February 13, 2012

THE ALBUM OF DAY
CRY OF LOVE...Brother (1993)
(CD, minidisc, Allmusic review)


ROCK WINNERS AT THE 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMYS
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE...'Walk' by the Foo Fighters
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE...'White Limo' by the Foo Fighters
BEST ROCK SONG...'Walk' by the Foo Fighters, songwriters the Foo Fighters
BEST ROCK ALBUM..."Wasting Light" by the Foo Fighters
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM..."Bon Iver" by Bon Iver
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM..."Ramble At The Ryman" by Levon Helm
BEST BLUES ALBUM..."Revelator" by the Tedeschi Trucks Band
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE..."The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story" by Bruce Springsteen, Dave Bett and Michelle Holme, art directors
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM..."Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)" by Paul McCartney and Wings, Paul McCartney, compilation producer, Sam Okell and Steve Rooke, mastering engineers


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 13
Peter Tork from The Monkees is 70; Peter Gabriel is 62; Ed Gagliardi, formerly with Foreigner, is 60; Henry Rollins is 51; Todd Harrell from 3 Doors Down is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1955 Elvis Presley performs in Lubbock, Texas. Buddy and Bob open for Elvis. The Buddy is, yes, you guessed it, none other than Buddy Holly himself
1970 Black Sabbath release the debut album Black Sabbath
1972 Government officials in Singapore refuse to let Led Zeppelin off of their plane simply because their hair was to long
1982 Police find the stolen gravestone belonging to Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd in a dry river bed
2005 The Grammy Hall Of Fame inducts Let It Bleed by the Rolling Stones. The 47th Grammys award U2 with the Best Rock Song for 'Vertigo', Best Rock Album goes to Green Day for American Idiot, Best Hard Rock performance-Velvet Revolver for 'Slither'. In the meantime Slash has his tophat stolen that he had worn for 15 years
2006 It is announced that Brett Scallions has left Fuel

Check out this weeks "The Rock Show" with Michael David, where the rock music does all the talkin'. This week we hear new music from Van Halen, Leslie West with Slash, Staind and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Vintage Vinyl Vault is "Rumours" from Fleetwood Mac, I'll take you on another trip on My Musical Journey and we'll find out the new number 1 rock track in America for this week. You can download the zip file here