Friday, May 31, 2013

May 31, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
STEVE MILLER BAND...Steve Miller Band: Live
Released: 30 years ago in April 1983
Highest Chart position: #125 Billboard album charts
Label: Capitol
 
 ON THIS DATE
1948 John Bonham of Led Zeppelin is born in Worcestershire, England.  Bonham died in 1980
1961 Jimi Hendrix signs up for the Army
1976 The Who perform at the Charlton Athletic Grounds in England and according to the Guiness Book Of World Records it was the loudest concert ever at 120 decibels
2011 Ukelele Songs by Eddie Vedder is released

Thursday, May 30, 2013

May 30, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BOB DYLAN...Down In The Groove
Released: 25 years ago on May 30, 1988
Highest Chart Position: #61 Billboard album charts
Label: Columbia
Track Highlights: Silvio;

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 30
Topper Headon formerly with the Clash is 58; Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine is 49; Patrick Dahlheimer of Live and the Gracious Few is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1968 The Beatles began recording sessions for what would be The Beatles, more commonly known as The White Album
1972 Bruce Springsteen auditions for Columbia Records’ John Hammond. He signs with the label a month later
1980 Carl Radle of Derek And The Dominoes dies from chronic kidney failure. He was 37
1992 Paul Simon and Edie Brickell marry in Montauk, Long Island, New York
1996 John Kahn of the Jerry Garcia Band dies at age 48 of complications from heart disease at his home in Mill Valley, California
2003 Rod Stewart files for a divorce from Rachel Hunter. That same day Paul and Heather McCartney announce they are expecting a child
2006 'The Hard Stuff' by George Thorogood and the Destroyers is relesed
2010 Ronnie James Dio is laid to rest at the Hall of Liberty in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May 29, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PETE TOWNSHEND...Scoop
Released: 30 years ago in April 1983
Highest Chart Position: #35 Billboard album charts
Label: Atco
Track Highlights: So Sad About Us/Brrr;  Zelda; Politician;
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


 ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 29
Gary Brooker formerly with Procol Harum is 68; Michael Porcaro of Toto is 58; Melissa Etheridge is 52; Noel Gallagher formerly with Oasis is 46; Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 44; Dave Buckner formerly with Papa Roach is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1971 At a Grateful Dead concert in San Francisco 36 people are given medical treatment after they unknowingly drank LSD-laced cider
1977 Elvis Presely walks off stage in Baltimore because he was upset with his performance
1999 Four years after his disappearance the remains of Philip Taylor Kramer of Iron Butterfly were found at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. His death was ruled a suicide
2004 Josey Scott of Saliva marries Kendra Lynnett Edney at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee
2008 In Stockholm, Sweden Kiss meets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
2009 A judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson
2009 Ozzy Osbourne files a lawsuit against his Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi over rights to the group's name
2012  Bob Dylan receives the Medal of Freedom from President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. The Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

May 28, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
MEAT LOAF...Midnight At The Lost And Found
Released: 30 years ago in April 1983
Highest Chart Position: it did not chart
Label; Epic
Track Highlights: Razor's Edge; If You Really Want To; Midnight At The Lost And Found;

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 28
John Fogerty, formerly with Creedence Clearwater Revival, is 68; Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the USA is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is arrested for possession of marijuana at his home in London
1983 Van Halen receives $1 million to perform at the US Festival in California, the highest fee paid to date for a single concert performance

Monday, May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CARLOS SANTANA...Havana Moon
Released: 30 years ago in April 1983
Highest Chart Position: #31 Billboard album charts
Label: CBS
Track Highlights: Watch Your Step; Who Do You Love?; Daughter Of The Night;

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 27
Pete Sears, formerly with Jefferson Starship, is 65; Eddie Harsch, formerly with the Black Crowes, is 56; Neil Finn of Crowded House is 55; Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 47;

ON THIS DATE
1963 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' by Bob Dylan is released
1980 David Lee Roth of Van Halen injuries himself after he jumps off of Alex Van Halen's drum riser right into some low hanging lights, suffering several cuts and fracturing his nose
2003 'How The West Was Won' by Led Zeppelin is released
2005 Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails wins $2.9 million and full control of all the band's trademarks in a lawsuit he filed in 2004 against his former manager John Malm



Sunday, May 26, 2013

May 26, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE KINKS...Misfits
Released: May 19, 1978
Highest Chart Position: #40 Billboard album charts
Label: Arista
Track Highlights: A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy;
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 26
Garry Peterson of the Guess Who is 68; Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac is 65; Lenny Kravitz is 49; Phillip Rhodes, formerly with the Gin Blossoms, is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1940 Levon Helm of the Band is born in Marvell, Arkansas.  Helm died in 2012
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their second week-long Bed In For Peace in Montreal, Canada
1977 All 4 members of Kiss deposit some of their own blood into the ink that will print their Marvel Comic book at a Marvel printing plant
2008 Paul McCartney receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University in New Haven, during the school's ’08 commencement ceremony

