Thursday, July 7, 2011

July 5, 2011


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ALLEN COLLINS BAND...Here, There And Back (1983)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 5
Robbie Robertson is 68; Huey Lewis is 61; Michael Monarch of Steppenwolf is 61; Marc Cohn is 52; Jason Bonham is 45; Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 31; Nick O'Malley of the Arctic Monkeys is 26;

ON THIS DATE
1954 Elvis Presley auditions for Sun Records
1969 The Rolling Stones perform in London at Hyde Park to introduce their new guitarist Mick Taylor, but the concert turns more into a memorial as their original guitarist Brian Jones had died two days earlier
1978 The Rolling Stones album Some Girls has production halted by EMI because some of the celebrities that are on the cover don't want to be associated with the Stones

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, July7 6 GEORGE THOROGOOD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, July 11 THREE DAYS GRACE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Check out the latest Rock Show with Mr. Rock 'N' Roll Michael David for the 4th of July weekend. You can download the zip file here

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