Tuesday, May 3, 2011

May 3, 2011



Check out What We're Listening To This Week. What are you listening to? Let us know

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
RINGO STARR...Ringo The 4th (1977)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 3
Mary Hopkin is 61; David Immerglück of the Counting Crows is 50; Josey Scott of Saliva is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Jimi Hendrix is arrested in Toronto for possesion of narcotics
1974 Led Zeppelin launches its Swan Song label
1976 Paul McCartney makes his first U.S. stage appearance in a decade as the “Wings Over America” tour opens in Ft. Worth, Texas
2001 It is announced that George Harrison has undergone cancer surgery with a good prognosis
2004 The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal filed by Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake who claimed in a 1998 suit that they had not received proper compensation and credit for their work on two Ozzy Osbourne albums, Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman
2006 A London court rules that Purple Haze Records does not have the right to distribute or sell Jimi Hendrix's music
2006 Living With War by Neil Young is released

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, May 4 PETER FRAMPTON 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, May 9 ALTER BRIDGE 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 6-8, 2011. You can download the zip file here.

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