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Don Fielder Remembers Glenn Frey

Don Fielder, original member of the Eagles, performed in Detroit a few weeks ago. He stopped the show mid-stream to talk about the late Glenn Frey, what it meant to be his peer. You may remember that Glenn’s hometown city is Michigan’s Royal Oak, and the citizens are still struggling with his departure. The Royal Oak School Board this past spring paid its native son and Eagles founder, the highest […]

todayAugust 12, 2016

Classic Hits

Janis Joplin – One of the First Great Female Rockers

Rock and roll is no longer a dude’s game. Joan Jett, The Go Gos, Pat Benatar, Melissa Etheridge and others in the early 70s to present day have made sure we know that the gals can rock. One of the earliest women to rock came from a small town in Texas. Janis Joplin grew in sleepy Port Arthur, TX. a miss-understood child of a Texaco executive and mom college registrar. […]

todayAugust 12, 2016

Adult Contemporary

American Pie’s Don McLean Upcoming Tour

The Song “American Pie” became an instant classic upon its release in 1971; a touching homage to the late Buddy Holly and that fateful plane crash in 1959, killing Buddy, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. It’s just been announced that the album that is nearly 50 years old will be released again in vinyl in a remastered destitution. Don McLean is also on the road through the fall, playing […]

todayAugust 11, 2016

Classic Hits

Our Favorite Bands’ Original Names

So what’s in a name? Well, often times the band we love was not really the band that began under the name we love them for. You know Richard Steven Valenzuela had his name changed to Richie Valens by his agent right? This kind of thing happens all of the time, but you'd never know it until you did a little research. If I offered you front row tickets to […]

todayAugust 11, 2016

Classic Hits

How Boston Helped Themselves Become Huge

Rock and roll concerts in the early days were a bunch of guys showing up to a live music event eager to hear heavy guitar and angry lyrics. Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Cream and Molly Hatchett were all examples of bands targeted primarily to men, and a few women who atypically flew their flags at half-mast. Some bands were savvy enough to expand their repertoire to include ballads with rich love […]

todayAugust 11, 2016

Classic Hits

Pink Floyd’s The Early Years

If you’re a Pink Floyd fan, this news will be an early Christmas present. Pink Floyd will be packaging the early says of the band in a box set called The Early Years 1965-1972. The 27 disc box set will be released in early November of this year, and will be containing unreleased tracks. In early 1965 college boys Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and Syd Barrett met and […]

todayAugust 10, 2016

Classic Hits

Fate Taking Over for Some Rockers

Many times a rock and roller plays out his hand, grabs all the money, fame and fortune while the iron is hot, then settles into obscurity not yearning for a reunion tour or new songs. Then fate steps in. A clear example of karma is the GEICO commercial featuring the Scorpions with their “The Final Countdown” tune, selling Scorpions songs and spurring a reunion. Now, Madison Avenue has changed the […]

todayAugust 10, 2016

Classic Hits

Some of Bruce Springsteen’s Best

Bruce Springsteen gave us the iconic album “Born to Run” in the mid-70s; the album is still considered one of the finest pieces of music ever recorded. Bruce’s most inner thoughts as he’s nearly finished with his autobiography “Born to Run,” due out in the Fall. “Blinded By the Light” from his Greetings from Asbury Park is a classic that Manfred Mann covered years later. The song is very autobiographical. […]

todayAugust 9, 2016

Classic Hits

One Amazing Five-Time Grammy Winner, Chris Geppert

Christopher Charles Geppert was born in San Antonio Texas in 1951. You know his as the Classic Hits/Rocker Chris Cross, the author of great songs like "Sailing” and "Ride Like the Wind.” Here are a few fund facts you may not know about this talented singer… Chris exploded onto the music scene in 1981, winning five Grammys for his debut album, and in particular the single “Sailing.” Talk about hot […]

todayAugust 9, 2016

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