Classic Hits

Peter Frampton’s “Frampton Comes Alive” broke all the rules. It was a completely live album, double sided, and was released in 1976 in the middle of the disco craze. Here are a few more Peter Frampton fun facts… Peter Frampton’s “Alive” album was recorded from live concerts in upstate New York, California, and Pittsburgh shows. It’s been unofficially credited with inspiring Bob Seger to do the same, releasing ‘Silver Bullet […]

One of the best bands from the 80s was Van Halen; they had so many hits it was hard to listen to the radio back then and NOT hear one of their songs. Vah Halen began with lead singer David Lee Roth, then reaching new heights with Sammy Hagar. There are two camps of Van Halen fans – those that loved the David Lee Roth version of Van Halen, and […]

You can't listen to the song “Do You Feel The Way I Do” by Peter Frampton and not walk away thinking, not only is he a virtuoso, but understand how Peter changed the music business forever. Peter Kenneth Frampton was born in South London in 1950, and has been performing for over 40 years. After an assortment of high school bands, Peter’s big break came when he was hired to […]

Van Halen fanatics who love the band with David Lee Roth as its front man think his version of the group is the bomb, while those that love "I Can’t Drive 55” think Sammy Hagar took the boys to new heights. There are indeed two kinds of Van Halen fans. Let’s first look at Sammy, while tomorrow we’ll share more about David... Sammy was born in Salinas, California on October […]

We all know the words to the classic "Take Me Out to the Ballgame” written by unknown Jack Norworth in the late 1800s, but since it’s the start of the baseball season, we thought we’d share a few of our favorite baseball songs from our generation. “Centerfield” by John Fogerty released in 1985 was a great baseball song that the Baseball Hall of Fame honored in 2010 on its 25th […]

Let’s leap into 2016 with a new attitude and showcase the most interesting and lesser known artist of our time with a feature we all ‘A to Z.’ Here is the letter ‘H.’ Okay, the temptation to write about Hall and Oates is overwhelming, but for the letter 'H' we want to share our thoughts on the lesser known Uriah Heep. Smack dab in the middle of Led Zeppelin, Stones, […]