102.9 The Whale will be traveling all over Connecticut all summer long!! Each week we will pick a different city and show up with our Whale Van stuffed with lots of free stuff for you!! Including Bic Flex Razors, Citgo Gift Cards and other 102.9 the Whale merch!! This week- 5/28-5/31 find us in MIDDLETOWN…
Join 102.9 The Whale on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the 10th Annual Hartford Rib Off for a fun and food-filled day for the entire family, all while raising money for three local non profit organizations, For the price of admission you will be able to sample not only BBQ from some of the best…
Today (May 24th) is Bob Dylan’s 78th birthday. The Bob Dylan song “Forever Young” brought The Band’s late bassist Rick Danko to tears. He remembered tearing up after cutting the slow version on a Friday, then returning to the studio to record a fast one Monday morning. In a 1980s interview, he talked about cutting…
40 years ago today (May 23rd,1979) and 10 years to the day after Tommy was released in Britain (May 23rd, 1969), The Who documentary The Kids Are Alright premiered in New York. The Who song “Long Live Rock” was an attempt at a Chuck Berry parody that Pete Townshend calls “not a very good song.”…
40 years ago today (May 22nd), Cheap Trick at Budokan, featuring “I Want You to Want Me,” was certified platinum for a million copies sold. The live version of the song “I Want You to Want Me” was career-changing, but they sure don’t like the original studio recording. The studio version didn’t chart. The live…
Queen’s Hot Space album, featuring “Under Pressure,” was released on May 21st, 1982. Inspired by listening to classic records, Queen and David Bowie write a classic of their own. It was released as a single and on Queen’s Greatest Hits in 1981 and on Hot Space in 1982 David Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie…
The Doobie Brothers made history last fall in New York with their first-ever complete album shows. Due June 28th, Live From the Beacon Theatre will be available in two-CD, two-CD/DVD, and Blu-ray versions. Focused on the band’s second and third LPs — Toulouse Street and The Captain and Me — the shows include never-before-performed live…
Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne celebrates his 67th birthday today (May 14th). Their song “Wild Wild Life” was written to sound like a typical pop song you’d hear on the radio, but with a little twist.. “Wild Wild Life” was the first single from Talking Heads’ 1986 album True Stories, which featured the group’s…
While the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody was a huge success, Brian May says the band has yet to see any of the millions earned. “It was a long labor of love — about 12 years in development, I guess. And we thought it would do well in the end. We felt good about it, but…
Billy Joel turns 70 years old today (May 9th). He received instant fame with his song “Piano Man”. He explains where the song came from. “The music business had relocated to California, Southern California and I was living there, trying actually to get out of a bad contract that I had signed. And I had…
102.9 The Whale will be traveling all over Connecticut all summer long!! Each week we will pick a different city and show up with our Whale Van stuffed with lots of free stuff for you!! Including Bic Flex Razors, Citgo Gift Cards and other 102.9 the Whale merch!! This week- 5/28-5/31 find us in MIDDLETOWN…
Join 102.9 The Whale on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the 10th Annual Hartford Rib Off for a fun and food-filled day for the entire family, all while raising money for three local non profit organizations, For the price of admission you will be able to sample not only BBQ from some of the best…
Today (May 24th) is Bob Dylan’s 78th birthday. The Bob Dylan song “Forever Young” brought The Band’s late bassist Rick Danko to tears. He remembered tearing up after cutting the slow version on a Friday, then returning to the studio to record a fast one Monday morning. In a 1980s interview, he talked about cutting…
40 years ago today (May 23rd,1979) and 10 years to the day after Tommy was released in Britain (May 23rd, 1969), The Who documentary The Kids Are Alright premiered in New York. The Who song “Long Live Rock” was an attempt at a Chuck Berry parody that Pete Townshend calls “not a very good song.”…
40 years ago today (May 22nd), Cheap Trick at Budokan, featuring “I Want You to Want Me,” was certified platinum for a million copies sold. The live version of the song “I Want You to Want Me” was career-changing, but they sure don’t like the original studio recording. The studio version didn’t chart. The live…
Queen’s Hot Space album, featuring “Under Pressure,” was released on May 21st, 1982. Inspired by listening to classic records, Queen and David Bowie write a classic of their own. It was released as a single and on Queen’s Greatest Hits in 1981 and on Hot Space in 1982 David Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie…
The Doobie Brothers made history last fall in New York with their first-ever complete album shows. Due June 28th, Live From the Beacon Theatre will be available in two-CD, two-CD/DVD, and Blu-ray versions. Focused on the band’s second and third LPs — Toulouse Street and The Captain and Me — the shows include never-before-performed live…
Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne celebrates his 67th birthday today (May 14th). Their song “Wild Wild Life” was written to sound like a typical pop song you’d hear on the radio, but with a little twist.. “Wild Wild Life” was the first single from Talking Heads’ 1986 album True Stories, which featured the group’s…
While the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody was a huge success, Brian May says the band has yet to see any of the millions earned. “It was a long labor of love — about 12 years in development, I guess. And we thought it would do well in the end. We felt good about it, but…
Billy Joel turns 70 years old today (May 9th). He received instant fame with his song “Piano Man”. He explains where the song came from. “The music business had relocated to California, Southern California and I was living there, trying actually to get out of a bad contract that I had signed. And I had…