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2/2/1942 Graham Nash born Posted Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Graham Nash of

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2/2/1942 Graham Nash born Posted Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Graham Nash of

Graham Nash of the Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was born on this day in 1942 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.  Nash co-founded the Hollies with Alan Clarke in the early 60's.  He met Stephen Stills and David Crosby during a Hollies US tour and soon after parted ways with the Hollies to form Crosby, Stills and Nash, taking with him some of his best […]

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2/1/1950 Mike Campbell born Posted Saturday, February 1st, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Welcome to

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2/1/1950 Mike Campbell born Posted Saturday, February 1st, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Welcome to

Welcome to February, Rockers! We start the new month off with happy birthday wishes to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,  Fleetwood Mac and Dirty Knobs guitarist Mike Campbell, who was born on this day in 1950 in Panama City, Florida.  A scorching version of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode earned Mike an added guitarist spot in Mudcrutch, the Gainesville based group Tom Petty formed in the early 1970's.  That band […]

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1/31/1946 Chicago guitarist Terry Kath born Posted Friday, January 31st, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insigh

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1/31/1946 Chicago guitarist Terry Kath born Posted Friday, January 31st, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insigh

Terry Kath, considered by many to be a guitarist that deserved considerably more admiration and accolades than he was given, was born on this day in 1946. He and his drummer younger brother Rod grew-up in the Northwood area of Chicago. Inspired by surf guitarist Dick Dale and the Ventures, Kath took up the guitar in his opening year of high school. He had some lessons, but made most of his […]

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1/29/1972 David Bowie introduces Ziggy Stardust Posted Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 12:00am by Rock

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1/29/1972 David Bowie introduces Ziggy Stardust Posted Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 12:00am by Rock

David Bowie introduced the Rock World to Ziggy Stardust during a concert on this night in 1972 in Aylesbury, UK. The album featuring the character and title song, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,  would get its UK release five months later, but Bowie had been working on material for the release since November of '71.Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on January 29 include...1944 Early Rolling […]

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1/28/2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Billy Powell dies Posted Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insi

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1/28/2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Billy Powell dies Posted Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insi

Before becoming a key member of one of Southern Rock's legendary bands, Billy Powell was one of the group's roadies.  His talent as a keyboard player was unknown to Ronnie Van Zant until Powell was overheard playing Free Bird on a piano backstage before a Skynyrd concert in 1972.  As Powell related it, the lead singer walked up to him and said, 'You mean to tell me that you've been […]

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1/27/1944 Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason born Posted Monday, January 27th, 2025 12:00am by ROCKinsights Dru

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1/27/1944 Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason born Posted Monday, January 27th, 2025 12:00am by ROCKinsights Dru

Drummer Nick Mason, the only member of Pink Floyd who played on every studio album the band released, was born on this day in 1944 in Birmingham, UK.  Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Bob Klose met and formed a group called Sigma 6 while attending Regent Street Polytechnic in London.  Mason has most recently formed Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, a group that concentrates on early era Pink Floyd […]

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1/26/1957 Eddie Van Halen born. Posted Sunday, January 26th, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Edward Lodewijk van Halen born this day in the Netherlands. His middle name is the Dutch variation on Beethoven’s first name, Ludwig. Eddie’s father played jazz piano, clarinet and saxophone and both Eddie and his brother and future band mate started piano lessons not long after the family relocated to Pasadena, California in 1962. Eddie would earn top honors several years running in a regional piano performance competition staged at an LA area community college. Alex took up the guitar before his brother, so Eddie started playing drums, but the pair switched instruments shortly after Alex blew Eddie a

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1/26/1957 Eddie Van Halen born. Posted Sunday, January 26th, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Edward Lodewijk van Halen born this day in the Netherlands. His middle name is the Dutch variation on Beethoven’s first name, Ludwig. Eddie’s father played jazz piano, clarinet and saxophone and both Eddie and his brother and future band mate started piano lessons not long after the family relocated to Pasadena, California in 1962. Eddie would earn top honors several years running in a regional piano performance competition staged at an LA area community college. Alex took up the guitar before his brother, so Eddie started playing drums, but the pair switched instruments shortly after Alex blew Eddie a

Edward Lodewijk van Halen born this day in the Netherlands. His middle name is the Dutch variation on Beethoven's first name, Ludwig.  Eddie's father played jazz piano, clarinet and saxophone and both Eddie and his brother and future band mate started piano lessons not long after the family relocated to Pasadena, California in 1962.  Eddie would earn top honors several years running in a regional piano performance competition staged at an LA […]

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Good news for Trop Rock fans Posted Tuesday, December 24th, 2024 8:49am by Rock Insights When Jimmy Buffett and Steve Huntington launched Radio Margaritaville as a hand-crafted online station in 1998, Parrot Heads flocked to it in droves. RM was a musical oasis serving-up a musical cocktail with Trop Rock as its main ingredient, complimented with songs and artists from other genres that kept it uniquely refreshing. Parrot Heads longing for the kind of listening experience Radio Margaritaville provided before the station migrated from the internet to satellite radio and became musically shallower and repetitive may have reason to rejoice. Steve Huntington has joined the fellow former Radio Ma

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Good news for Trop Rock fans Posted Tuesday, December 24th, 2024 8:49am by Rock Insights When Jimmy Buffett and Steve Huntington launched Radio Margaritaville as a hand-crafted online station in 1998, Parrot Heads flocked to it in droves. RM was a musical oasis serving-up a musical cocktail with Trop Rock as its main ingredient, complimented with songs and artists from other genres that kept it uniquely refreshing. Parrot Heads longing for the kind of listening experience Radio Margaritaville provided before the station migrated from the internet to satellite radio and became musically shallower and repetitive may have reason to rejoice. Steve Huntington has joined the fellow former Radio Ma

When Jimmy Buffett and Steve Huntington launched Radio Margaritaville as a hand-crafted online station in 1998, Parrot Heads flocked to it in droves. RM was a musical oasis serving-up a musical cocktail with Trop Rock as its main ingredient, complimented with songs and artists from other genres that kept it uniquely refreshing.Parrot Heads longing for the kind of listening experience Radio Margaritaville provided before the station migrated from the internet […]

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McCartney’s Paul’s Got Back Tour closes Posted Friday, December 20th, 2024 7:32am by Rock Insights Paul McCartney ended his Paul’s Got Back 2024 tour on a high note Thursday (12/19) at London’s O2 Arena with guest performers Ringo Starr and Ron Wood. Paul’s former band mate emerged to thunderous applause and took his place behind the kit for a blistering rendition of Helter Skelter and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Rolling Stone guitarist Ron Wood contributed guitar licks on Get Back.

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McCartney’s Paul’s Got Back Tour closes Posted Friday, December 20th, 2024 7:32am by Rock Insights Paul McCartney ended his Paul’s Got Back 2024 tour on a high note Thursday (12/19) at London’s O2 Arena with guest performers Ringo Starr and Ron Wood. Paul’s former band mate emerged to thunderous applause and took his place behind the kit for a blistering rendition of Helter Skelter and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Rolling Stone guitarist Ron Wood contributed guitar licks on Get Back.

Paul McCartney ended his Paul's Got Back 2024 tour on a high note Thursday (12/19) at London's O2 Arena with guest performers Ringo Starr and Ron Wood.  Paul's former band mate emerged to thunderous applause and took his place behind the kit for a blistering rendition of Helter Skelter and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  Rolling Stone guitarist Ron Wood contributed guitar licks on Get Back. [embedded content]

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