April 30, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DAVID GILMOUR...David Gilmour (1978)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 30
Clark Vogeler of the Toadies is 42; J.R. Richards of Dishwalla is 39; Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1971 The New York Times reports that Bill Graham is planning on closing the Fillmore East. Graham ends up closing both the Fillmore East and Fillmore West
1983 The original Manfred Mann reunites for a London concert. Also that day Muddy Waters dies in his sleep at his home in Westmont, Illinois at the age of 68
1991 Nirvana signs a recording deal with DCG Records
1993 Elton John’s “Simple Life,” from his 1992 album The One enters Billboard’s Top 40 breaking Elvis Presley’s longstanding record with 24 consecutive years of Top 40 hits
1999 Darrell Sweet of Nazareth suffers a fatal heart attack in New Albany, Indiana at the age of 51. That same day the members of Aerosmith visit with Lance Kirklin, a shooting victim at Columbine High School

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April 29, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
Various Artist...Songs For Japan (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 29
Klaus Voorman of Manfred Mann is 73; Mike Hogan of The Cranberries is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1970 George Harrison announces the Beatles will eventually reunite
1976 Bruce Springsteen tries to climb over the fence at Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in an attempt to see Presley. He is escorted off the premises by guards
1998 Aerosmith postpone the remaining 14 shows on their North American tour after Steven Tyler has a knee injury during a show in Anchorage, Alaska
1999 Tommy Lee quits Mötley Crüe to spend more time with his new band Methods of Mayhem
2002 Scott Stapp has a car accident in Orlando forcing Creed to cancel their remaining dates on their tour
2007 My Chemical Romance cancel a State College, Pennsylvania, concert after band members and road crew are hospitalized with food poisoning following their concert a day earlier in Williamsburg, Virginia
2008 Mudcrutch by Mudcrutch is released
2008 Nine Lives by Steve Winwood is released
2008 Songs From The Sparkle Lounge by Def Leppard is released

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April 28, 2011

Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (4-28-2011)


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND...Under The Table And Dreaming (1994)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 28
Chuck Leavell formerly with the Allman Brothers Band is 59; Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth is 58;

ON THIS DATE
1963 Andrew Loog Oldham becomes the Rolling Stones’ manager
1973 The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd is number one, but only for a week Interesting for an album that stayed on the charts for 700 weeks
1980 Tommy Caldwell of the Marshall Tucker Band dies in a car accident in Spartanburg,Soth Carolina. Caldwell was 30
1981 Steve Currie of T-Rex dies in a car crash near Val De Parra, Portugal. He is 33
1991 Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan O’Keefe in New York
1999 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2006 Donna D'Errico files for divorce to end her nine year marriage to Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue
2008 Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots is sentenced to eight days in jail for drunk driving
2009 The Devil You Know by Heaven And Hell is released
2009 Together Through Life by Bob Dylan is released
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April 27, 2011

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
FOO FIGHTERS...Greatest Hits (2009)
(CD/DVD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 27
Kate Pierson of The B-52's is 63; Ace Frehley is 60; Rob Squires of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 46; Travis Meeks of Days of the New is 32; Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy is 27;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Pete Ham of Badfinger is born in Swansea, Wales
1981 Ringo Starr marries Barbra Bach
1990 Axl Rose marries Erin Everly, daughter of Don Everly from the Everly Brothers. It lasts 29 days
2006 Cheap Trick and the Allman Brothers Band initiate a class-action suit against Sony BMG claiming that the music company hasn't paid them what’s due from digital-download sales
2006 Slash of Velvet Revolver and his second wife Perla file for divorce in Los Angeles
2008 The giant pig that is part of the Roger Waters stage show escapes. It was found a few miles away
2009 Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam suffers a head laceration after he is robbed outside a recording studio in Atlanta
2010 Fearless Love by Melissa Etheridge is released

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April 26, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
KISS...Love Gun (1977)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 26
Duane Eddy is 73; Gary Wright is 68; Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 51; Chris Mars formerly with the Replacements is 50; Jose Pasillas of Incubus is 35;

ON THIS DATE
1994 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane pleads guilty to pointing a shotgun at police
1995 Oasis fires their drummer Tony McCaroll
2005 Devils And Dust by Bruce Springsteen is released

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Wednesday, April 27 DUFF McKAGAN 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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April 25, 2011

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DAMN YANKEES...Damn Yankees (1990)
(CD, Allmusic review)

