March 11, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
AARON LEWIS...Town Line (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

This debut album from Aaron Lewis, the lead singer from Staind, entered the Billboard album charts this week at number 7. My kids really like the video of "Country Boy" so i thought I'd check it out. It's a country sounding album, as Lewis is a big fan of country music. Being a rock fan I was hoping for a heavy punch from Aaron on his debut. Nevertheless, it's still pretty cool for an EP, plus it has 3 different versions of "Country Boy". I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars, and recommend you check it out


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 11
Harvey "The Snake" Mandel of Canned Heat is 66; Mark Stein from Vanilla Fudge is 64; George Kooymans from Golden Earring is 63; Rami Jaffee from The Wallflowers, Foo Fighters, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam and others is 42; Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte are 32;

ON THIS DATE
1970 At the Grammys: Crosby, Stills & Nash win Best New Artist. They beat out Led Zeppelin
1997 Paul McCartney becomes SIR Paul McCartney as he is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
2004 Aerosmith begin their Honkin' On Bobo North American tour in Houston, with Cheap Trick the opening act
2004 Corey Taylor of Stone Sour and Slipknot marries his fiancee Scarlett in Des Moines, Iowa

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
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