Saturday, May 25, 2013

May 25, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
AC/DC...Powerage
Released: May 25, 1978
Highest Chart Position: #133 Billboard album charts
Label: Atlantic
Track Highlights:  Down Payment Blues; Up To My Neck In You; Rock 'N' Roll Damnation;
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 25
Klaus Meine of The Scorpions is 65; Glen Drover formerly with Megadeth is 44; Todd Whitener of Tantric and Days Of The New is 35;

ON THIS DATE
1965 Dave Davies is knocked unconscious during a Kinks concert in London after he smashes into Mick Avory's cymbals
1978 The Who play what turns out to be the last concert ever with Keith Moon
1996 Bradley Nowell of Sublime dies in San Francisco, California of a drug overdose at the age of 26
2004 Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses by Slipknot is released
2005 Domenic Troiano formerly with the Guess Who and the James Gang dies of prostate cancer at the age of 59 in Toronto, Canada
2013  Marshall Lytle, who played upright bass for Bill Haley and the Comets, died in Port Richey, Florida of lung cancer.  Lytle was 79

Friday, May 24, 2013

May 24, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE SMALL FACES...Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Released: May 25, 1968 
Label – Immediate
Producer – Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
Art Direction – Ronnie Lane
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 38:27
Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
2. Afterglow Of Your Love
3. Long Agos And Worlds Apart
4. Rene
5. Song Of A Baker
6. Lazy Sunday
7. Happiness Stan
8. Rollin' Over
9. Hungry Intruder
10. Journey
11. Mad John
12. Happy Days Toy Town

“Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake” was a concept album by the English rock band Small Faces. Coming after the success of "Itchycoo Park" this album was a mix of all the popular albums being released at the time. It’s a variety show, it’s a storytellers album and it’s a actor/performer piece. The Small Faces tried a little bit of all of these approaches on this record. Side one's material would not have been out of place on any other Small Faces release, and it is top notch. "Afterglow (Of Your Love)", "Rene", "Song of a Baker." and "Lazy Sunday," are all guitar crunching bass and drum pounding anthems the Small Faces were known for. Side two – the story side - is more elaborate, with overdubbed harps and light orchestration here and there, all linked by a narration about a character called "Happiness Stan." The core of the sound is still the pounding beats on tracks like "Rollin' Over".
This was a very enjoyable album to listen to and it’s not surprising that the record went to number one spot on the U.K. charts for six weeks in 1968. Although the core of the group would go on to greater success as simply the Faces – this was the Small Faces crowning achievement. The album was originally released on vinyl in a circular novelty package of a metal replica of a giant tobacco tin inside which was a poster created with 6 connected paper circles with pictures of the band members. The title and the design of the distinctive packaging was a parody of Ogdens' Nut-brown Flake, a brand of tobacco which was produced in Liverpool from 1899. In 2000 Q magazine placed Ogden's Nut Gone Flake at number 59 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever
It is recommended.



ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 24
Bob Dylan is 72; Albert Bouchard, formerly with Blue Oyster Cult, is 66; Jimmy Ashhurst of Buckcherry is 50; Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes is 44; Cody Hanson of Hinder is 31;

ON THIS DATE
1963 Blues great Elmore James dies in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 45
1991 Gene Clark of the Byrds dies of a heart attack at the age of 46 in Sherman Oaks, California
1994 Bret Michaels of Poison crashes his Ferrari into a telephone pole in Burbank, California
2005 Motley Crue files a lawsuit against NBC for banning the band after Vince Neil slipped in a cuss word on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
2005 'Out Of Exile' by Audioslave is released
2005 'Karma And Effect' by Seether is released
2006 Elton John is awarded $188,000 in damages from The Daily Mail after the UK newspaper claimed that John told guest not to approach him at one of his charity ball. That same day the Rolling Stones cancel 15 shows due to a head injury Keith Richard suffered
2010 Paul Gray of Slipknot died in Urbandale, Iowa at the age of 38
2013 The members of the Stone Temple Pilots file a lawsuit in Los Angeles against their former lead singer Scott Weiland.   The band wants Weiland to stop using the bands name to further his solo career and they want Weiland stripped of the right to perform STP songs, use their name or to even call himself a former member
2013 Another lawsuit filed in Los Angeles has Kathy Valentine, formerly with the Go-Go's,  suing her 4 former bandmates, claiming they have created a new entity, GoGoCo Corp., in order to use their majority control of Ladyhead to “license the band’s name, brand and trademark” to GoGoCo and "dilute the Plaintiff’s share of band revenues.”


Thursday, May 23, 2013

May 23, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS...Up Your Alley
Released: May 23, 1988
Highest Chart Position: #19 U.S. Billboard album charts
Label: Epic Associated
Track Highlights: I Hate Myself For Loving You; Little Liar;
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 23
Phil Selway of Radiohead is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1969 'Tommy' by the Who is released
1975 Peter Gabriel plays his final show with Genesis in St. Etienne, France
1979 The Who documentary 'The Kids Are Alright' premieres in New York
1979 Tom Petty files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in a financial battle with his record label, MCA
1979 'Dynasty' by Kiss is released
2000 'Mad Season' by Matchbox 20 is released
2006 'Yeah' by Def Leppard is released
2010 Bret Michaels of Poison wins Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice"
2012 Bo Diddley's single "I'm A Man/Bo Diddley" from 1955 and the Grateful Dead's "Live At Barton Hall" album from 1977 are added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

