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This Year’s Acoustic-4-A-Cure Details

If you live in the San Francisco area, you know the fourth annual ‘Acoustic-4-A-Cure’ show, held May 15th at the famous Fillmore, is all the rage. Recently, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo are joined the lineup. Sammy Hagar and Metallica's James Hetfield started the charitable convert/event a few years ago for the benefit of the fight against Pediatric Cancer, at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Additional guests that night include […]

todayApril 26, 2017

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Celebrating the Great Jimmy Webb

At first blush the name Jimmy Webb does is not a familiar one, but it should be. Jimmy Webb is one of the most prolific songwriters in music, having written million dollar sellers like "Up, Up and Away," for the Fifth Dimension, "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Galveston," for Glen Campbell, "The Worst That Could Happen," for a one hit wonder group called the Brooklyn Bridge, […]

todayApril 26, 2017

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The Van Halen We Know and Love With Sammy Hagar

Van Halen fanatics who love the band with David Lee Roth as its front man think this version of the group is the bomb, while those that love "I Can’t Drive 55” think that Sammy Hagar took Van Halen to new heights. Let’s learn a little more about Sammy… Sammy was born in Salinas, California on October 13th, 1947 and his first success came from a group called Montrose in […]

todayApril 25, 2017

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A Rock Experience Unlike Any Other – The Inaugural Rock Getaway

Here’s an idea; take an incredible vacation in Mexico while your favorite stars rock the house every night! In October and November, the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico becomes ‘The Inaugural Rock Getaway’ experience. It’s like those rock cruise’s you’ve been reading about, but on land. Special guests that week will be Roger Daltrey, Don Henley, Bad Company and the Steve Miller Band. The four-day experience will also […]

todayApril 25, 2017

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Some of the Best Songs and Albums in the National Library of Congress

Don McClean made more news a few weeks ago when it was revealed that his tune “American Pie” (the day the music died, Buddy Holly plane crash 19590) would be secured in the National Library of Congress. It’s where audio called the ‘National Recording Registry,’ or recordings that culturally or historically reflect life in the United States are admitted. Think of it as the Hall of Fame for audio that […]

todayApril 25, 2017

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Hear Sweat Pea, Dizzy and More from Tommy Yet Again in 2017

Tommy Roe is a Georgia native, credited with being one of the founding fathers of the ‘bubblegum’ music genre. Tommy’s career almost didn’t happen; here’s the scoop… As an aspiring singer he found enough money to record a song he’d written called "Shelia.” No one in the States would touch it, but oddly enough the song was a hit in Australia. ABC the label here in the US, begged Tommy […]

todayApril 24, 2017

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Founding Member of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Out on Tour This Summer

Pink Floyd is considered one of the most influential progressive/rock bands of all time, selling over 250 million albums during their run. Their greatest accomplishments have been the LPs “Dark Side of the Moon,” released in 1973, and the more commercial album, “The Wall,” hitting the airwaves in 1979. It’s hard to imagine where the band would be without founding member Roger Waters. Roger is out on tour this summer, […]

todayApril 24, 2017

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Steve Perry’s New album Coming

Journey has finally been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all is right with the world now! Lead singer Steve Perry attended the ceremonies at Barclays Center a few weeks ago to accept the award with fellow Journey band members, but did not perform with the group that night, giving way to current member Arnel Pindea. Steve did tell friends and fans that he’s been busy […]

todayApril 24, 2017

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Peace Movement Songs From Year’s Past

Identifying the radical ‘anti-war’ songs from the 60s is relatively easy. "War” by Edwin Star or “Give Peace a Chance,” was obviously written in protest of the Vietnam War. There were a few popular songs that were part of the peace moment that weren’t so obvious… "Blowing in the Wind" stand today as the single reason to point to the genius of Bob Dylan who penned the song, made famous […]

todayApril 21, 2017

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