June 21, 2011

Check out WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THIS WEEK (6-21-2011). What are you listening to?

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
KISS...Ace Frehley (1978)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 21
Ray Davies of The Kinks is 67; Joey Molland of Badfinger is 64; Don Airey of Deep Purple is 63; Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 61; Nils Lofgren is 60; Mike Einziger of Incubus is 35; Brandon Flowers of the Killers is 30;

ON THIS DATE
1966 The Rolling Stones sue 14 hotels in New York that won't let the Stones stay there, saying it hurts their reputation
1968 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones arrested for marijuana possession for the second time
1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple to form Rainbow
1990 Little Richard gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2001 John Lee Hooker dies in Los altos, California at the age of 83

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, June 22 WARREN HAYNES 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, June 27 POP EVIL and BUCKCHERRY 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 June 17-19, 2011. You can download the zip file here