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I never would've thought this quirky band called Supertramp would still be played on the radio all this time later.  It goes to show you what a dedicated fan base can do.  Hell, they're still toget

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The Planet P Project?  I'm guessing a question mark would come to many heads these days but there was a time when this one man band was on the radio and came up rather high on our top 5 requested songs of the day list.  Tony Carey, best known as Ritchie Blackmore's keyboard player during the formative years of Rainbow, leaving after only 2 years to go solo.  His fictional side project that we're getting into today

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The word Ambrosia depicts a Greek mythical concoction that was thought to bring immortality.  These days it's a dessert drink, no matter if you're real or not.  It's also a band that Alan Parsons helped out in their mid 1970's beginnings.  The same band that later on made milky pop ballads like How M

One from the fab four today that dates back to 1964 and went unreleased for years, finally showing up on the Anthology 1 CD set in 1995.  Leave My Kitten Alone is a great example of the shapes of things to come.  Not the mop top pop that you might think of from those early years, this is heavier, for 1964

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"Like I was rappin' to the fuzz man..."  Some unforgettable lines from a stoned Arlo Guthrie during his appearance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, which we'll get into today.  Sort of.  A popular number from any Arlo gig is Coming Into Los

1974.  Exit: Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.  Enter: David Coverdale and Glen Hughes.  Born: Deep Purple mark III, a system fans came up with to designate the different line-ups.  Mark II, with Gillan a

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There was more than just "love" in the summer of 1967.  It was also the year that the world was introduced to Jimi Hendrix, via his debut, Are You Experienced?  His spaced out brand of psychedelia fit in perfect at the corner of Haight and Ashbury, as it did

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Red leathers?  Yep.  They wore red leather pants.  And jackets.  Wow.  For me, the 1980's could not END soon enough.  I admit though, it sure is fun to look back on some of these bands.  Let's r

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Australian space man Billy Thorpe came over here in the late 1970's and had a pretty big hit album with Children of the Sun.  Big enough in fact, it's all he's remembered for here, although he made many many other records and branched off into production among other things.  A very talented guy that was sadly silenced by a heart

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"Freak out in a Moonage Daydream oh yeah" are some unforgettable lyrics from David Bowie's 1972 masterpiece The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.  The actual song is even more unforgettable.  Come on

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Jeff Beck enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the mid 1970's with his jazzed up rock jams that were surprising hits.  Much different from his pop/rock stuff with Rod Stewart and others just a few years before, these albums were nowhere near "commercially accessible", or whatever radio was looki

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Although guitarist Mick Box keeps a version of the band going to this day, Uriah Heep's peak was almost 40 years ago.  Early 70's albums like Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards and The Magician's Birthday will always be fan faves and i

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