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NME Agenda - 20 April 2009

NME Agenda - 20 April 2009

NME brings you the five biggest things in music this week, including the Camden Crawl, The Specials, PJ Harvey and the movie trailer for 'Where The Wild Things Are'.

NME Radio Beatles Special - Part Two

NME Radio Beatles Special - Part Two

NME Radio Beatles Special - Part Two

NME Radio Beatles Special - Part One

NME Radio Beatles Special - Part One

NME Radio Beatles Special - Part One

NME Video: Music News - V Festival 2008 Special

NME Video: Music News - V Festival 2008 Special

A special NME News bulletin covering the weekend's events at V Festival 2008..

NME Music News - 27 February 2009 - Awards Special

NME Music News - 27 February 2009 - Awards Special

An Awards Special of NME's Music News, featuring many of the winners from the Shockwaves NME Awards 2009.

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YouTube .38 Special Videos

38 Special - Second Chance

38 Special - Second Chance (04:30)

Music video by 38 Special performing Second Chance (C) 1989 A&M Records

38 Special - Caught Up In You

38 Special - Caught Up In You (03:55)

Music video by 38 Special performing Caught Up In You (C) 1982 A&M Records

38 Special - Hold On Loosely: Live Version

38 Special - Hold On Loosely: Live Version (04:38)

Music video by 38 Special performing Hold On Loosely: Live Version (C) 1981 A&M Records

38 Special - Back Where You Belong

38 Special - Back Where You Belong (04:19)

Southern Rock Video

.38 Special-Hold On Loosely

.38 Special-Hold On Loosely (04:37)

This is the .38 Special song, "Hold On Loosely".

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.38 Special Biography

38 Special (also written .38 Special or Thirty-Eight Special) is an American rock band that was formed by neighborhood friends Don Barnes and Donnie Van Zant in 1975 in Jacksonville, Florida. By the early 1980s, 38 Special began amalgamating southern rock and arena rock in their music, thereby kicking off a string of successful albums and singles.

Their first high-charting song was "Hold On Loosely" (1981); "Caught Up In You" (1982) and "If I'd Been The One" (1983) both hit #1 on Billboard magazine's Album Rock Tracks chart. "Back Where You Belong" (1984) continued the annual sequence of radio favorites, and "Second Chance" (1989), a #1 hit on Billboard's adult contemporary chart, was sung by former Specialist Max Carl.

In 2007, 38 Special was the opening act on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr.'s Rowdy Frynds Tour, and on September 27, 2008, they filmed a CMT Crossroads special with country singer Trace Adkins, performing both artists' hits from over the years. In 2009, 38 Special opened for REO Speedwagon and Styx as part of the "Can't Stop Rockin' Tour."

The current lineup consists of Barnes, Van Zant, guitarist Danny Chauncey, bassist Larry Junstrom, keyboardist Bobby Capps and drummer Gary Moffatt.

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.38 Special's Best Songs

  • 1. Hold on Loosely
  • 2. Caught Up in You
  • 3. Second Chance
  • 4. Rockin' Into the Night
  • 5. If I'd Been the One
  • 6. Back Where You Belong
  • 7. Fantasy Girl
  • 8. Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
  • 9. Like No Other Night
  • 10. Stone Cold Believer
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.38 Special Discography

.38 Special albums.

  • 38 Special - 10/2003 (Lemon Recordings/GB)
  • Strength in Numbers - 04/1986 (A & M Records/US)
  • Tour de Force - (A & M Records/US)
  • Special Forces - 06/1982 (A & M Records/US)
  • Wild-Eyed Southern Boys - 05/1981 (A & M Records/US)
  • Rockin' Into the Night - 01/1980 (A & M Records/US)

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