1963, Charlie Watts made his live debut with The Rolling Stones at The Flamingo Jazz Club, Soho, London. Before joining the Stones, Watts played regularly with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. The famous entourage has included Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Art Wood, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies and Dick … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 14
Jefferson Airplane
Today in Rock History – January 10
1964, The first US Beatles album, Introducing The Beatles, was released on Vee-Jay records. The album cover showed John, Paul and George with their now famous "mop top" haircuts, but Ringo had yet to adopt the soon the be famous style. Vee-Jay would be forced to stop selling the disc by the end of the year because of legal complications, but by then, over 1.3 million copies had … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 10
Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 03
Hosted by Bart Shore. This generic show featuring music by Elvis Costello, Faces, David Bowie, the Ides of March, Klaatu, Robin Trower, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Zappa, Wishbone Ash, the Stones, Beatles, Soul Asylum, Boz Scaggs, Eric Burdon, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Pink Floyd. Plus comedy from Chris Rush and Woody … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 03
Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 47
Hosted by Bart Shore. Featuring music from The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Beatles, ELO, Smithereens, The Cure, (covering the Doors) Radiohead, Muddy Waters, the Blues Brothers, Flamin' Groovies, and the Allman Joys (an early incarnation of the Allman Brothers) Plus live Genesis, U2, Dire Straits, Simple Minds, Springsteen, Jefferson Airplane, Stevie Ray … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 47
Today in Rock History – December 12
1966, Pink Floyd make their first ever appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. Their would play the RAH three more times, with the last performance there in 1970. 1966, Jimi Hendrix performs at the RamJam Club in London. 1967, Rolling Stone Brian Jones was given 3 years probation and a £1,000 fine for drug offenses. Three psychiatrists agreed that Jones was an extremely … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – December 12