insert_link Music The Beatles and Their Hit Back in the USSR It’s hard to believe that most of the music that built this great country is nearly 50 years old. Today we’re going to talk about one of the Beatles' most popular songs, "Back in the U.S.S.R.,” from the double disc ‘The Beatles’ album in 1968. Paul wrote the song while they were in Rishikesh India, studying Transcendental Meditation. Yes, the song is a tribute to Chuck Berry and “Back in […] todayAugust 15, 2016
insert_link Classic Hits Looking Back at Woodstock 46 Years Later Nearly 50 years ago upwards of 500,000 teenagers and young adults traveled to upstate New York to Max Yasgur’s farm to be part of rock and roll history. August 15th, 1969 was the first day of the Woodstock Music Festival. Over the next few days we’ll take you back to one of the greatest moments in the history of mankind. The festival was the brainchild and production of four entrepreneurs, […] todayAugust 15, 2016
insert_link Classic Hits The Best Rock and Roll Locations – Florida Let’s take a tour of the best rock and roll locations in America as part of our summer long vacation. Today we’re headed to the state of Florida... Lynyrd Skynyrd is originally from Jacksonville with the boys meeting in high school. We all know that the name of the band came from their gym teacher who gave them grief for the length of their hair. Leonard Skinner recently died with […] todayAugust 12, 2016
insert_link Classic Hits 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
insert_link 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
insert_link Classic Hits The Life and Struggles of Three Dog Night Death will come for all of us regardless of wealth of notoriety. Sadly, the band Three Dog Night had a tough 2016 and early 2016, with the loss of original members Cory Wells and Jimmy Greenspoon. Bass player Joe Schermie passed away in 2002, leaving only Chuck Negron (yup, the cousin of actor and playwright Taylor Negron) Michael Allsup, and Floyd Sneed. Three Dog Night will always be remembered as […] todayAugust 11, 2016
insert_link 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
insert_link 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
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