Saturday, December 10, 2011

December 10, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...Sonic Brew (1999)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 10
Scot Alexander of Dishwalla is 40; Meg White of The White Stripes is 37;

ON THIS DATE

1967 Otis Redding, 26, and six others were killed when their plane crashed into Wisconsin's Lake Monona
1967 The Steve Miller Blue's Band sign with Capitol Records, with "Blues" soon dropped
1976 Wings Over America by Wings is released
1984 "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band-Aid is released to raise money for African famine relief
1999 Death claimed Rick Danko of the Band. Danko was 56
2007 Led Zeppelin perform at London's O2 Arena at a tribute concert for Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who passed away the previous December. Included in the audience: Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, The Edge, David Grohl, Queen drummer Roger Taylor and Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott
2009 Axl Rose of Guns 'N' Roses punches a photographer while boarding a flight at Los Angeles International Airport


ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, December 12 CHEVELLE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, December 14 SLASH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Does your local rock station carry Rockline? Find out here

The Rock Show with Michael David for the weekend of December 9-11, 2011. You can download the zip file here

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