February 17, 2012

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DAUGHTRY...Daughtry (2006)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 17
Timothy J. Mahoney of 311 is 42; Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1960 The Everly Brothers sign a $1 million - ten year contact with Warner Brothers Records
1972 Pink Floyd perform the Dark Side Of The Moon album in a concert in London. The album would not be released for another year
1973 In Hollywood, Florida Free performs their final concert
1975 Rock And Roll by John Lennon is released
1976 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 by the Eagles is released. It is currently the second highest selling album of all time in America
1990 Aerosmith appear on "Saturday Night Live" in a "Wayne's World" skit

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

Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (11-18-2010)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (11-18-2010)
(Enter)1. BON JOVI...Greatest Hits...The Ultimate Collection
(1)2. KINGS OF LEON...Come Around Sundown
(Enter)3. ALTER BRIDGE...AB III
(3)4. ROD STEWART...Fly Me To The Moon...The Great American Songbook Volume V
(2)5. ELTON JOHN/LEON RUSSELL...The Union
(Enter)6. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND...Live In New York City
(5)7. LINKIN PARK...A Thousand Suns
(Enter)8. ELVIS PRESLEY...Viva Elvis: The Album
(8)9. SANTANA...Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
(9)10. DISTURBED...Asylum

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR NOVEMBER 18
Herman Rarebell formerly with the Scorpions is 61; Kirk Hammett of Metallica is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1970 Jerry Lee Lewis is divorced from his wife Myra. Their marriage was quite controversial 14 years earlier as they are second cousins
1972 Danny Whitten of Crazy Horse, Neil Young's backing band, dies of a heroin overdose. Whitten was 29
1993 Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is arrested in New Orleans for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace, charges which are later dropped
2007 At the American Music Awards Daughtry wins Favorite Breakthrough Artist, Favorite Pop or Rock Album and Favorite Adult Contemporary Music Artist. Nickelback wins Favorite Pop or Rock Band, Duo or Group and Linkin Park wins Favorite Alternative Rock Music Artist
2008 Dark Horse by Nickelback is released
2008 The New Game by Mudvayne is released
2008 Cosmic Universal Fashion by Sammy Hagar is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Friday, November 19 WARRANT The Garage Bar at Route 46 Sanford

IN THE NEWS
A Look at Early Beatles Rankings on iTunes
Jimi Hendrix's Family Talks 'Anthology,' 'Day in the Life' Documentary
Paramore's Hayley Williams Plays With Poison in 'Playing God'

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, November 22 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, November 24 STEVE MILLER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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