This album reached number 13 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. I have always thought this was a great listen. "High Enough" alone is reason enough to buy this CD. What a great song! Ted Nugent fits in just fine with the others in the band, as this is probably the "calmest" music he's ever released. Other highlights: "Come Again" and "Runaway". Very recommended


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 25
Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival is 66; Steve Ferrone of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is 61; Eric Avery, formerly with Jane's Addiction, is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1968 The Beatles turn down a request to do a concert for the Queen
1981 Denny Laine officially leaves Wings
2006 IV by Godsmack is released
2006 Let Love In by the Goo Goo Dolls is released
2006 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen is released
2006 All The Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris is released

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April 24, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PAUL SIMON...So Beautiful Or So What (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

This album debuted and is currently number 4 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. This record turned out to be much better than I thought it would be. It's a very cool album, a nice listen to one of my fav musicians, so I recommend it. Highlights were "The Afterlife", "Getting Ready For Christmas Day" and "Love Is Eternal Sacred Light".


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 24
Doug Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revival is 66; Glen Cornick of Jethro Tull is 64; Rob Hyman of the Hooters is 61; Jack Blades of Night Ranger is 57; Boris Williams of the Cure is 54; Billy Gould of Faith No More is 48; Patty Schemel formerly with Hole is 44; Shannon Larkin, who has been a member of Godsmack, Candlebox and Ugly Kid Joe, is 44; Aaron Comess of the Spin Doctors is 43; Brian Marshall of Creed and Alter Bridge is 38; Jasen Rauch of Red is 30;

ON THIS DATE
1961 Bob Dylan plays harmonica on Harry Belafonte’s “Midnight Special” earning $50
1970 Grace Slick is invited to the White House by Tricia Nixon. She is escorted by Abbie Hoffman, who is not allowed by the Secret Service to enter, therefore they leave
1984 Jerry Lee Lewis marries Kerrie McCarver, his sixth wife
1989 Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty is released
1992 David Bowie marries fashion model Iman
2009 Aerosmith settles a class-action lawsuit brought against them after they pulled out of a sold-out concert on Maui, Hawaii, in September ‘07. As part of the deal, the group gives a free performance on Maui in ‘09

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April 23, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH...Crosby Stills And Nash (1969)
(CD, Allmusic review)

This debut album from CS&N reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard albim charts. Yesterday was the first time ever that I listened to the record from start to finish. What a pleasurable listen. Of course, their vocals are not only very familiar but fantastic, the songs are crafted very well, and so therefore I would recommend this one very much. My fav song of theirs, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is the highlight, along with "Marrakesh Express" and "Guinnevere".


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 23
Tommy DeCarlo of Boston is 46;


ON THIS DATE
1936 Roy Orbison is born in Vernon, Texas. Orbison died in 1988
1960 Steve Clark of Def Leppard is born in Sheffield, England. Clark died in 1991
1975 Pete Ham of Badfinger commits suicide at home in Surrey, England. He is 27

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April 22, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
FOO FIGHTERS...Wasting Light
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 22
Peter Frampton is 61; Paul Carrack of Ace, Mike + the Mechanics and Squeeze is 60; Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down is 37; Daniel Johns of Silverchair is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1969 John Winston Lennon legally became John Ono Lennon on top of the Apple building, and he and Paul McCartney record "The Ballad Of John & Yoko". That same day the Who performed for the first time the rock opera Tommy in Dolton, England
1980 Love Stinks by the J. Geils Band is released
1981 Eric Clapton has a car accident in Seattle, suffering broken ribs
1998 Faith No More announce they are finished
2008 Richie Samboara of Bon Jovi pleads no contest to a drunk driving charge due to an arrest a month earlier in Laguna Beach, California
2008 Good To Be Bad by Whitesnake is released
2010 Bret Michaels of Poison is rushed to the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix as he suffers a severe headache caused by bleeding at the base of his brain stem

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April 21, 2011

Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (4-21-2011)

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL...Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)



ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 21
Mars Bonfire of Steppenwolf is 68; Iggy Pop is 64; Robert Smith of The Cure is 52; David Brenner of Theory of a Deadman is 33;

ON THIS DATE
1961 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England for the first time
1980 Empty Glass by Pete Townshend is released
1993 Bill Wyman, formerly with the Rolling Stones, marries Suzanne Accosta
1996 Bringing Down The Horses by the Wallflowers is released
2001 Peter Buck of R.E.M. is arrested for assaulting 2 crew members on a trans-Atlantic flight to London

