If you heard a hot guitar lick on a record from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, there’s a decent chance you were listening to Grady Martin. The prolific member of the Nashville A-Team played on ...

If our list of Rock's 20 Best Backing Vocalists proves anything, it's that the genre is often a team sport. Lead singers can find themselves in an unenviable position as the de facto mouthpieces of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - So, all you rock fans, it seems at least a couple of times a year there’s a kerfuffle concerning bands and artists using backing tracks during their shows. If you have no idea what ...

Nearly every country fan has a favorite country singer. However, some don’t spare a thought for the band that lays down the sonic backdrop for the singer. Without a good backing band, even the best ...

W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless admitted to using backing tracks during the band's live performances, but he insisted they're purely a supplemental tool to give fans the best experience possible.