Sunday, October 9, 2011

Rocktober 9, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
AMERICA...America (1971)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR ROCKTOBER 9
Jackson Browne is 63; Kurt Neumann of The BoDeans is 50; Sean Lennon is 36;

ON THIS DATE
1940 John Lennon is born in Liverpool, England. Lennon died in 1980
1944 John Entwistle of the Who was born in Chiswick, London, England. Entwistle died in 2002
1973 Elvis and Priscilla Presley's divorce is finalized
2007 Rock And Roll Jesus by Kid Rock is released
2007 Blackbird by Alter Bridge is released
2007 Famous by Puddle Of Mudd is released
2008 Bon Jovi is sued by Samuel Bartley Steele for $1 billion for plagarizm. Steele claims that the band's ‘07 tune "I Love This Town," which was used in Major League Baseball postseason ads, is remarkably similar to his ‘04 ode to the Boston Red Sox, "(Man I Really) Love This Team." Steele wants $100, 000 for each copy of “Lost Highway,” which has “I Love This Town.” The album sold 4 million units which is how Steele got to $40 billion
2010 A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from "Imagine" to honor Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, Rocktober 10 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, Rocktober 12 NICK MASON of PINK FLOYD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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The Rock Show with Michael David returns!!! Check out this weeks show by downloading the zip file here.

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