email 1965, Bob Dylan played the first night on a 36 date North American tour at Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, Texas. 1966, Jimi Hendrix arrived in London with manager Chas Chandler on a flight from New York City. With only the clothes he was wearing, Hendrix had sold his other belongings to pay a […]
Time 2 Rhyme I’m
email It’s The 3D RadioActivity number 396, and it’s Time 2 Rhyme as I am having musical contractions for you this time, with the English copular verb to be, focused on an individual “state of being”. So, I’m as I’m in the mood for that… and love. Click to listen => Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20170917-Time2RhymeIm.mp3 I […]
Today in Rock History – September 23
email 1966, The Rolling Stones 66 12-date UK tour kicked off at the Royal Albert Hall London. Supported by The Yardbirds, Ike and Tina Turner, and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers. Both Keith Moon and John Entwistle from The Who were in the audience. 1967, The Mothers Of Invention appeared at the Royal Albert […]
Today in Rock History – September 22
email 1965, San Francisco band The Great Society, featuring Grace Slick, make their live debut at The Coffee Gallery, North Beach, California. The lineup featured Grace, her then-husband Jerry Slick on drums, his brother Darby Slick on guitar, David Miner on vocals and guitar, Bard DuPont on bass, and Peter van Gelder on flute, bass, […]
Today in Rock History – September 20
email 1968, Led Zeppelin, still working under the name of The Yardbirds, started recording their debut album at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England. The album took only about 36 hours of studio time to complete at a cost of around £1,782 ($2851), with most of the tracks being recorded “live” in the studio with very […]
Song Of The Day – “Hot Stuff” by The Rolling Stones
email Today’s Song Of The Day comes from the Rolling Stones’ 1976 album Black And Blue. Next to Goats Head Soup, the album stands as one of the most maligned Rolling Stones releases of the 1970s. That assessment is totally unfair since the album actually is one of the most varied and forward looking records […]
Song Of The Day – “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
email In 1971 the rock godz gave us Fragile by Yes…and three years later, they bestowed upon us the riff fest known as Not Fragile by BTO! There’s something to be said about what I call “big dumb rock records.” They’re the riff-crazy tracks that make you grab for your air guitar whilst rocking your […]
Today in Rock History – September 15
email 1965, The Ford Motor Company became the first automaker to offer an 8-track tape player as an option for their entire line of vehicles on sale in the US. Tapes were initially only available at auto parts stores. Home 8-track equipment was still a year away. 1966, The Who played at Gaumont Theatre in […]
The 3rd Dimensional IF
email I’m Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, and we are back from a relaxing time out where I went to a family reunion and wedding, along with getting together with many friends to break bread, which could lead to a larger pants size. Here’s some music that might be something taken as being […]
Today in Rock History – September 10
email 1964, The Kinks third single “You Really Got Me,” was at number one on the singles chart. Future Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page played tambourine on the track. 1964, Rod Stewart recorded his first single, a version of Willie Dixon’s “Good Morning Little School Girl.” Future Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul […]
