Thursday, January 19, 2012

January 19, 2012

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
NIGHTWISH...Imaginareum (2012)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 19
Phil Everly is 73; Rod Evans formerly with Deep Purple is 67; Martha Davis from the Motels is 61; Dewey Bunnell from America is 60; Jeff Pilson, currently with Foreigner is 54; Whitfield Crane from Ugly Kid Joe is 44; John Wozniak from Marcy Playground is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1943 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas. Joplin died in 1970
1949 Robert Palmer is born in Batley, Yorkshire, England. Palmer died in 2003
1976 Bill Sargent offers the Beatles $30 million to perform one show. They declined
1994 John Lennon, The Animals, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart and Elton John are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
1998 Carl Perkins dies from throat cancer and a series of strokes
2007 Denny Doherty, a member of the 1960s folk-rock group The Mamas & the Papas, died near Toronto at age 66

Check out "The Rock Show" where the rock music does all the talkin' with Michael David. This week we will hear some new music, the Vintage Vinyl Vault is "Freeze Frame" from the J. Geils Band and we'll take a trip on My Musical Journey. You can download the zip file here

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