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April 20, 2011

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ROBBIE ROBERTSON...How To Become Clairvoyant (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 20
Craig Frost of Grand Funk Railroad and Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band is 63; Mike Portnoy, formerly with Dream Theater, is 44; Mikey Welsh formerly with Weezer is 40; Kelly Hayes, formerly with Cold, is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1968 Deep Purple perform their first concert in Tastrump, Denmark
1976 Black And Blue by the Rolling Stones is released
1981 John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas is sentenced to five years in jail after pleading guilty to drug possession charges. His sentence is suspended after 30 days
1991 John Fogerty marries Julie Lebiedzinksi in Bristol, Indiana. That same day Steve Marriott of Small Faces and Humble Pie dies in a fire at his home in Essex, England, at the age of 44
2004 Bono of U2 makes the list of Time Magazines 2004 list of the 100 most influential people
2004 Desensitized by Drowning Pool is released
2004 Mark Evans, formerly with AC/DC is injured in a car accident in Sydney, Australia

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April 19, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CREED...My Own Prison (1997)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 19
Alan Price of The Animals is 69; Rod Morgenstein of Winger is 58; Bekka Bramlett, who was briefly a member of Fleetwood Mac, is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1980 Brian Johnson replaces the late Bon Scott as lead singer for AC/DC
2002 The body of Layne Staley of Alice In Chains is found in his apartment in Seattle. It is believed he died two weeks earlier of a drug overdose at the age of 34
2006 A Miami-Dade Circuit Judge throws out a lawsuit by a woman who appeared in a sex tape with Scott Stapp and Kid Rock, saying that she cannot sue while remaining annonymous
2010 Iron Man 2 soundtrack by AC/DC is released

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April 18, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD...American Tragedy (2011)
(CD, clean version, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 18
Mike Vickers of Manfred Mann is 71; Les Pattinson of Echo And The Bunnymen is 53; Mick Sweda, formerly with King Cobra and the BulletBoys is 51; Mike Mangini of Dream Theater is 48; Greg Eklund of Everclear is 41; Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge is 37;

ON THIS DATE
1946 Skip Spence of Jefferson Airplane was born in Windsor, Ontario. He died in 1999 just 2 days shy of his 53rd birthday
2005 Clare Torry wins a lawsuit against Pink Floyd for royalties and songwriting credit for "The Great Gig In The Sky" on the Dark Side Of The Moon album
2006 Every Man For Himself by Hoobastank is released
2006 Gillan's Inn by Ian Gillan is released

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April 17, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CREAM...Fresh Cream (1966)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

This debut release from Cream reached number 39 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. The one I listened to was the US release. As I was listening to this album yesterday I soon realized that I had not ever heard this album in its entirety before. I had heard several of the tracks before, of course. I just had this feeling that it would be better than it is, even tho it still is a very good record. Lots of blues and rock so I enjoyed it and I think you would, too. Recommended, for sure. Highlights: "I Feel Free", "N.S.U." and "I'm So Glad"


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 17
Maynard James Keenan of Tool and A Perfect Circle is 47; Liz Phair is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1960 Eddie Cochran dies at the age of 21 due to injuries sustained the day before in a car accident in Wiltshire, England
1970 McCartney by Paul McCartney is released
1976 Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy is released
1983 Felix Pappalardi of Mountain was shot and killed by his wife in New York City. Pappalardi was 43
1998 Linda McCartney of Wings dies at the age of 56 due to breast cancer in Arizona
2004 ABC News says that the U.S. Marines rattle Iraqi insurgents by playing "Shoot To Thrill" by AC/DC
2007 Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails is released
2008 Danny Federici, the keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen, died in New York City at age 58
2009 Pink Floyd file a lawsuit against their label, EMI, alleging that the company has shortchanged the band's royalty payments

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Monday, April 18 DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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April 16, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
RADIOHEAD...The King Of Limbs (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

In case you don't know Radiohead is...shall we say, different!! This record is currently number 3 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Radiohead has a big following, as they are very experimental in their music and it can be hypnotic at times. I enjoyed listening to the album, but I would not consider it a great album, I do, however, recommend you check it out as it is...shall we say, different!! "Lotus Flower" was the highlight for me


