As I started out to trace the marketing of rock all the way back to its origins with Elvis Presley and his wily manager Colonel Tom Parker I began to understand that rock & roll has become a long train…moving…
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Jan 30 2024
Alive As Yesterday: 1970 Concerts
ALIVE AS YESTERDAY: 1970 CONCERTS
The Kinks
Young Bloods
Ritchie Coliseum
University of Maryland
College Mark, MD
Grateful Dead
Carousel Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Grateful Dead
Panther Hall
Fort Worth, TX
Frank Zappa
Alice Cooper
Berkeley Community…
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Jan 24 2024
Rock & Roll: The Psychedelic Years (Expanded Edition)
Psychedelic rock was a musical genre that emerged in the mid-sixties due to the popularity of such mind-altering drugs as LSD, mescaline, cannabis and peyote mushrooms. The roots of Psychedelic Rock begin here: On Friday April 16, 1943 (a day…
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Nov 29 2023
Alive As Yesterday: 1987 Concerts
License To Ill Tour '87
Beastie Boys
Fishbone
Murphy's Law
Many people's first taste of the Beasties was in 1985, when they opened for none other than Madonna during the pop star's first headlining tour. They then toured in…
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Nov 8 2023
Alive As Yesterday: 1983 Concerts
Ramones
Fool's Face
Mississippi Nights
St. Louis, MO
Freelance Vandals
Right Track Inn
Freeport, NY
The English Beat
R.E.M.
Campus of University of Western Ontario
Canada
The Time
The Cramps
Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns
Standing…
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Oct 25 2023
Alive As Yesterday: 1982 Concerts
Prince
Zapp (featuring Roger)
The Time
Rockford Metro Centre
Rockford, IL
Spring Fest '82
Ramones
David Johansen
Jim Carroll
Peter Dayton
Lines
Thunderbird Country Club
Tyngsboro, MA
Diary of a Madman Tour
Ozzy Osbourne
Starfighters
Notre Dame A.C.C.
South Bend,…
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Jun 21 2023
Rock & Roll: Why The 80's Pretty Much Sucked
As I remember it, the 1980s was a decade in which the genre known as basic meat & potatoes rock & roll began to undergo a myriad of changes. The punk rock revolution was underway but didn't really become a…
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Jun 18 2023
Rock & Roll Sunday Songs On A Sunday
It's a beautiful morning on a Sunday
which always reminds me of rock & roll songs that are all about Sundays!
Blue Sunday is track 10 on the Doors’ fifth album Morrison Hotel, which was released in February 1970.…
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May 17 2023
Alive As Yesterday: 1976 Concerts
David Bowie
Station To Station Solar Tour 1976
David Bowie
Public Hall
Cleveland, OH
David Bowie
Pavillon de Paris Porte de Pantin
Paris, France
The Ramones
The Poppers
The Fast
CBGB
NYC
Television
City Lights
CBGB
NYC
New York Dolls
…
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May 11 2023
Alive As Yesterday: 1979 Concerts
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Palladium
NYC
Damn The Torpedo Tour '79
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Orpheum Theatre
Memphis, TN
The Specials
Tiffany's Late Bar Disco
Edinburgh, Scotland
Iggy Pop
The Human League
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Plasmatics
…
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Jan 4 2023
Rock & Roll Library: My 2022 Rock & Roll Reading List