![]() ![]() The article blurs the lines between Aykroyd and Belushi and their Blues Brothers counterparts, with writer Timothy White travelling from the Manhattan bar where the two perform - and where, the night White attends, Keith Richards is guest bartending - to their opening gig on the opposite coast for the Grateful Dead. ![]() Their Rolling Stone cover - the first to feature Canadian actors/comedians, and shot by the magazine's then chief photographer Annie Leibovitz - came after the world knew the Blues Brothers moniker but before the release of the star-studded, budget-plagued hit film of the same name. ![]() Young would go on to be on the cover of Rolling Stone three more times.ĭan Aykroyd and John Belushi premiered the Blues Brothers in 1976 during Saturday Night Live's first season - in a skit, dressed as bees - but they wouldn't make their official premiere as musical guests Elwood and "Joliet" Jake Blues on the show until two years later. She writes about her relationships so much more vividly than I do"), debunks some Buffalo Springfield myths ("How about the old hearse story?" "True.") and addresses the apparent tensions within Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ("Everybody always concentrates on this whole thing that we fight all the time among each other. In the lengthy interview, Young talks about the first time he met Joni Mitchell ("What an incredible talent she is. Though Young had technically been in a Rolling Stone cover one year earlier as part of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, this illustrated cover by Kim Whitesides was his first solo appearance. "Just keep one thing in mind: I may remember it all differently tomorrow." This 1975 cover story by writer/director Cameron Crowe was billed as Neil Young's "first comprehensive interview," landing three years after Harvest and sandwiched between Young's two 1975 releases, Tonight's the Night and Zuma. (While the magazine did run a feature on Drake, it opted for a cover tribute to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had died recently.) So while artists have grown accustomed to molding their own narrative, cover stories and long-form writing remain a space that rising stars want to occupy.Īs Rolling Stone turns 52 this year, we take a look back at 10 of the most iconic covers featuring Canadian artists, from Neil Young, who holds the record for the Canadian who has graced the cover the most, to Justin Bieber. For example, in 2014, Toronto rapper Drake expressed his " disgust" at Rolling Stone for not putting him on the cover. But its significance is still evident for musicians trying to ensure their spot in pop's upper echelon. Of course, over the years, as digital media began to take over and print media started to shrink, magazine covers have lost some value to musicians who can easily curate their own images and stories via social media. A cover could solidify a Canadian musician's star status. And while that kind of opportunity was invaluable to many up-and-comers in America, it was doubly important for Canadians trying to break into a tough U.S. Over the years, scoring the cover of Rolling Stone meant exposing an artist to new audiences, reaching readers across North America. 9, 1967, Rolling Stone launched its pop culture publication and quickly became one of the key voices of authority in rock music. ![]()
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