May 22, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
FASTWAY...Fastway
Released: 30 years ago in April 1983
Highest Chart Position: #31 Billboard Album Chart
Label: Columbia
Track Highlights: Easy Livin', Say What You Will
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 22
Bernie Taupin is 63; Morrissey is 54; Jesse Valenzuela of the Gin Blossoms is 51; Dan Roberts of the Crash Test Dummies is 47;

ON THIS DATE
1954 Bob Dylan has his bar mitzvah in Hibbing, Minnesota
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis announces that he has married his 13 year-old second cousin twice removed Myra
2006 Jimi Hendrix's hometown of Seattle's City Council votes to name 5 acres of land after him
2007 Black Rain by Ozzy Osbourne is released

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

May 21, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE DOORS...Waiting For The Sun
Released: 45 years ago in July 1968
Highest Chart Position: #1 Billboard album charts
Label: Elektra
Track Highlights: Hello I Love You (#1 Billboard Hot 100), The Unknown Soldier (#39 Billboard Hot 100), Five To One


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 21
Hilton Valentine of The Animals is 70; Stan Lynch formerly with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 58;

ON THIS DATE
1940  Tony Sheridan, who recorded with the Beatles in 1961, was born in Norwich, Norfolk.  Sheridan died in 2013

1955 Chuck Berry records his first single in Chicago, "Maybelline"
1968 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is arrested for possession of cannabis in London
1969 The Beatles announce that Allen Klein will run their financial affairs. That same day John Lennon and Yoko Ono start their 10 day "Bed In For Peace" in Montreal
1980 Joe Strummer of the Clash is arrested after he smashes his guitar over the head of an audience member in Hamburg, West Germany
1996 Bringing Down The Horse by the Wallflowers is released
2000 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots and model Mary Forsberg are wed in Los Angeles
2008 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith enters a Pasadena, California rehab clinic
2009 Walmart offers to sell a clean version of 21st Century Breakdown but Green Day says no
2010 Bono of U2 has back surgery in Munich, Germany. He had hurt his back during rehearsals
2013 Trevor Bolder, formerly with Uriah heep, dies at the age of 62

Monday, May 20, 2013

May 20, 2013

 R.I.P. Ray Manzarek

Check out the Rock Genre New Releases


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
YES...Yessongs
Released: May 4, 1973
Highest Chart Position: H.C.P. #12 Billboard album charts
Label: Atlantic
Track Highlights: Roundabout
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 20
Joe Cocker is 69; Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's is 55; Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 38;


ON THIS DATE
1966 John Entwistle and Keith Moon of the Who both show up late for a concert so Pete Townshend pokes Moon in the eye giving him a bruised eye and Moon needing 3 stitches
1967 Jimi Hendrix signs with Reprise Records. That same day the BBC bans "A Day In The Life" by the Beatles.
1968 Pete Townshend of the Who marries girlfriend Karen Astley
1970 The Beatles film Let It Be premieres in London
1978 The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey opens in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy's hometown
1979 Elton John becomes the first Westerner to perform in the Soviet Union with a performance in Leningrad
1980 Unmasked by Kiss is released
1981 Alice Cooper's wife, Sheryl, gives birth to a daughter, Calico Cooper
1997 The Colour And The Shape by the Foo Fighters is released
1998 Tommy Lee of Motley Crue is sentenced to six months in jail and three years’ probation for kicking his soon-to-be ex-wife, Pamela Anderson, as she holds their infant son
2007 Scott Stapp of Creed was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault with intent to commit a felony at his home in Boca Raton, Florida after his wife called 911 and alleged Stapp had threw a glass bottle at her face and nearly hit her
2008 3 Doors Down by 3 Doors Down is released
2013  Ray Manzarek of the Doors dies in Rosenheim, Germany of bile duct cancer.  Manzarek was 74

Saturday, May 18, 2013

May 19, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
FOGHAT...Stone Blue
Released: May 1978
Highest Chart Position: #25 Billboard album charts
Label: Bearsville Records
Track Highlights: Stone Blue (#36 Billboard Hot 100)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 19
Pete Townshend of The Who is 68; Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 64; Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 59; Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 51;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Steve Currie of T. Rex was born in Lincolnshire, England. Currie passed away in 1981 in a car crash
1951 Joey Ramone of the Ramones is born in Queens, New York. Ramone died in 2001
1965 Mick Avory of the Kinks hits Dave Davies over the head with a cymbal during a Kinks concert
1976 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones crashes his car after falling asleep and police find drug paraphernalia, cocaine and marijuana
1979 Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd. Harrison, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney are among the musicians who perform at the wedding reception
1986 So by Peter Gabriel is released
2000 The Allman Brothers announce that founding guitarist Dickey Betts will not be a part of their summer tour

May 18, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE BYRDS...History Of The Byrds
Released: May 18, 1973
Highest Chart Position:UK import
Label: CBS Records
Compilation album
(vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 18
Rick Wakeman of Yes is 64; Page Hamilton of Helmet is 53;

