December 16, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BLIND MELON...Blind Melon (1992)
(CD, Allmusic review)
We all have those albums that we bought because the hit single was a fantastic song, but then got the album home and the rest of it is mediocre. That was the case with the debut CD from Blind Melon. It's not a horrible album by no means. It's actually pretty good but none of the songs come close to being as cool as "No Rain". Another highlight is "Tones Of Home". Check it out, it's not bad.


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 16
Tony Hicks of The Hollies is 66; Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is 62; Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1983 Pete Townshend announces that he will no longer record or perform live with the Who
2008 Cinco Diablo by Saliva is released

2008 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath files a lawsuit against Live Nation and their subsidiary Signatures Network Inc. for copyright infringement claiming that they are selling merchandise with Black Sabbath images despite the expiration of a licensing agreement

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, December 19 ROB HALFORD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, December 21 REO SPEEDWAGON 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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The Rock Show with Michael David for the weekend of December 16-18, 2011. You can download the zip file here