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Artist of The Month - Billy Squier
Billy attended Berklee College of Music in 1971 His first real start was with the band 'Magic Terry & The Universe In 1980, Squier signed with Capitol Records and released his debut album, "The Tale of the Tape" that included the song "You Should Be High Love" - Billy filmed an alaborate music v...
Jan 10, 2018
Album of the Week - Hotel California
Hotel California is the 5th studio album by the rock group, the Eagles and was released on December 8th of 1976. The album itself is one of the best selling albums of all time. Three of the singles were released from the album and all reached high in the Billboard Hot 100 - Two of the singles got No. 1; "Ne...
Jan 03, 2018
Artist of The Week - Eagles
Interesting Facts: The band was formed in Los Angeles in 1971 with founding members that included Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner Over the duration of the bands history, the Eagles have received 5 No. 1 singles, 6 Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards and 6 No. 1 albums making them one of the m...
Jan 03, 2018
Album of the Week - 38 Special
The 1st album out of the 12 studio albums that were released. The album '38 Special' was released in 1977 from A&M Records. The album itself released two singles 'Long Time Gone' and 'Tell Everybody', but neither of the songs charted to the Billboard Hot 100. The album was on the Pop Charts but unfortunately did no...
Dec 20, 2017
38 Special / Released 1977
Artist Of The Week: 38 Special
Artist Of The Week: 38 Special Interesting Facts: The band was formed by neighborhood friends Don Barnes and Donnie Van Zant in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida. Donnie Van Zant is the brother of Skynyrd's leader, Ronnie Van Zant. "Caught Up in You" and "If I'd Been the One" both hit No....
Dec 18, 2017
38 Special / Released 1977
Album of the Week - The Captain and Me
The album 'The Captain and Me' was released on March 2, 1973 and was the 3rd album by the band. The album featured some popular hits that many of know today including "Long Train Runnin", "China Grove", and "Without You". When the album was released in 1973, the album was No. 7 on the US ...
Dec 12, 2017
Artist Of The Week: Doobie Brothers
Artist Of The Week: The Doobie Brothers Who are the Doobie Brothers? The best way I can describe the Doobie Brothers, is the band who erased the line between biker gangs and free loving hippies with their soulful tunes. Interesting facts about the Doobie Brothers: The Doobie Brothers formed in 1970...
Dec 11, 2017
Artist Of The Week: Foreigner
Interesting Facts About Foreigner Trigger was the original name for the band. With that name already taken, they chose Foreigner because no matter what country they were in, three of them would always be foreigners because he, McDonald and Elliott were English, while Gramm, Greenwood and Gagliardi were American....
Dec 05, 2017
Artist Of The Week: Jimi Hendrix
Interesting Facts About Jimi Hendrix John Allen Hendrix was born in Seattle, WA on November 27th 1942 When his father, Al Hendrix, returned from the Army, he renamed him James Marshall Hendrix He didn't become Jimi Hendrix until he arrived in London in 1966. He dropped out of High School and enlisted in the Army in Ma...
Nov 28, 2017
Artist Of The Week : Duane Allman
Howard Duane Allman, Co-Founder of The Allman Brothers Band Did you know: Born November 20, 1946 in Nashville, TN Early names for the band included The Escorts, The 31st of February, Hour Glass, Almanac, and The Allman Joys In 1969, he and Gregg cofounded The Allman Brothers Band Duane Allman of The Allman Broth...
Nov 20, 2017