ON THIS DATE
1993 Kiss get a spot on the Hollywood Rock Walk
2003 Scott Weiland from the Stone Temple Pilots is arrested in Burbank, California for drug possession and is released on $100,000 bond
2004 Baptism by Lenny Kravitz is released
2006 Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd has an emergency appendectomy in Palo Alto, California. That same day Axl Rose of Guns 'N' Roses has an altercation with designer Tommy Hilfiger at a New York club during a private birthday party for actress Rosario Dawson

Friday, May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013

Check out the Top 10 Rock genre CD's/LP's/Downloads for this week

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE...Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Released: May 17. 1973
Highest Chart Position: #70 U.S. Billboard album charts
Label: Mercury
Highlight track: Blue Collar (#68 Billboard Hot 100)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
 
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 17
Taj Mahal is 71; Bill Bruford formerly with Yes is 64; Paul Di'Anno formerly with Iron Maiden is 55; Page McConnell of Phish is 50; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 48; Dave Abbruzzese formerly with Pearl Jam is 45; Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1971 Ram by Paul McCartney is released
1980 Peter Criss leaves Kiss for the first time, but later rejoins in 1996
1987 Tom Petty's home in Los Angeles is destroyed by an arson fire causing $800,000 damage
1999 Producer Bruce Fairbairn dies. He produces acts such as Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC, Scorpions, Van Halen...just to name a few
2005 Mesmerize by System Of A Down is released

Thursday, May 16, 2013

May 16, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOE WALSH...But Seriously, Folks
Released: May 16, 1978
Highest Chart Position: #8 U.S. Billboard album chart
Label: Elektra
Track Highlights: Life's Been Good (#12 Billboard Pop Singles), At The Station
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 16
Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band is 49; Krist Novoselic of Nirvana is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Darrell Sweet of Nazareth was born in Bournemouth, England.  Sweet died in 1999

1957 Buddy Holly signs a recording contract with Coral Records
1969 John Lennon is declared “an inadmissible immigrant to the U.S." stemming from a 1968 marijuana bust. That same day Pete Townshend of the Who spends the night in jail after a man rushes onto the stage and grabs the microphone and Pete boots him offstage. Turns out he was actually a police officer who wanted to tell the audience the building next door was on fire
1970 Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who to start Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1974 Brian May of Queen collapses due to hepatitis, causing the band to cancel the remaining dates on their U.S. tour
1980 Dr. George Nicjopoulous is indicated on 14 counts of over-prescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and others
1998 Keith Richard of the Rolling Stones breaks some ribs after he falls at his Connecticut home
2006 Paul McCartney announces that he and his wife have seperated
2006 Mark Knopfler files suit against a woman who had knocked him off of his motorcycle in 2003 causing him to break his collarbone, his shoulder and seven ribs. She was later found guilty of careless driving and deported to Ecuador
2007 ZZ Top cancel a summer European tour because Dusty Hill is suffering from a benign growth in his ear
2010 Ronnie James Dio dies due to stomach cancer in Houston, Texas. Dio was 67

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

May 15, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CHEAP TRICK...Heaven Tonight  (1978)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 15
Brian Eno, formerly with Roxy Music, is 65; Nick Perri, formerly with Shinedown and Silvertide, is 29;

ON THIS DATE
1951 Dennis Frederiksen,  formerly with Toto, is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Fredericksen died earlier this year

1984 Nils Lofgren joins the E Street Band
1995 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is busted for buying drugs
2003 The Rolling Stones cancel a concert slated for Belgrade, Serbia due to security concerns
2007 Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park is released
2008 Kid Rock makes a donation to a Boy Scout troop from Oviedo, Florida who had their equipment stolen the previous week
2009 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day is released
2009 Randy Bachman becomes an Officer of the Order of Canada during a ceremony in Ottawa
2011  Roy Mayorga of Stone Sour suffers a stroke after a show in Des Moines, Iowa.  Stone Sour cancels the rest of their tour
2013 It is announced that Eric Avery quits Nine Inch Nails

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

May 14, 2013

Check out this week's New Releases


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOHN ENTWISTLE...Rigor Mortis Sets In  (1973)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 14
Jack Bruce of Cream is 70; David Byrne of Talking Heads is 61; Ian Astbury of The Cult is 51; C.C. (aka Cecil) DeVille of Poison is 51; Mike Inez of Alice In Chains is 47; Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys is 35; Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys is 34;

ON THIS DATE
1957 While filming Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley accidentally swallows a porcelain cap from one of his teeth, which lodges in one of his lungs. He stays overnight in a hospital to have it removed
1976 Keith Relf (pictured) of the Yardbirds dies at the age of 33 when he accidentally electrocutes himself while playing guitar in the basement of his London home
1982 Combat Rock by the Clash is released
1988 Led Zeppelin reunites, with drummer Jason Bonham to perform a few songs at Atlantic Records’ 40th anniversary concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden
2002 Vapor Trails by Rush is released
2004 Phil Spector is arrested and charged with misdemeanor charges after getting into a fight with his chauffer
2013  A defamation lawsuit filed by Tom Scholz of Boston against the ex-wife of the late Brad Delp of Boston was reinstated by the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Scholz claimes that remarks Delp's ex-wife Micki Delp made to the Boston Herald could be construed as blaming Scholz for his death

