May 1, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection) (1999)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 1
Johnny Colt formerly with the Black Crowes is 43; D'Arcy with the Smashing Pumpkins is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1955 Chuck Berry signs with Chess Records
1964 The Rolling Stones sign a management agreement with Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton
1967 Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu
1979 Elton John becomes the first pop music artist to perform in Israel
1984 Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac files for bankruptcy
2006 1,581 guitarists break a Guinness World Record when they simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe” in the town square of Wrocław, Poland. That same day Keith Richards falls out of a palm tree at a private island resort in Fiji
2007 Snakes And Arrows by Rush is released
2008 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is fined $588 and has his driver's license revoked for a year following his conviction for drunken driving

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, May 2 SAVING ABEL 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, May 4 PETER FRAMPTON 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Check out the latest "The Rock Show" with Michael David for the weekend of April 29-May 1, 2011. You can download the zip file here.