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 16
Peter Garrett formerly with Midnight Oil is 58; David Pirner of Soul Asylum is 47; Dan Rieser of Marcy Playground is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1924 Rudy Pompilli of Bill Haley and the Comets was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. Pompilli died in 1976 of lung cancer from second hand smoke
1943 Lonesome Dave Peverett of Foghat was born in Dullwich, England. Peverett died in 2000 in Orlando, Florida
1947 Gerry Rafferty is born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Rafferty died in 2011
1960 Shortly before midnight, rock-and-roll performer Eddie Cochran, 21, was fatally injured in a taxi crash in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; he died the next day.
1972 Electric Light Orchestra makes its debut in Croydon, England at the Fox and Greyhound pub
1993 David Lee Roth is arrested for buying a small amount of marijuana in New York
1996 Kiss announce a world tour with all 4 original members at a press conference in New York
1999 Skip Spence of Jefferson Airplane dies at the age of 52 of lung cancer in Santa Cruz, California
2011 Ozzy Osbourne is the head ambassador for Record Store Day

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April 13, 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 13
Jack Casady formerly with Jefferson Airplane is 67; Max Weinberg of the E Street Band is 60; Jimmy Destri of Blondie is 57; Joey Mazzola of Sponge is 50; Lisa Umbarger formerly with the Toadies is 46; Marc Ford formerly with the Black Crowes is 45; Aaron Lewis of Staind is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1945 Lowell George of Little Feat was born in Hollywood, California. George died in 1979 of a massive heart attack
1962 Hillel Slovak of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is born in Haifa, Israel. Slovak died in 1988 at the age of 26 of a heroin overdose
1965 The Beatles win a Grammy for Best New Artist
1967 The Rolling Stones perform in Warsaw, Poland, their first performance behind the Iron Curtain
1979 David Lee Roth of Van Halen collapses on stage in Spokane, Washington due to exhaustion
1987 Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac is released
1999 Echo by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is released
2009 Music producer Phil Spector was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of second-degree murder in the shooting of actress Lana Clarkson. He was later sentenced to 19 years to life in prison
2010 Emotion And Commotion by Jeff Beck is released

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April 12, 2011

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE BEATLES...The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)
(LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 12
John Kay of Steppenwolf is 67; Pat Travers is 57; Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen is 53; Art Alexakis of Everclear is 49; Nicholas Hexum of 311 is 41; Guy Berryman of Coldplay is 33; Joe Rickard of Red is 24; Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco is 24;

ON THIS DATE
1954 At their first session for Decca Records Bill Haley and the Comets record "Rock Around The Clock", thus pretty much beginning the Rock 'N' Roll era
1979 Mickey Thomas becomes the lead singer for Jefferson Starship, replacing Marty Balin
1993 Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz
2000 The fight between Metallica and Napster gets underway as the band files a suit against the file sharing company
2006 Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix is chosen to be preserved in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry
2008 Lou Reed marries his longtime girlfriend Laurie Anderson
2010 Bret Michaels of Poison undergoes an emergency appendectomy at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas
2011 Wasting Light by the Foo Fighters is released

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Wednesday, April 13 GARY WRIGHT 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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April 11, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
COLLECTIVE SOUL...Hints Allegations And Things Left Unsaid (1993)
(CD, Allmusic review)
The debut album from Collective Soul. It reached number 15 on the US Billboard album charts. The album starts off with a BANG with the very catchy "Shine". It's the best track on the CD. Another highlight "Breathe". Recommended


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 11
Nigel Pulsford, formerly with Bush, is 48; Dylan Keefe of Marcy Playground is 41; Joss Stone is 24;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Stuart Adamson of Big Country was born in Manchester, England. He died in 2001 at the age of 43, due to heave alcohol consumption
1961 Bob Dylan plays his concert debut opening for John Lee Hooker at Gerde’s Folk City in New York
1964 The Beatles hold 14 positions on Billboards Pop Singles Chart, thus breaking the old record of 9 set by Elvis Presley
1970 Peter Green leaves Fleetwood Mac
1981 Eddie Van Halen marries Valerie Bertinelli
2002 Kid Rock asks Pamela Anderson to marry him
2006 Fifeteen by Buckcherry is released
2007 A Japanese tour for Guns 'N' Roses is postponed after Tommy Stinson tumbles down a flight of stairs and injures his hands
2007 Richie Sambora and Heather Locklear's divorce is finalized
2007 Sully Erna of Godsmack is involved in an auto accident in Methuen, Massachusetts where he rear ended a vehicle and seriously injured 25-year-old Lindsay Taylor. Erna had aches and pains and a split lip
2008 Def Leppard cancel some Canadian shows after Joe Elliott falls ill
2008 Shinedown announce that Jasin Todd was replaced by Nick Perri. Todd had been arrested two days earlier for disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer

