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Ryan Reed

Ryan Reed is a contributing writer for GOOD residing in Knoxville, Tennessee who specializes in stories on music and pop culture. He has contributed to Rolling Stone, Relix, Revolver, SPIN and The New York Times.

Photo credit: Canva: Irisphoto2 (top left), danaibe12 (bottom left), both cropped / David Gans, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons, cropped (right) – Songwriter Graham Nash had a profound acid trip that involved Stonehenge and a cathedral.

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Graham Nash’s life-changing acid trip involved a church, Stonehenge, and a profound revelation

Ryan Reed

6/30/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshot from CBS Chicago – Ketel Marte was brought to tears during an MLB game after facing a shameful fan taunt.

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Baseball manager’s poignant support for a player brought to tears after shameful fan taunt

Ryan Reed

6/28/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshot from HighQualityMusic – Brian Wilson was blown away by George Martin analyzing The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows."

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Brian Wilson was blown away by ‘fifth Beatle’ George Martin mixing ‘God Only Knows’ in person

Ryan Reed

6/27/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from Michael Jackson FanSquare – Remembering when James Brown invited Prince and Michael Jackson on stage in 1983.

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James Brown once called Prince and Michael Jackson on stage. The result was purely chaotic.

Ryan Reed

6/26/2025
Photo credit: Screenshot from Dolly Parton performance on YouTube (left) / Dina Regine via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0, cropped (right) – Dolly Parton added a bluegrass flavor to "Stairway to Heaven" back in 2002.

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Dolly Parton added bluegrass magic to Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ live in 2002

Ryan Reed

6/23/2025
Photo credit: Screenshot from Chris Cornell Facebook video (left) / Matthew Rolston; Distributed by Epic Records, public domain via Wikimedia Commons (right) – Chris Cornell transformed Michael Jackson's classic "Billie Jean."

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Watch Chris Cornell transform Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ in haunting acoustic cover

Ryan Reed

6/23/2025
Photo credit: Fiona Bowie (gebgdc) via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, cropped (left) / Angela George via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, cropped (right) – Trent Reznor had a perfectly surreal first meeting with his "hero" David Lynch.

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Trent Reznor’s perfectly surreal and strange story about meeting his ‘hero’ David Lynch

Ryan Reed

6/21/2025
Photo credit: Avda via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (left) / Afirebenside via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (right) – John Frusciante once wrote a letter to Jimmy Page, with a bold musical request.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter, with a bold request

Ryan Reed

6/16/2025
Photo credit: screenshots from Tom Jones YouTube – Tom Jones once recruited Pink Floyd's David Gilmour to cover Prince's "Purple Rain."

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27 years ago Tom Jones and David Gilmour performed an astounding version of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’

Ryan Reed

6/15/2025
Photo credit: Bernard Gotfryd (Library of Congress) via Wikimedia Commons (left) / Corwin via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (right) – When John Lennon and Paul McCartney reunited for a 1974 studio jam, the results were chaotic.

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Four years after The Beatles’ breakup, John Lennon and Paul McCartney had a chaotic final studio jam

Ryan Reed

6/13/2025

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