Jason brings nearly 20 years of award-winning writing experience to the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team. He joined Cheat Sheet in 2017 with a recent focus on vintage music, including classic rock album reviews.
The first music he remembers hearing was Huey Lewis and the News. Despite that, Jason found his way to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles (falling in love with Ringo Starr’s drumming), and more. He came around to The Rolling Stones a little late but deeply appreciates their ballads and deep cuts. When he’s not writing, you might find Jason cooking or dropping some Zeppelin and Beatles into his kids’ Raffi playlist.
Bruce Springsteen said the Beatles song "My Bonnie" was a rip-off since the Fab Four weren't the featured musicians, but The Boss still fell in love with the Fab Four anyway.
George Harrison's friend Jeff Lynne didn't find the same success as The Beatles with Electric Light Orchestra, but he beat Harrison into one musical hall of fame that George deserves to be in.
'The Dark Side of the Moon' established them as an internationally famous band, and one Pink Floyd song from an earlier album pointed toward that future.
Only one copy of Frank Sinatra's song for Ringo Starr's wife ever existed and the master was destroyed, making it the rarest Beatles record of all time.
They broke down barriers and opened doors for other bands to walk through, but The Beatles' AI song one of the few times they'll follow the trends instead of setting them.
They were a groundbreaking band in the 1960s, but The Beatles' AI song that Paul McCartney plans to release in 2023 will join a growing list of computer- and technology-aided music.
Despite exploring disco and new wave, 'Some Girls' brought back a lot of the rock 'n' roll energy The Rolling Stones lacked on their previous albums, and Mick Jagger was obviously a fan.