May 13, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS...The Papas And The Mamas  (1968)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 13
Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz of the J. Geils Band is 68; Danny Kirwan, formerly with Fleetwood Mac, is 63; John Richardson of The Gin Blossoms is 49; Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish is 47;

ON THIS DATE
1941 Ritchie Valens was born in Pacoima, California. Valens died in 1959 at the age of 17
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane crashes her Mercedes into a concrete wall near Golden Gate State Park
1985 Bruce Springsteen marries actress Julianne Phillips in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They divorce in 1989
2003 The estate of the late John Entwistle of the Who is auctioned off
2003 14 Shades Of Grey by Stains is released
2004 Paul McCartney's rehearsals at London`s Millennium Dome for an upcoming tour causes nearby residents to complain to authorities. That same day while Kiss is touring Australia Gene Simmons causes controversy by stating that the western world is under threat from extremists and a culture that treats women worse than dogs, he dismisses the Arab world as “God’s armpit.”
2004 Courtney Love pleads innocent to assault charges stemming from an incident in which she allegedly struck a man in the head with a microphone stand at a New York show the previous March
2007 Bo Diddley is hospitalized after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during which he appears disoriented. He is placed in intensive care at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska after suffering a stroke
2008 Jon Anderson of Yes is hospitalized after experiencing a serious asthma attack
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is released from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail facility after serving 14 minutes of his sentence for a DUI bust the previous November
2013 Wes Scantlin of Puddle Of Mudd is arrested and charged with domestic violence in West Hollywood, California after he dragged his ex-wife out of a business. Bail was set at $20,000

May 12, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
NAZARETH...Razamanaz  (1973)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 12
Ian McLagan of the Small Faces and the Faces is 68; Steve Winwood is 65; Billy Squier is 63; Eric Singer of Kiss is 55; Billy Duffy of the Cult is 52;

ON THIS DATE
1959 Ray Gillen, who toured with Black Sabbath in 1986, was born in New York City. Gillen died in 1993
1963 Bob Dylan is invited to appear on TV’s 'Ed Sullivan Show' but refuses when he is forbidden to sing “Talking John Birch Society Blues.”
1967 Pink Floyd stages the first-ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall in England
1971 Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez-Mora marry in St. Tropez, France
1972 Exile On Main Street by the Rolling Stones is released
1992 Rob Halford of Judas Priest holds a press conference to announce that he does not have AIDS
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots enters a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail to begin serving his sentence for a DUI conviction stemming from an arrest the previous November. He’s in custody for 10 hours but only spends 14 minutes behind bars before he’s released

Saturday, May 11, 2013

May 11, 2013

Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CD's/LP's/Downloads for this week

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
FOGHAT...Zig Zag Walk  (1983)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 11
Eric Burdon of The Animals is 72; Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band is 66;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Cream begin recording session for what would be Disraeli Gears in New York City
1970 Woodstock, the triple disc album with music from the festival, is released
1972 On the "Dick Cavett Show" John Lennon claims the US government is spying on him and trying to boot him out of the country, a claim which turned out to be true
1981 Legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36
1990 Ritchie Valens is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1995 Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray reunite for a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas, the late blues guitarist’s hometown. All five played with the guitarist at his last concert on August 26, 1990, before his death in a helicopter crash
2003 Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience is found dead in his home in County Cork, Ireland, at the age of 57
2008 John Rutsey, formerly of Rush, dies from a diabetes-related heart attack in his sleep at the age of 55

Friday, May 10, 2013

May 10, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DIRE STRAITS...On The Night  (1993)
(CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 10
Dave Mason of Traffic is 67; Graham Gouldman of 10cc is 67; Donovan is 67; Jay Ferguson of Spirit is 66; Bono of U2 is 53; Danny Carey of Tool is 52; Krist Novoselic of Nirvana is 48; Richard Patrick of Filter is 45; Jesse Vest of Days Of The New and Tantric is 36;

ON THIS DATE
1965 The Rolling Stones begin recording their Out of Our Heads album at Chess Studios in Chicago
1967 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is arrested for unlawful possession of drugs
1968 Jim Morrison of the Doors incites an audience riot during a Chicago concert, then escapes backstage as the crowd battles with police
1974 Monkey Grip by Bill Wyman is released. It is the first solo album released by a Rolling Stone
1986 Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe marries actress Heather Locklear. The couple divorces seven years later
2004 Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets pleads guilty to assault in Phoenix, Arizona, stemming from an incident with a a post office security guard during which Kirkwood was shot December 26, 2003
2006 Chris Daughtry gets voted off Season Five of “American Idol.”
2006 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is released from a hospital in New Zealand 2 days after he had brain surgery. Richards had fallen out of a tree in Fiji, injuring his head
2006 Daniel Biechele, former manager of Great White, whose pyrotechnics caused a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people, was sentenced to four years in prison. (Biechele was paroled in March 2008)
2010 It is announced that Joey Belladonna has rejoined Anthrax
2011 Move Like This by the Cars is released
2011 Man In Motion by Warren Haynes is released
2011 Live At River Plate by AC/DC is released on DVD and blu-ray

Thursday, May 9, 2013

May 9, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PETER FRAMPTON...Frampton's Camel  (1973)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 9, 2011
Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is 76; Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco is 69; Billy Joel is 64; Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 63;

