Wednesday Rock Blogging

John Lennon

Today an innocent man was gunned down in midtown Mahattan, and it reminded me of John Lennon who was killed nearby on December 8, 1980. I'll never forget listening to Jim Ladd on KLOS that night playing every Lennon song imaginable to pay respects. BTW, the war is...

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Eminence Front

? It was on this tour in 1982 that I saw the Who at the L.A. Sports Arena. It was the loudest concert I've ever attended, and my ears were ringing for a week - and I was in the back! Whoops it wasn't the 1982 tour. It was the 1980 tour that I saw - look at the...

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Ringo

Ringo at Humphrey's with Steve Lukather (Toto) on guitar on stage right, and Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) and Colin Hay (Men at Work). Incredible show - they played all the hits, and it would be worth it to see any one of these guys play with their former band....

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JD and Alejandro

In 1983, Amy and I were the concert producers at Cal State Fullerton and we had just scored the first beer sponsorship in the country for our shows. It gave us the extra dough to have X play a free show in front of 5,000 students in February, and a free show with...

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