April 30th, 2008
WAIT!! Before your imagination runs wild, those two subjects mentioned in the title are involved in separate stories! (WHEW!! Please tell me I’m off the hook!) Now … let’s go on:
WAS SHE A “FOXY LADY”? In this media-drenched era of Hilton/Anderson/everyone-but-Charlie-Brown (who’d probably do it for Peanuts) sex tapes, now comes word of […]
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April 29th, 2008
Hey … just for the heck of it, whaddya say we sorta play Jeopardy™ with the quiz this time (at least, for this segment)?
Here … I’ll give you the answers, and you send in the questions, okay? It’s kinda like this (I’ll give ya the answer to this one, just to show ya what […]
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April 28th, 2008
Yep … it happened this week, so many moons ago (geez, an’ … an’ it seems like only yesterday …)
Twenty-three years ago today (1975), the disco scene took a biiiiiiig leap (twirl, split, dip, boogie [your choice] …) when The Bee Gees hit with Jive Talkin’ and Nights of Broadway. The album, Main Course (from […]
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April 28th, 2008
Man, say it ain’t so! The Rock Relic … behind a microphone?? After all these years?? (Sheesh!! What is this world coming to?)
Actually, it’s an old cassette of some studio work I did a few years back (one of my sons gave it to a friend who found it while cleanin’ out […]
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April 27th, 2008
“Now, for … all yew … fffffFORE fanzzzz … in th’ audience, rrrrrrrIIIGHT here, on … ARE staige …”
Okay … so I’m not Sullivan. But I toldja the Relic knows a successful act when he hears it!! And, Rockaholics, this is just one of their hits! Now, with all that’s goin’ on […]
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April 26th, 2008
Awww, c’mon … say it ain’t so!!!
Sadly, it is — at least according to Genesis legend, singer, songwriter and actor Phil Collins.
Yesterday, he told the London Times that he’s done with touring … and recording! He’ll keep on writing songs, though, and, presumably, acting as well.
Phil, yer gonna be missed, man; just remember, it’s […]
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April 25th, 2008
Throughout the world at this hour, bands are tuning up, studio mixing boards are being adjusted, fans are buying tickets for concerts and radios are playing Top 40 from 1964 … or is it 1966 … or ‘67?
Contracts are being discussed for a four-man band out of Kent, England, who’s already starting to set the […]
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April 24th, 2008
One of the most popular segments of this show has been something the Relic calls Didja Know …?? It’s where we sift through the archives for the littlest-known (and sometimes surprising) facts of rock and its acts.
For example, didja know that Jefferson Airplane got its name from a “roach”-holder (an’ I ain’t talkin’ bugs here!) […]
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April 23rd, 2008
Alright … by now ya know the Relic’s HQ’d in the foothills of Appalachians, right? And ya know I’ve toldja about my li’l band of mouse-samplin’ whiskerlickers underfoot, right? ) Okay, then: to yer left, meet the real “Hillbilly Cat”!
Hey … have ya ever wondered where that old moniker came from? Y’see, for years, jazz […]
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April 21st, 2008
Okay, Rockaholics … got a coupla birthdays to celebrate here at Relic Central:
The first is the man whose musical compositions and arrangements have been heard and appreciated around the globe (the Dave Clark Five recorded many of his songs, including the hits Because and Any Way You Want It) and are still extremely popular today […]
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