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17/03/2025

Bass player and songwriter Andy Fraser passed away on this day in 2015 (March 16)

Fraser is best known as the bass player for the English rock band Free, which he helped found in 1968 when he was 15, after a brief tenure in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.

Fraser produced and co-wrote the song "All Right Now" with Free lead singer Paul Rodgers, a #1 hit in over 20 territories and recognised by ASCAP in 1990 for garnering over 1,000,000 radio plays in the United States by late 1989.

In October 2006, a BMI London Million-Air Award was given to Rodgers and Fraser to mark over 3 million radio and television plays of "All Right Now".

Free drummer Simon Kirke later recalled: "'All Right Now' was created after a bad gig in Durham.
We finished our show and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps.
The applause had died before I had even left the drum riser.

It was obvious that we needed a rocker to close our shows.
All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing 'All Right Now'.
He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn’t have taken more than ten minutes."

Fraser also co-wrote two other hit singles for Free, "My Brother Jake" and "The Stealer".

After leaving Free, Fraser formed Sharks, but left after their debut album, “First Water” (1973).

He then formed the Andy Fraser Band, who released two albums, “Andy Fraser Band” and “In Your Eyes”, both in 1975, before that also folded.

Fraser then relocated to California to concentrate on songwriting. He wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Rod Stewart and Paul Young.

Andy Fraser died on 16 March 2015 at his home in California of a heart attack caused by atherosclerosis.

Click on the link below to watch his Free hit “All Right Now”:

https://youtu.be/vqdCZ0yHNa4

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17/03/2025

March 16, 1973
Rainbow Theatre
London, United Kingdom

17/03/2025

Pleased to announce headline shows this summer!
“What a great run to look forward to with a couple of new places to see. I’m so grateful for how far this music we’ve created continues to take us and the opportunity to tour with Guns N’ Roses is yet another pinnacle in the Rival Sons storyline. Let’s GO!”

All tickets on sale Wednesday at www.rivalsons.com

FULL RIVAL SONS EUROPE SUMMER 2025
30/5 Tbilisi, Georgia — Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena w/ Guns N Roses
2/6 Istanbul, Turkey - Tüpraş Stadyumu w/ Guns N Roses
6/6 Coimbra, Portugal - Estádio Cidade de Coimbra w/ Guns N Roses
7/6 Burgos, Spain - Andén 56 *New headline show
9/6 Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Estate Olympic w/ Guns N Roses
11/6 Padova, Italy - Padova Live Hall *New headline show
12/6 Florence, Italy - Firenze Rocks w/ Guns N Roses
13/6 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son *New headline show
15/6 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic - Rock for People Festival
16/6 Dresden, Germany - Dresden Parkhotel *New headline show
18/6 Düsseldorf, Germany - Merkur Spiel Arena w/ Guns N Roses
19/6 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp *New headline show
20/6 Munich, Germany - Allianz Arena w/ Guns N Roses
23/6 Birmingham, UK - Villa Park w/ Guns N Roses
24/6 York, UK - Barbican *New headline show
26/6 London, UK - Wembley Stadium w/ Guns N Roses
28/6 Arnhem, Netherlands - Live *New headline show
29/6 Tilloloy, France - Retro C Top Festival
1/7 Bournemouth, UK - O2 Academy *New headline show
2/7 Liverpool, UK – University *New headline show
3/7 Stockton, UK - Globe *New headline show
5/7 Birmingham, UK - Villa Park Black Sabbath - Back to Beginning Show
7/7 Ipswich, UK - Corn Exchange *New headline show
8/7 Folkestone, UK - Leas Cliff Hall *New headline show
10/7 Groningen, Netherlands - De Spot *New headline show
11/7 Haarlem, Netherlands – Patronnat *New headline show
12/7 Zottegem, Belgium - Rock Zottegem Festival

21/01/2025

On this day in 1985, the REO Speedwagon single “Can’t Fight This Feeling” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #46 (January 19)

The song first appeared on the 1984 album “Wheels Are Turnin', and went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, holding the top spot for three consecutive weeks.

