The postage stamp was just $.05 cents, a gallon of gas was priced at $.50 cents, and “Strangers in the Night” by Frank Sinatra won the Grammy for Song of the Year. If we were to take a time machine back to this date in April of 1967, what would we hear on the radio? […]
It’s hard to get any work done between Christmas and New Year, so let’s have some fun and test your rock and roll knowledge – no peeking as the answers are below… 1.) This music group holds the record for appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. 2.) “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was […]
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Fleetwood Mac’ from 1975 is getting a reissue release of January 19th, giving Fleetwood Mac fans a chance to hear updated and alternate versions of the tunes that appeared on this eventual game changing LP. This offering will be available in three CDs, one vinyl LP, and DVD. This Fleetwood Mac reissue will […]
Getting in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is considered the highest honor for a musician, but in England, there is one honor that rises above all others; being Knighted by the Queen! News leaked from Buckingham Palace this week that sole survivor of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb, and Beatle Ringo Starr have […]
The weekend is almost here! How about a little bit of rock music fun facts and trivia… How prolific were the songwriters Lennon/McCartney? Did you know that the Beatles first LP contained 14 songs, 10 of which were written in just over 12 hours? Rock provides much irony. Did you know that Motorhead’s Lemmy once […]
Rockers are always buying and selling homes it seems. This is the case right now as a few homes are up for sale and can be yours! If you have $11 million dollars you can own the home once owned by Slash of Guns N’ Roses, or if you have a bit more cash, you’ll […]
Often times when a great band breaks up, the star of that band looks for another project or band to form. In the 80s the term ‘supergroup’ appeared; giving way to familiar bands that sounded like the lead singers group. Here are a few ‘supergroups’ that deserve extra attention today… Carl Palmer of ‘Emerson Lake […]
The Moody Blues are finally going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, after years of raising the bar on rock and roll, selling hundreds of millions of albums. Their tunes have been iconic, from the early songs ‘Nights in White Satin,” “Ride My See Saw” to the 80s and 90s hits ‘The Voice” […]
The Bee Gees are back, at least in film, as their 1989 concert from the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne AU called ‘One for All Tour: Live in Australia 1989’ will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD early February. The amount of music and hit singles the Bee Gees provided over their career is astounding, […]
The Janis Joplin autobiographical film “Little Girl Blue” hit the theatres last fall with great admiration. “Little Girl Blue” reveals live concert footage and rare interviews that will make you wish Janis was with us today. Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur TX in 1943, growing up attending multiple colleges in Texas, though never […]