January 7, 2012

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BREAKING BENJAMIN...Saturate (2002)
(CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 7
Paul Revere is 74; Kathy Valentine from The Go-Go's is 53;

ON THIS DATE
1970 Max Yasgur is sued by his neighbors in upper New York for damages caused by those who attended Woodstock 4 months earlier. Yasgur owned the property where the festival was held
1994 Nirvana performed on stage for the last time in the US at a concert in Seattle
1996 Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Jefferson Airplane are inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame
2004 Dr. Gilbert Lederman offers to donate a George Harrison autographed guitar to charity one day after Lederman is sued by Harrison’s estate for coercing Harrison into signing a guitar on his death-bed. The case is settled when its agreed that the guitar will be disposed of privately
2011 Phil Kennemore of Y&T died of lung cancer in Stanford, California. Kennemore was 57

Check out this weekend's "The Rock Show" with Michael David, as they countdown the Top 10 Rock Tracks of 2011, and the Vintage Vinyl Vault will be "Leftoverture" from Kansas. You can download the zip file here