February 22, 2013 It's coming up tomorrow (2/23) from 7 until 10pm at Lapeer Country Club on Lake Nepessing the 6th Annual Fundraiser for the Young Musicians Community with the group 3rd Degree Burns performing. 3rd Degree Burns is the band sponsored by Young Musicians Community which is a non-profit organization that provides, at no charge, opportunities for students to experience God's gift of music.
One of many things that makes Rush so consistently rewarding is that they stick with what they do well -- more than likely, Geddy Lee won't form an electronic side project any time soon, and it's a safe bet Alex Lifeson won't switch over to steel guitar. 'The Anarchist,' the anthemic third single from the excellent 'Clockwork Angels,' is a perfect example of Rush reveling in the many things Rush do well.
Before the No. 1 hit 'Centerfold' made them ubiquitous MTV stars in 1981, the J. Geils Band were one of the best bar bands in America. They scored the occasional Top 40 pop song ('Give It to Me'
On Feb. 20, 2003, during a Great White show at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, 100 people lost their lives and over 200 were injured in a fire caused by the band's pyrotechnic display.
The notion of artists taking their time in the studio has become so ingrained in the recording process that it's hard to believe that musicians used to bang out killer albums in a hurry. There is perhaps no more famous example of that than the Beatles debut album, 'Please Please Me,' the bulk of which was recorded in less than 13 hours on Feb. 11, 1963.
The second month of 1973 was a month of dire deeds and dark omens, ranging from the unanimous congressional vote establishing the Watergate Investigation Committee to the second musical tome crafted by the enigmatic Blue Oyster Cult, an album prophesying 'Tyranny and Mutation,' which was released on Feb. 11, 1973.
It took him three tries, but on Feb. 8, 1993 Mick Jagger finally released a solo album Rolling Stones fans could fully get behind: 'Wandering Spirit.'
When Judas Priest released its venerable fourth album, 'Stained Class,' 35 years ago, the British heavy metal standard-bearers could never have dreamed its musical merits would one day be co-opted and the album’s legacy almost destroyed by a hideous tragedy.
Hard rock hadn’t really hatched a band like Van Halen before 1978. There were groups with guitar heroes. There were metal bands that covered ‘60s classics with new-style flash. And there were corny frontmen with overeager libidos. But they were never tossed together into one simmering pot made up of part dinosaur stomp, part lightning-fast guitar acrobatics and part Hollywood arrogance before Van Halen’s self-titled debut album was unleashed.
He's undeniably one of the greatest singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists in rock and roll history, but Paul McCartney's solo albums can be hit-and-miss, to put it diplomatically. 'Off the Ground,' which was released in Feb. 1993, was a case in point, featuring many of the lyrical and melodic elements that are McCartney's strengths, but somehow not quite coming together. The result was an album that was quite simply not among McCartney's best.
February 7, 2013 Kevin Devine in concert at The PIX Theater in downtown Lapeer this Saturday afternoon, show time at 2:30. This amazing musician is an award-winning children's entertainer, recording artist and prolific songwriter with a catalog of over 750 songs he has written for his own albums and concerts as well as for TV, film and video, including the PBS hit series Barney and Friends
Has an album ever had a more perfect title than 'Raw Power?' What words could more accurately describe the contents of this classic - released on Feb. 7, 1973 in the U.S. - than “Raw” and “Power”?