Songwriter and lead singer Kevin Cronin wrote the verses back in the 70s, inspired by his developing feelings for a woman he was friends with, who was “…of course, going out with my friend, so I kept it to myself. There was a group of us who would hang out together...and she was always there.

Eventually she and I were becoming friends, but there was no hanky-panky going on. The more I got to know her, the more I liked her, but I couldn't say anything about it.”

Cronin said that he was only able to finish the song when he "couldn't fight the feeling anymore and made the move to kind of go for it."

He later revealed to Songfacts:

"Really, what the song is about was about my inability to have the courage to express myself.

I was brought up in an Irish-Catholic family, and you were taught to always keep a bright face, always act like everything was OK, even if maybe everything on the inside wasn't so OK.
So that's something I've struggled with, and over the years have gotten better at.

At that time, the only way I knew to express those feelings was to write songs about them. I've learned over the years that it works better to talk to people!

You can actually become closer to other human beings when you are vulnerable and express yourself and are free to tell the truth and to be honest and to be up front with your feelings. It does work.

Back in those days, the best that I could do was write a song about it."

It was the band’s second #1 hit on the US charts (the first being 1981's "Keep on Loving You", also written by Kevin Cronin), also reaching #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia, #5 in Ireland, #8 in South Africa, #15 in Sweden, #16 in the UK, #33 in New Zealand, and #34 in Germany.

Keyboard player and founding member of REO Speedwagon, Neal Doughty, the only member to have played on every album of the band he helped form back on 1967, notes the piano track to "Can't Fight This Feeling" was his most difficult studio performance, but became his favorite part of live concerts….

Click on the link below to watch:

https://youtu.be/zpOULjyy-n8

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21/01/2025

January 20, 2016
The End Tour kicked off in Omaha, Nebraska

21/01/2025

On this day in 1970, the Led Zeppelin LP “Led Zeppelin II” returned to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (January 17)

“Led Zeppelin II” originally knocked the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” off the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 in December 1969, then repeated the dose on this day in 1970, once again toppling “Abbey Road” off the #1 spot, eventually spending a total of seven non-consecutive weeks at #1.

Led Zep’s second studio offering centers around Jimmy’s bluesy guitar riffs, and is arguably their heaviest, and one of their most influential.

It was their first to reach #1 in the UK and the US, and also topped the charts around the world in Australia, Canada, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Robert Plant later criticized the writing and recording process, complaining that the writing, recording, and mixing sessions were done in so many different locations, which was by necessity due to their busy touring schedule at the time.

Jimmy Page and engineer Eddie Kramer brought it all together though, and spent two days mixing the album at A&R Studios, with the album's production entirely credited to Page, with Kramer engineering.

Kramer later gave credit to Page for the sound that was achieved, despite the inconsistent conditions in which it was recorded: "We cut some of the tracks in some of the most bizarre studios you can imagine ... but in the end it sounded bloody marvellous ... there was one guy in charge and that was Mr. Page."

Robert Plant also had his first songwriting credits on “Led Zeppelin II”; he had been unable to have his contributions to the writing process credited for the first album because of a prior contract with CBS Records.

The album also produced Led Zeppelin's biggest hit, "Whole Lotta Love", which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970, after Atlantic went against the group's wishes by releasing a shorter version on 45.

In 2020, the album was ranked #123 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

One of the greatest LPs in rock history.

Click on the link below to watch “Whole Lotta Love”:

https://youtu.be/HQmmM_qwG4k

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21/01/2025

Pyromania was released 42 years ago today! What are your top 3 tracks on it? Def Leppard's breakthrough album, in the US it sold on average a staggering 100,000 copies *per week* for the entire year of 1983, going on to shift more than 10 million in total

21/01/2025

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21/01/2025

Legendary English guitarist John Sykes, best known for his tenures with...

16/01/2025

ALL OF THEM!🤘🏻1983, another great year for music!
NOTE: We didn't create this meme (only sharing it on here with everyone), and so we are already well aware that it's missing several key METAL records from 1983.

16/01/2025

Myles Kennedy says he has finished his vocals for Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and...

