1965, The Who are scheduled to play an 8pm show at the Aarhus Hallen in Aarhus. The audience pelts the opening acts with bottles and trash and turns into a rioting mob by the time The Who take the stage. The band makes it through half of one song before fleeing for their lives, as the audience storms the stage and smashes the instruments. Pete later calls it "the best concert … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 26
Robert Palmer
Psychedelic Time Warp – Memorial Day
Hosted by Bart Shore. This is our Memorial Day show - a tribute to dead rockers , with Queen, Warren Zevon, the Jim Carrol Band, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Allman Brothers, Nirvana, Chicago, Thin Lizzy, Love, the Beatles, Johnny Cash, and Pink Floyd. Plus live music from Robert Palmer, the Doors, Little Feat, and the Grateful Dead. Comedy bits like the All-Star Dead … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Memorial Day
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley” by Robert Palmer
This is the opening triptych of songs from Palmer's debut solo album from 1974. But it wasn't the first time we heard from Palmer since he had been a member of the band Vinegar Joe before this releasing three critically acclaimed albums that were ignored by the public during the early '70s. "Sailing Shoes" was a Little Feat cover written by Lowell George. The band backing … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley” by Robert Palmer
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Burn In Hell” by Junior Kimbrough
Like his good friend R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough hailed from northern Mississippi and didn’t find fame until relatively late in the game. Kimbrough recorded sessions in the 1960s and 1970s that went mostly unreleased. It wasn’t until music critic Robert Palmer produced his first record for the Fat Possum label in 1992 that Kimbrough attained national attention. Kimbrough … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Burn In Hell” by Junior Kimbrough
