Monday, February 20, 2012

February 20, 2012

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ELTON JOHN...Rocket Man: Number Ones (2007)
(CD/DVD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 20
J. Geils is 66; Walter Becker from Steely Dan is 62; Jon Brant, formerly with Cheap Trick, is 58; Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is 49;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Kurt Donald Cobain from Nirvana was born.
1976 Kiss embedded their platform boots into wet cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
1980 Ronald Belford Scott of AC/DC is pronounced dead
2003 A fire broke out during a rock concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others. Great White was performing that night. Ty Longley from the band was one of the 100 to die
2007 Dave Navarro of Jane's Addicition and the Red Hot Chili Peppers has his divorced finalized from Carmen Electra
2008 Devon Townsend receives a 2 year sentence behind bars. She is found guilty of harrassing Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and his wife

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

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