03.03.10 Jimi Hendrix Special!
Premiere of Jimi's
'Valleys of Neptune' CD
AND
Experience Hendrix Live:
Featuring
Aerosmith's Brad Whitford,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd,
Johnny Lang and More!
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Now playing on Rockline Replay 1. Ozzy Osbourne
2. Rob Zombie
3. Mick Fleetwood
4. Cavo and Adelita's Way
Ringo Starr is getting a star on the Walk of Fame!
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Monday February 8, 2009
Ozzy Osbourne Encore
I Am Ozzy
He leaned his head over the noxious, toxic vat of chemicals used to clean bits and scraps of auto parts which had become corroded and took a huge, unhealthy, life-shortening breath of the putrid witches’ brew, certain no one would ever know. The buzz was worth it, the high was irresistible; he quickly transitioned from once a day to three times a day and then to five and then to every five minutes. Unknowingly the die was cast which would later become a lifelong battle with more conventional, yet just as deadly poisons he somehow could not refuse. “Hey Osbourne, have you been inhaling the industrial cleaner?” a co-worker inquired. “Who me? No, why would you think that”, Ozzy replied, barely able to stand from the virulent effects of the diabolical concoction. “Because that bloody stuff will turn your face black”, someone shouted. “No, not me” the future rocker replied, his face the color of India ink on a moonless night. And so began a frightful pattern that would continue for decades, an unknowing flash of self-loathing which would follow him along the course of one of the most remarkable lives imaginable. The title of his new book is “I Am Ozzy”, a sometimes morbid story, a jaw-dropping account of an existence few could imagine, let alone believe, a brutally honest account of how a young lad named John Michael Osbourne from Aston, England, 14 Lodge Road to be precise, became vocalist of one of Rock’s most successful and innovative bands, a collection of four misfits who didn’t like the music they were hearing so they created their own and with it an entirely new genre, Heavy Metal. How ironic that the only class in school that Ozzy enjoyed was “Heavy Metalworks” where he could fashion his own contraptions, sometimes physical manifestations of the pain and torment inside, of the insecurities which helped create the person virtually the entire world now knows. A quick jump to Ozzy.com or his MySpace will help you learn more about the maven of Metal and his current goings-on.
Somehow, not surprisingly, the only early job Osbourne enjoyed was working in a slaughterhouse where he did every gut-wrenching job on the premises from shooting deadly metal bolts into cow’s brains to hanging pork fat. Something you may not know about his considerable depth of character is it was he who implored his co-workers to not employ the cruelty which was common in such a place. Yes, it was Ozzy who asked his mates to show some respect for the frightened animals who sensed they were about to meet their creator…and soon. He also suggests that those who eat meat, especially the mass produced kind where animals are often sliced open from top to bottom before they’ve died, should spend some time in a slaughterhouse before blithely ordering McCow. Two or three minutes ought to do it. It’s all here, his early days living in a home so small that the entire family slept in the same room, his early encounters with the well read, early (for his time) fashionista Terrence Butler, a Geezer at an early age, his first encounters with the guy who was cooler than cool, the one who “got all the chicks” and played guitar like no other, Tony Iommi and his sidekick Bill Ward and continues to present day with the insane rollercoaster ride of extremes that comprise the life of a man you may think you know, but really don’t know at all.
Unflinchingly honest, shocking, heartfelt and romantic; from prison to stardom to being saved by what he needed most, love. The succinct title says it all, “I Am Ozzy”. Don’t miss this rare no call show as Ozzy Osbourne joins us on our next ROCKLINE!
Wednesday February 10, 2009
The Who: An
Encore!
with LIVE Performances!
This show’s title is an intended double entendre, a reference to the band’s historic Super Bowl halftime performance and also to this particular ROCKLINE Encore. We’re expecting their big game performance will whet your appetite for a little bit more from the band and that you’ll also agree with us this compilation of several shows with the bands members is one of our best ever. You see, as long as ROCKLINE has been on the air (this is our twenty-ninth year), The Who has only released two albums as a band, “It’s Hard” which came out in 1982 and “Endless Wire” from 2006. They joined us as a band on October 11, 1982 and then again on November 1st of 2006. That’s an almost quarter century gap. But in between, individual members each made several appearances and we were able to capture some amazing moments from Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle. With John’s passing on June 27, 2002 in a room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas just one day before their first show of their 2002 US tour, our time spent with him has taken on a different tone, a more precious and special one. There are several stunning moments in this show, one of particular note when Townshend admits his sexual experimentation and proclaims he “likes it all” when answering a San Francisco callers question about his song “Rough Boys” from the solo album “Empty Glass”. Lyrics from that opus include, “Tough boys/Come over here/ I wanna bite and kiss you/I wanna see what I can find!” In a magazine interview in 2002 he states he had done some experimenting in the 60’s, but we have audio from the 1980’s open to different interpretation. You can make up your own mind.
A quick jaunt to TheWho.com will inform you that the set they play during the big game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints will be available for purchase immediately following the game in several video game formats. Although The Who never performed as a band on ROCKLINE, Roger and Pete did and we have some stone cold gems, including a three song medley from Townshend comprising, “Pinball Wizard”, “The Acid Queen” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. Part of what makes this particular performance so interesting is we were giving away an Ovation guitar which he signed for us and he asked if we wanted him to play something. Duh! You know how we responded to that and then he did so with an instrument he had never played before. At the conclusion in a barely audible voice you can hear him say, “It’s not a bad guitar”. Certainly not when he plays it! From another show he also performs a song from his last solo studio album, “Psychoderelict” from 1993. As for Roger, he makes a pithy comment about Woodstock, assesses The Who’s performance and then mentions the band which he thought was one of the few really good ones performing at the festival. Then he performs a swampy cover of one of the group’s songs with his electric band. Add a scorching version of “I Can See for Miles” and this adds up to one helluva show.
We’ve only scratched the surface in telling you about the content of this particular program; it’s rife with memorable moments, a bit of controversy, some rockin’ performances and plenty of informative and revealing comments. Join us for “The Who: An Encore”. You want a little bit more from the guys after their Super Bowl show? You know right where to go. ROCKLINE!
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hosted by
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Ringo Starr, a recent guest on ROCKLINE, is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Watch it LIVE on our site, beginning at 7PM PST (plus a pre-ceremony package beginning at 5PM PST) !
Congratulations to Chris Swanson, listening on WKGR in Florida. Chris wins the trip to Cleveland, along with tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, courtesy of The Cleveland Show and Animation Domination on FOX!
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