May 19, 2011

Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE CARS...Move Like This (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 19
Pete Townshend of The Who is 66; Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 62; Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 57; Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 49;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Steve Currie of T. Rex was born in Lincolnshire, England. Currie passed away in 1981 in a car crash
1951 Joey Ramone of the Ramones is born in Queens, New York. Ramone died in 2001
1965 Mick Avory of the Kinks hits Dave Davies over the head with a cymbal during a Kinks concert
1976 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones crashes his car after falling asleep and police find drug paraphernalia, cocaine and marijuana
1979 Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd. Harrison, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney are among the musicians who perform at the wedding reception
1986 So by Peter Gabriel is released
2000 The Allman Brothers announce that founding guitarist Dickey Betts will not be a part of their summer tour

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, May 23 SEETHER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, May 25 HEART 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Does your local rock station carry Rockline? Find out here

Check out the latest "The Rock Show" with Michael David for the weekend of May
20-22, 2011. You can download the zip file here