December 3

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 3
Ozzy Osbourne is 62; Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship and Starship is 61;


ON THIS DATE
1966 The Monkees make their concert debut in Honolulu, Hawaii
1968 "Singer Presents Elvis" airs on NBC. The show is more commonly known as the "Comeback Special"
1972 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones reads in the newspaper that charges have been brought against him and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg by French police for violating the country’s drug laws
1976 During the cover shoot for the album Animals by Pink Floyd the 40 foot pig breaks free flying from London to Kent
1979 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, where The Who were performing
2009 Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones is arrested for assault. He was suspected of assaulting his 21-year-old girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova
2009 Travis Barker of Blink 182 settles a lawsuit against Clay Lacy Aviation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Global Exec Aviation, Bombardier Inc. and others over the 2008 South Carolina plane crash that killed four and left Barker seriously injured

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Saturday, December 4 DON FELDER Youkey Theatre Lakeland
Saturday, December 4 JOE SATRIANI Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater
Saturday, December 4 JOE BONAMASSA The Plaza Orlando
Saturday, January 15 CAKE Jannus Live St. Petersburg

IN THE NEWS
Sick Puppies Ride Touring, Free Hugs to Success
The Grammy Nominees In ROCK:
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Run Back To Your Side Eric Clapton Track from: Clapton, Crossroads John Mayer Track from: Battle Studies, Helter Skelter Paul McCartney Track from: Good Evening New York City, Silver Rider Robert Plant Track from: Band Of Joy, Angry World Neil Young Track from: Le Noise.
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Ready To Start Arcade Fire Track from: The Suburbs, I Put A Spell On You Jeff Beck & Joss Stone Track from: Emotion & Commotion, Tighten Up The Black Keys Track from: Brothers, Radioactive Kings Of Leon, Resistance Muse Track from: The Resistance.
Best Hard Rock Performance
A Looking In View Alice In Chains, Let Me Hear You Scream Ozzy Osbourne Track from: Scream, Black Rain Soundgarden Track from: Telephantasm, Between The Lines Stone Temple Pilots Track from: Stone Temple Pilots, New Fang Them Crooked Vultures Track from: Them Crooked Vultures.
Best Metal Performance
El Dorado Iron Maiden Track from: The Final Frontier, Let The Guilt Go Korn Track from: Korn III: Remember Who You Are, In Your Words Lamb Of God, Track from: Wrath, Sudden Death Megadeth, World Painted Blood Slayer Track from: World Painted Blood.
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Hammerhead Jeff Beck Track from: Emotion & Commotion, Black Mud, The Black Keys, Track from: Brothers, Do The Murray, Los Lobos, Track from: Tin Can Trust, Kundalini Bonfire, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Track from: Live In Las Vegas, The Deathless Horsie, Dweezil Zappa, Track from: Return Of The Son Of... .
Best Rock Song, A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
Angry World, Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young) Track from: Le Noise, Little Lion Man Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford &
Sons) Track from: Sigh No More, Radioactive Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon), Resistance Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse) Track from: The Resistance, Tighten Up Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys) Track from: Brothers
Best Rock Album
Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.
Emotion & Commotion Jeff Beck, The Resistance Muse, Backspacer Pearl Jam, Mojo Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Le Noise Neil Young
Video: Ron Wood, Mick Taylor Unite for Benefit Show

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, December 6 SULLY ERNA of GODSMACK 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, December 8 GARY HOEY in Concert 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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