ON THIS DATE
1989 Bill Berry of R.E.M. collapses due to a bronchial infection during the group’s European tour
1993 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is treated at a Seattle hospital for overdosing on heroin and bupreorphine
2006 Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is released
2007 An undisclosed settlement is reached in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the relatives of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of Damageplan and Pantera against a Columbus, Ohio nightclub where he and three others were killed by a deranged gunman during a Damageplan show December 8, 2004

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

May 8, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE WHO...Who's Greatest Hits  (1983)
Who's Greatest Hits was released 30 years ago today in 1983.  It reached number 94 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I'll give it a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.  Had the album not had a severely edited version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" I would have given it a 4 out of 5 stars.  It also includes an edited version of "Who Are You" but it's not so severely butchered.   The album contains some fantastic songs, but as with all compilations, you always ask "Where's this song, where's that song?"  You could argue that point all day, but in the end this is a good collection.  "Won't Get Fooled Again' is the ultimate rock 'n' roll song, but because of the edited version here (which I usually skip) the highlight on the album for me is "Love Reign O'er Me."  What an excellent song that is.   Much better Who compilations have come out since this one, and Allmusic calls this a sampler album.  That might sum it up quite accurately, but it's still a good listen
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 8
Paul Samwell-Smith, formerly with the Yardbirds, is 70; Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads is 62; Billy Burnette, formerly with Fleetwood Mac from 1987 to 1995, is 60; Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 60; Dave Rowntree of Blur is 49;

ON THIS DATE
1996 Penthouse Magazine wins in court the rights to publish X-rated photos of Tommy Lee of Motley Crue and Pamela Lee Anderson taken from stolen home movies
2004 Chris Cornell of Audioslave marries Vicky Karayiannis in Paris
2006 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has brain surgery in Auckland, New Zealand after Richards had fallen from a tree a few days earlier
2006 A London court rules that Apple Computer did not breach a ‘91 contract involving the "Apple" name and logo, because its iPod and iTunes services are involved in selling music rather than creating it, therefore winning a copyright infringement suit brought against them by Apple Corps, owned by the Beatles

THE ROCK SHOW
In this week's show we'll hear the Rock Show Top 3 for this week, some new music from Krokus and James McCartney, the Young Guns hit the Boneyard with all things hard rock/heavy metal, the Album Spotlight of the Week is Ram it Down from Judas Priest, the Beatles are on the turntable from the Vintage Vinyl Vault, Ana Popovic is in the Blues Corner, we'll Flashback to 1988, and we have a listener's request. Click the link provided to download:


Tuesday, May 7, 2013

May 7, 2013

Check out the Rock Genre New Releases


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
HEART...Magazine  (1978)
Magazine was released 35 years ago in April 1978.  It reached number 17 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.   This is a very cool record, I'll give it a 3 out of 5 stars.  Heart was recently inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and deservedly so.  One of the highlights of the album is their cover of "Without You," made famous by Harry Nilsson and later by Mariah Carey but originally recorded by Badfinger.  This version is quite excellent.  Other highlights include the hit single "Heartless" and the title track "Magazine."  The album had originally been released in 1977 but Heart and their management had a disagreement with their label Mushroom Records.  What few records that made it to the shelf were pulled and destroyed.  Heart then signed with Portrait Records and then the album was "finished" and remixed and here we are, 35 years later and still jammin' to it.
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 7
Bill Kreutzmann of The Grateful Dead is 67; Prairie Prince of the Tubes and Journey, is 63; Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 52; Scooter Ward from Cold is 43; Matt Helders of the Arctic Monkeys is 27;

ON THIS DATE
1991 Ozzy Osbourne is sued by a couple from Georgia who claim "Suicide Solution" caused their son to commit suicide. The case is dismissed
2002 The Rolling Stones arrive by blimp at New York’s Van Cortland Park to announce their 2002/2003 world tour
2003 London’s Metropolitan Police Service formally cautions the Who’s Pete Townshend for “accessing a Web site containing child abuse images” in 1999
2007 Don Felder, who had been fired from The Eagles in 2001, settles a wrongful termination lawsuit against the band

THE ROCK SHOW
In this week's show we'll hear the Rock Show Top 3 for this week, some new music from Krokus and James McCartney, the Young Guns hit the Boneyard with all things hard rock/heavy metal, the Album Spotlight of the Week is Ram it Down from Judas Priest, the Beatles are on the turntable from the Vintage Vinyl Vault, Ana Popovic is in the Blues Corner, we'll Flashback to 1988, and we have a listener's request. Click the link provided to download:


Monday, May 6, 2013

May 6, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
Various Artist...FM The Original Movie Soundtrack  (1978)
FM The Original Movie Soundtrack was released 35 years ago in April 1978.  It reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I give this album a 4 out of 5 stars.  It sounds just like rock radio would have in 1978.  Just look at the track listing:

