February 24

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
CAGE THE ELEPHANT...Thank You Happy Birthday (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)
This album went to number 2 on the U.S. Billboard charts earlier this year. If you like alternative rock music I recommend you check this one out. Sometimes they remind me of the Smashing Pumpkins, other times Radiohead, other tracks deliver their own style. It was a fun listen


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 24
Paul Jones from Manfred Mann is 69; Lonnie Turner, formerly with the Steve Miller Band, is 64; George Thorogood is 61;

ON THIS DATE
1969 The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed their last concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall
1992 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Courtney Love marry
1993 At the Grammys: Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" is the big winner of the evening, Melissa Etheridge’s "Ain’t It Heavy" wins Best Rock Performance, Female, Best Hard Rock Song goes to the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away"
1998 The Smashing Pumplins are sued by Virgin Records, who claim the band owed them an album three months earlier
2004 After We Go by Tantric is released
2008 ZZ Top play a pre-race show at the '08 Auto Club 500, the debut West Coast event of the NASCAR season, at the California Speedway

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
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