April 16

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 16
Gerry Rafferty is 63; Peter Garrett formerly with Midnight Oil is 57; David Pirner of Soul Asylum is 46; Dan Rieser of Marcy Playground is 44

ON THIS DATE
1924 Rudy Pompilli of Bill Haley and the Comets was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. Pompilli died in 1976 of lung cancer from second hand smoke
1943 Lonesome Dave Peverett of Foghat was born in Dullwich, England. Peverett died in 2000 in Orlando, Florida
1960 Shortly before midnight, rock-and-roll performer Eddie Cochran, 21, was fatally injured in a taxi crash in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; he died the next day.
1972 Electric Light Orchestra makes its debut in Croydon, England at the Fox and Greyhound pub
1993 David Lee Roth is arrested for buying a small amount of marijuana in New York
1996 Kiss announce a world tour with all 4 original members at a press conference in New York
1999 Skip Spence of Jefferson Airplane dies at the age of 52 of lung cancer in Santa Cruz, California

IN CONCERT
Saturday, April 17 COLD Firestone Live Orlando
Saturday, April 17 NELSON Epcot Center Lake Buena Vista
Saturday, April 17 BON JOVI St. Pete Times Forum Tampa
Saturday, April 17 COLIN HAY (of MEN AT WORK) Plaza Theatre Orlando
Wednesday, July 28 THE FIXX The Largo Cultural Center Largo
Thursday, July 29 THE FIXX Hard Rock Hotel Orlando
Friday, Rocktober 8 ROGER McGUINN The Largo Cultural Center Largo

IN THE NEWS
Reunited Soundgarden To Do Seattle Club Show
Green Day's 'American Idiot' Play: The Billboard Cover Story
Beatles, Stones, Blur Backing U.K. Record Store Day

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, April 19 SEVENDUST 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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