May 30, 2011

Check out the Rock Genre New Releases

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOURNEY...Escape (1981)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review, Vintage Vinyl Vault)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 30
Topper Headon of the Clash is 56; Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine is 47; Patrick Dahlheimer of Live is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1968 The Beatles began recording sessions for what would be The Beatles, more commonly known as The White Album
1972 Bruce Springsteen auditions for Columbia Records’ John Hammond. He signs with the label a month later
1980 Carl Radle of Derek And The Dominoes dies from chronic kidney failure. He was 37
1992 Paul Simon and Edie Brickell marry in Montauk, Long Island, New York
1996 John Kahn of the Jerry Garcia Band dies at age 48 of complications from heart disease at his home in Mill Valley, California
2003 Rod Stewart files for a divorce from Rachel Hunter. That same day Paul and Heather McCartney announce they are expecting a child
2006 The Hard Stuff by George Thorogood and the Destroyers is relesed
2010 Ronnie James Dio is laid to rest at the Hall of Liberty in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, May 30 BLACK STONE CHERRY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, June 1 PAUL RODGERS 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
27-30, 2011. You can download the zip file here