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Wednesday Rock Blogging
Happy Halloween!
It's Halloween - and going to the Dead Man's Party! (hat tip JT):
Yer Blues – Dirty Mac
4 Non Blondes
When both Lady Gaga and Pink cover your song, you've done pretty good:
John Prine – Happy Birthday!
It's John's birthday today! (He's 72) John Prine is having a heck of a summer. He released this video at the bottom of this post about opiate addition to rave reviews. He received the Artist of the Year (mentioned below), and yesterday he was also nominated for the...
Marty Balin, RIP
We lost a legend this week. You wouldn't know it based on the amount of video footage, because there isn't much. But when it comes to bands who got us through the 60s, is there any more influential in California than the Jefferson Airplane? But unfortunately Marty...
Eagles
People are still talking about the Eagles show at Petco on Saturday, and no doubt it was epic - almost as good as Def Leppard the next night! (we didn't go to either, just based on reports). I like the idea of bringing Glenn's kid out to sing his vocals, and if you...
Robert Plant
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters are going to be at Kaaboo on Sunday! How many more times will we have a chance to see him play live in San Diego? Here is the band playing a Led Zeppelin classic that probably has something to do with so many of us...
Florence + The Machine
Florence is on tour and will be at the SDSU Viejas Arena on Sunday, September 23rd, and at the Hollywood Bowl on September 25th:
Ed King, R.I.P.
Ed King started with the Strawberry Alarm Clock, but was best known as one of the three lead guitarists for Lynyrd Skynyrd (along with Allen Collins and Gary Rossington) - though he left after fights with Ronnie, claiming he was just a California hippie. Here is a...