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Monday, April 11 The Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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April 10, 2011

Check out the Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS...Wings Over America (1976)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

This live album reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. I listened to this album literally hundreds of times the next few years after its release. First, the songs are terrific. Second, McCartney's vocals are some of the best of his career. Third, Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch was an incredible talent. This was the best Wings lineup with Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy and Joe English. Highlights for me are "Soily", "Letting Go" and "Medicine Jar" (which may be some of the best bass playing McCartney has ever played). Highly recommended.

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 10
Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats is 52; Alan John “Reni” Wren formerly with the Stone Roses is 4; Tim "Herb" Alexander of Primus is 46; Mike Mushok of Staind is 42; Bryce Soderberg of Lifehouse is 31;

ON THIS DATE
1962 The Beatles original bass guitarist, Stuart Sutcliffe, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 21 in Hamburg, Germany
1970 Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have broke up
1994 At the Seattle Center a public memorial is held for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

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Monday, April 11 The Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 7
Mick Abrahams formerly with Jethro Tull is 68;

ON THIS DATE
1952 Bruce Gary of the Knack was born. Gary died in 2006 in Tarzana, California of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards see Brian Jones perform at The Ealing Club in London. They ask Jones to join their group which eventually will be called the Rolling Stones
1975 Ritchie Blackmore leaves Deep Purple to start Rainbow
1995 At a Burbank airport Eddie Van Halen is detained after a Beretta semi-automatic pistol in his carry-on luggage that is loaded is discovered
1998 Cozy Powell, drummer for Whitesnake, Rainbow and Black Sabbath, dies in a car accident
2004 A misdemeanor battery charge against Vince Neil of Motley Crue is dismissed in a Beverly Hills court following 100 hours of community service

April 4, 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 4
Craig Adams of The Cult is 49; Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1948 Barry Oakley of the Allman Brothers was born in Chicago, Illinois. Oakley died November 11, 1972 after having a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia
1960 Elvis Presley recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" in Nashville for RCA Victor
1964 The top 5 songs on Billboard's Singles Chart are "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist And Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please Me", all by The Beatles
1966 Mike Starr of Alice In Chains is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Starr died in 2011
1996 Some of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered in India’s Ganges River
2006 Operation: Mindcrime II by Queensryche is released
2007 The press has a field day with Keith Richards after he stated that he had snorted his fathers ashes with cocaine in 2002
2009 Jeff Beck and Metallica are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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Monday, April 4 DEFTONES 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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April 2, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PANIC AT THE DISCO...Vices And Virtues (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 2
Leon Russell is 69; Dave Robinson of The Cars is 58; Greg Camp of Smash Mouth is 44; Tony Fredianelli of Third Eye Blind is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1952 Leon Wilkerson of Lynyrd Skynyrd was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He died in 2001 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from natural causes at the age of 49
1973 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 by the Beatles are released
1999 Joshua Harmon attends a Black Crowes concert and later sues the band for hearing loss
2006 Gene Simmons of Kiss is the grand marshal of the Honda Grand Prix auto race in St. Petersburg, Florida

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April 1, 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 1
John Barbata, formerly of Jefferson Airplane/Starship is 65;

ON THIS DATE
1946 Ronnie Lane was born in London. He would later become the bassist for the Faces and The Small Faces. Lane died in 1997 at the age of 51
1954 Jeff Porcaro of Toto was born. He died of a hear attack in 1992
1979 The Kids Are Alright by the Who is released
1985 David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen
1992 A judge in Beverly Hills, California fined Billy Idol $2,000 for punching a woman in the face. Idol plead no contest
1994 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana jumps a wall to leave a rehab center in California and returns to Seattle
2003 Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam criticizes President Bush and the Iraq War, promting some to boo and leave the show
2004 Paul Atkinson of the Zombies dies of liver and kidney disease in Santa Monica, California at the age of 58
2008 Scott Weiland leaves Velvet Revolver. Also that day Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is found guilty of drunk driving in Canada June 2006