1. STEELY DAN...FM (No Static At All)
2. BOB SEGER...Night Moves
3. STEVE MILLER BAND...Fly Like An Eagle
4. FOREIGNER...Cold As Ice
5. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Breakdown
6. RANDY MEISNER...Bad Man
7. THE EAGLES...Life In The Fast Lane
8. STEELY DAN...Do It Again
9. BOZ SCAGGS...Lido Shuffle
10. BOSTON...More Than A Feeling
11. LINDA RONSTADT...Tumbling Dice
12. LINDA RONSTADT...Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
13. JIMMY BUFFETT...Livingston Saturday Night
14. DAN FOGELBERG...There's a Place In The World For a Gambler
15. BILLY JOEL...Just The Way You Are
16. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS...It Keeps You Runnin'
17. JAMES TAYLOR...Your Smiling Face
18. JOE WALSH...Life's Been Good
19. QUEEN...We Will Rock You
20. STEELY DAN...FM (Reprise)
Now that's a good album
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 6
Bob Seger is 68; Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 49; Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 46; Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1977 Led Zeppelin breaks their own attendance record for one single concert as 72,000 see their performance at the Pontiac Silverdome
1994 Pearl Jam begins their fight with Ticketmaster over ticket prices
1997 Crosby, Stills And Nash and Buffalo Springfield are entered into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1997 Rick Danko of the Band is arrested for heroin possession in Tokyo, Japan
2005 Ozzy Osbourne is diagnosed with Parkin Syndrome, a genetic disorder that attacks the central nervous system causing involuntary shaking
2006 A memorial stone in honor of the Bon Scott of AC/DC is unveiled in his birthplace of Kirriemuir, Scotland
2009 Ean Evans of Lynyrd Skynyrd dies in Columbia, Mississippi of cancer. Evans was 48

Sunday, May 5, 2013

May 5, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PAUL SIMON...There Goes Rhymin' Simon  (1973)
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, the third solo album from Paul Simon, was released 40 years ago today in 1973.  It reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I highly recommend this record, giving it a 4 out of 5 stars.  First, and foremost, perhaps my favorite Simon solo tune is on this album, "Something So Right."  I have always loved this song, the melody and the acoustic guitar playing are so brilliant.  Paul Simon is an outstanding guitarist, something you don't normally hear.  Two big hit singles come from this set, "Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like A Rock," both excellent songs.  Other highlights include "American Tune" and "Take Me To The Mardi Gras."  It had been a very long time since I had heard this album (my uncle would play it for me when I was a teenager) so it was very refreshing to hear it today.  You must check it out
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 5
Bill Ward of Black Sabbath is 65; James LaBrie of Dream Theater is 50; Shawn Drover of Megadeth is 47;

ON THIS DATE

1984 Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders marries Jim Kerr of Simple Minds
1986 Cleveland, Ohio is chosen as the site for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1990 Jason Bonham gets married, and at the reception he plays a 5 song set with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones
1995 Steven Alder, formerly with Guns 'N' Roses, is arraigned on possession of heroin charges
2000 Rod Stewart undergoes surgery to have a growth on his thyroid removed, which turns out to be benign
2002 Legendary songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville, Tennessee. Blackwell was 70
2003 Ted Nugent makes racist statements in an interview with a Denver radio station. Nugent is then dropped from the upcoming Summer Celebration Festival in Michigan
2006 Songs From Black Mountain by Live is released
2012 Brian "Head" Welch performs with KoRn for the first time in 7 years

Saturday, May 4, 2013

May 4, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
URIAH HEEP...Uriah Heep Live  (1973)
Uriah Heep Live was released 40 years ago in April 1973.   It reached number 37 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  The double album starts off with the band asking the audience to give them 2 minutes to tune their instruments.  Wow, that wouldn't fly with an audience today.  Nevertheless, this turns out to be a rockin' album, the band is definitely in tune, and they just jam.  I give it a 3 out of 5 stars.  The low point was the 14 minute "Gypsy", with the band members doing solos on their instruments that just turned out to be kinda boring. The song itself is a great jam but the solos took away from the energy. "Easy Livin'" was the highlight, as they flat out rock this number.  I really enjoyed the lengthy "July Morning" with its haunting organ.  The track made me think of Deep Purple.  "Look At Yourself" will blast thru your speakers as the band is on fire on this one.  This is a pretty good live album, check it out
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 4
Zal Cleminson, formerly with Nazareth, is 64; Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 62; Mike Dirnt of Green Day is 41;

ON THIS DATE

1977 The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl is released
1987 Paul Butterfield of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band dies of a heart attack in his home in Hollywood, California at the age of 44
2004 Slash and Duff McKagan file a lawsuit against Axl Rose alleging he stopped movie music deals worth $1 million
2007 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback gets into a fight outside a nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia after the dude shouted "Nickelback sucks!"
2010 The Oracle by Godsmack is released
2010 After suffering a brain hemorrhage two weeks earlier Bret Michaels of Poison is released from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona

Friday, May 3, 2013

May 3, 2013

Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CD's/LP's/Downloads for this week


