It was on this day in 1999 — June 24th — that Eric Clapton auctioned off more than 100 if his guitars at Sotheby’s in New York, raising more than $5-million for his Crossroads rehabilitation center in Antigua. The top seller was his 1956 Fender Stratocaster, nicknamed Brownie, which sold $450,000, the highest price ever…
Listen to Eddie Sab weekdays starting at 2p. This week he will have tickets to see Alice Cooper at the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino on July 4th! Powered by Foxwoods Resort Casino
Listen to Klonk’s 10@10 Monday- Wednesday and win a pair of Meet and Greet passes to meet NASCAR’s Kyle Larson and watch him race at the Karting for Kids event! Speedway Children’s Charities New-Hampshire Chapter is excited to host the Karting For Kids indoor karting championship, where you can go wheel-to-wheel against other NASCAR…
Three months after it was originally scheduled, The Rolling Stones will begin the U.S. leg of the No Filter tour with the first of two shows tonight (Friday) at Soldier Field in Chicago. The tour was postponed when Mick Jagger underwent heart valve replacement surgery in April. Radar Online reports that precautions are in place…
Who is Heart’s “Magic Man” Thousands wanted to be the magic man, it was actually inspired by the guy Ann Wilson was with when the song was written. The song came out in 1976 on the album Dreamboat Annie. The first single from Heart’s debut album flopped, but the follow-up, “Magic Man,” reached number-nine on…
Sir Paul McCartney celebrates his 77th birthday today (June 18th). The Beatles: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was designed to be some other band is playing this song. But really it would be them. The song wasn’t released as a single, but the album it kicked off and shared its name with topped the…
Original Santana singer and keyboardist Gregg Rolie celebrates his 72nd birthday today (June 17th). The Santana song “Oye Como Va” from the album Abraxas in 1970 surprised the band. Gregg Rolie recalls that the non-Latino members of Santana were taken aback at the idea of covering “Oye Como Va.”. He recalls that he had to…
Alan White, who replaced Bill Bruford as the drummer in Yes in 1972, turns 70 today (June 14th). Bruford, by the way, turned 70 last month. The Yes song “Owner of a Lonely Heart” which ended up on the album 90125 in 1983 was only half done when Jon Anderson came into the picture. He…
Mick Taylor was named to replace Brian Jones in The Rolling Stones 50 years ago today (June 13th). The Rolling Stones: “Honky Tonk Women” was the song he played on for his “audition”. He thought he was brought in to do some overdubs because Brian Jones couldn’t make the session. It turned out to be…
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s complete Woodstock performance will go on sale this summer. The hour-long set began just after midnight on August 17th, 1969 and includes “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising” and “Green River.” Creedence took the stage later than planned, following The Grateful Dead, who ran long. CCR declined to be included in the Woodstock…