February 22, 2012

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DAVID BOWIE...David Bowie (1967)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 22
Scott Phillips of Creed and Alter Bridge is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1963 Northern Music Publishing Company is formed by the Beatles
1965 The Beatles leave for the Bahamas to begin filming Help!
1967 "A Day In The Life" is finished by the Beatles, which would appear 4 months later on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 Sid Vicious is arrested in New York for drug possession
1989 At the 31st Grammy's: Jethro Tull beats out Metallica for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
2005 It is announced that Brian "Head" Welch has left KoRn. Welch had recently became a Christian
2007 It is announced that Ryan Yerdon is the new drummer for Puddle Of Mudd

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, February 22 Experience Hendrix Tour Featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford, Dweezil Zappa, Billy Cox, and John McDermott 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, February 27 DARK NEW DAY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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The Rock Show with Michael David, where the rock music does all the talkin'. This week we check out some tracks from that new Van Halen album "A Different Kind Of Truth", the Vintage Vinyl Vault is "Eat A Peach" from the Allman Brothers Band and we'll check out the rock winners from the 54th Annual Grammys. You can download the zip file here