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
LIVING COLOUR...Vivid  (1988)
Vivid, the debut album from Living Colour, was released 25 years ago today in 1988.  It reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I give this a 3 out of 5 stars.  In 1988 the hard rock/heavy metal scene was being dominated by the Guns 'N' Roses/Cinderella/Poison/Motley Crue crowd.  Then came along Living Colour.  They were different and unique but yet MTV and the public accepted them.  I thought they were a jammin' band.  The single "Cult Of Personality" was for sure the highlight of the album.  I quite enjoyed "Open Letter (To A Landlord)" also.  "Funny Vibe was the only track I couldn't get into, otherwise a different and unique and exciting album for 1988
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 3
Mary Hopkin is 63; David Immerglück of the Counting Crows is 52; Josey Scott, formerly with Saliva, is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Jimi Hendrix is arrested in Toronto for possesion of narcotics
1974 Led Zeppelin launches its Swan Song label
1976 Paul McCartney makes his first U.S. stage appearance in a decade as the “Wings Over America” tour opens in Ft. Worth, Texas
2001 It is announced that George Harrison has undergone cancer surgery with a good prognosis
2004 The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal filed by Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake who claimed in a 1998 suit that they had not received proper compensation and credit for their work on two Ozzy Osbourne albums, Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman
2006 A London court rules that Purple Haze Records does not have the right to distribute or sell Jimi Hendrix's music
2006 Living With War by Neil Young is released

Thursday, May 2, 2013

May 2, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...You're Gonna Get It  (1978)
You're Gonna Get It, the second album from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. was released 35 years ago today in 1978.  It reached number 23 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I highly recommend this album and give it a 3 out of 5 stars.  It was fun listening to this record.  It's a good straight-ahead rock n roll record.  Petty has that lazy-I-don't-care-attitude vocal style which, somehow in his case, works very well.  The Heartbreakers are an excellent band, as this album shows.  "Magnolia" was the highlight for me, as well as "I Need To Know" and "Hurt."  The only track I didn't care for was the title track "You're Gonna Get It." Definitely check this album out
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 2
Goldy McJohn, formerly with Steppenwolf, is 68; Lou Gramm, formerly with Foreigner and now with the Lou Gramm Band, is 63; Prescott Niles, formerly with the Knack, is 59; Todd Sucherman of Styx is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1979 The Who performs its first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon with new drummer Kenny Jones
2005 Cream reunites for four shows in London’s Royal Albert Hall
2006 10,000 Days by Tool is released
2011  Maryland's Consumer Protection Division settles with both Ticketmaster and TNOW Entertainment Group over allegations that the two companies knowledgeably misled consumers looking to purchase tickets to a 2009 Bruce Springsteen concert in Washington, D.C. The companies are fined. According to Maryland's protection division, Springsteen fans looking for tickets on Ticketmaster's website were misled and directed to the TicketsNow resale site where tickets were sold at inflated prices
2013 Jeff Hanneman of Slayer dies from a rare skin tissue disease in Inland Empire, California.  Hanneman was 49

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

May 1, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JERRY GARCIA BAND...Cats Under The Stars  (1978)
Cats Under The Stars was released 35 years ago in April 1978.  It reached number 114 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. First, let me just announce I'm not a Deadhead, even though I think the Grateful Dead was a cool band.  Second, to my ears this could just be another Dead album, which is ok.  I recommend this album with 2 1/2 out of 5 stars.  "Rubin And Cherish" starts the album off and I'm really digging it, ya know, but then it goes on to long and the vocals become irritating.  But then the next 2 tracks, "Love In The Afternoon" and "Palm Sunday," are both great tracks.  "Palm Sunday" is a little short but had it been longer it might have been like "Rubin And Cherish."  Garcia's guitar solo in the title track "Cats Under The Stars" was pretty impressive. Side 2 starts off with an excellent rocker "Rhapsody In Red."  It jams!  Then the next track "Rain" turns out to be a major disappointing follow up to "Rhapsody In Red" with some vocals by Donna Jean Godchaux.  The track just went on and on, I was ready for the next one, which was the short "Down Home."  The final track on the record "Gomorrah" is a slow bluesy tune telling the story of Lot and Gomorrah.  It was pretty cool.  Overall a good listen.

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 1
Johnny Colt, formerly with the Black Crowes and currently with Lynyrd Skynyrd, is 47; D'Arcy Wretzky. formerly with the Smashing Pumpkins, is 45;

ON THIS DATE

1955 Chuck Berry signs with Chess Records
1964 The Rolling Stones sign a management agreement with Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton
1967 Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu
1979 Elton John becomes the first pop music artist to perform in Israel
1984 Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac files for bankruptcy
2006 1,581 guitarists break a Guinness World Record when they simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe” in the town square of WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. That same day Keith Richards falls out of a palm tree at a private island resort in Fiji
2007 Snakes And Arrows by Rush is released
2008 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is fined $588 and has his driver's license revoked for a year following his conviction for drunken driving

THE ROCK SHOW

Check out this week's edition of "The Rock Show" with Mr. Rock 'N' Roll, Michael David. We'll check out the Rock Show Top 3 tracks for the week, hear some new music from Pop Evil, Deep Purple and Rod Stewart, the Album Spotlight of the Week is "Strangers In Town" from Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Three Days Grace hit the Boneyard with all things hard rock/heavy metal, we pull out the Beatles from the Vintage Vinyl Vault, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite are in the Blues Corner, and we Flashback to 1983. Download the link provided HERE and a splendid time is guaranteed for all