For the rest of time, the cowbell will be associated less with cows than with Saturday Night Live. During a spoof of the Blue Oyster Cult’s hit, “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper,” actor Christopher Walken ...
The Byrds helped pioneer folk rock with a cover of Bob Dylan’s song in 1965. Dylan’s original didn’t include a tambourine, and it opened the acoustic side of his album Bringing It All Back Home. But ...
The cowbell, modeled here by Swiss bovine Sophia, is, in many ways, rock and roll's secret weapon. Sometimes, it's just what a song needs to go from good to great. Credit: Photo by Maria Feofilova.