 928 views)

6. That time Warren Haynes told me that the Marcus King Band was his favourite current band (posted Feb. 6, 1,003 views)

5. Coast to Coast rocks Surrey like a hurricane while paying tribute to guitar great Michael Schenker (posted Feb. 25, 1,089 views)

4. Newly released Midnight Special episode from 1973 boasts Mott the Hoople doing “Drivin’ Sister” (posted March 2, 1,194 views)

3. AC/DC announces European Tour, featuring original guitarist Angus Young and longtime vocalist Brian Johnson (posted Feb. 12, 1,379 views)

2. The Rolling Stones’ pricey Vancouver gig rekindles memories of seeing them four times for free (posted July 5, 1,836 views)

1. That time Bob Rock told me that the album Mötley Crüe was making without Vince Neil was the best thing they’d ever done (posted Dec. 22, 3,899 views)

To hear the full audio of my interviews with Bob Rock and former members of AC/DC, Deep Purple, the Allman Brothers, and Mott the Hoople subscribe to my Patreon page, where you can also eavesdrop on my uncut, one-on-one conversations with rock legends since 1982.