Rock and Culture Anniversaries

It's humorously titled after his familiar stage introduction, "… on tonsils and sneakers, I'm 'Lonesome' Dave."

Anyone looking for the match-light moment when they exploded onto the national scene needs to search no further.

Future hit actually began life along a lonesome country highway outside Montgomery, Alabama.

They topped the charts for a final time with this jigsaw puzzle of a song.

Every element of this wry narrative about a gold digger's empty life unfolds with a writerly knack for detail.

Chaffing at their country-rock roots, they regrouped to construct a "nasty track with pretty vocals."

He borrowed drummer Steve Smith for a hit song inspired by his band’s hit “Faithfully.”

Ironically, they struggled mightily while trying to piece together this easygoing song.

At the time, he said the long delay was the "worst thing that ever happened to me."

The synth-pop duo's first LP was ignored in the U.S., but two years later they had a No. 1 album and single.

It's still a touchstone moment in every band profile, an obligatory part of every interview and a set-list stalwart.

Cool old-school-meets-new-school cast played four shows meant to raise money for war-torn country.