16/01/2025

Our Prague show at the Lucerne Music Bar on Feb 19th is now SOLD OUT!

And there are less than 50 tickets remaining for our show in Malmo (Sweden) on Feb 9th, so grab the last few tickets quickly !

All other shows are selling very fast, so if you want to come join us as we perform our Classic album Wheels of Steel for the very last time start too finish in mainland Europe then get your tix FAST & GET IN THERE!!
🤘⚡⚔🛞

Tix at: https://www.saxon747.com/tourdates

16/01/2025

On this day in 1977, the Eagles LP “Hotel California” went to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (January 15)

It was their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and is the last album to feature bass player Randy Meisner.

“Hotel California” is one of the most iconic and best-selling albums of all time.

It has been certified 26× Platinum in the US, and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide, making it the band's best-selling album after “Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)”.

The album went to #1 in the US, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway.

It has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time.
In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked #37 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Three singles were released from the album, with two topping the US Billboard Hot 100, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California", whilst "Life in the Fast Lane" reached #11.

The album was also nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Fleetwood Mac's “Rumours”.

While the band were recording the album, Black Sabbath were recording “Technical Ecstasy” in an adjacent studio at Criteria Studios in Miami.

Eagles were forced to stop recording on numerous occasions because Black Sabbath were too loud and the sound was coming through the wall.

The last track of the album, "The Last Resort", had to be re-recorded a number of times due to noise from the next studio.

In an interview with the Dutch magazine ZigZag shortly before the album's release, Henley said:

“This is a concept album, there's no way to hide it, but it's not set in the old West, the cowboy thing, you know. It's more urban this time….

It's our bicentennial year, you know, the country is 200 years old, so we figured since we are the Eagles and the Eagle is our national symbol, that we were obliged to make some kind of a little bicentennial statement using California as a microcosm of the whole United States, or the whole world, if you will, and to try to wake people up and say,
‘We've been okay so far, for 200 years, but we're gonna have to change if we're gonna continue to be around.'"

Henley said of the themes of the songs in the album:

“They're the same themes that run through all of our work: loss of innocence, the cost of naiveté, the perils of fame, of excess; exploration of the dark underbelly of the American dream, idealism realized and idealism thwarted, illusion versus reality, the difficulties of balancing loving relationships and work, trying to square the conflicting relationship between business and art; the corruption in politics, the fading away of the Sixties dream of peace, love and understanding."

The front cover artwork is a photograph of The Beverly Hills Hotel shot just before sunset by David Alexander with design and art direction by Kosh.

The image was shot 60 feet above Sunset Boulevard on top of a cherry picker.

The rear album cover and gatefold was shot in the lobby of the Lido Hotel in Hollywood.

Click on the link below to watch Eagles play the title track live:

https://youtu.be/09839DpTctU

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16/01/2025

Get tickets to Def Leppard's 2020 Stadium Tour with Mötley Crüe and special guests Poison & Joan Jett here: https://defleppard.comSubscribe to our channel fo...

16/01/2025

On this day in 1976, Peter Frampton released the LP “Frampton Comes Alive!” (January 15)

Just over half a year earlier, on June 13 in 1975, Peter Frampton played the first of two nights at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California.

Recordings from these two shows would form part of this smash hit double live LP, which reached the #1 spot on the US Billboard 200 Album Charts, where it stayed for a whopping 10 weeks.

It also went to #1 in Australia and Canada, and was Top 5 in the Netherlands, Spain, New Zealand, Germany and Greece.

It was the best-selling album of 1976, selling over 8 million copies in the US alone, and becoming one of the best-selling live albums of all time, with estimated sales of over 11 million worldwide.

“Frampton Comes Alive!” was voted "Album Of The Year" in the 1976 Rolling Stone readers poll.

It stayed on the US chart for 97 weeks and was still #14 on Billboard's 1977 year-end album chart.
It was ranked #41 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time" list.
Readers of Rolling Stone ranked it #3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums.

And this song with the famous talk-box intro was the lead single...

https://youtu.be/-6ZGIBfSF-k

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