US 103.1 Classic Rock Radio » Leo Fender http://us103.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 January Fourth Rock And Roll Flashback http://us103.com/january-fourth-rock-and-roll-flashback/ http://us103.com/january-fourth-rock-and-roll-flashback/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:19:44 +0000 Carl Coffey http://us103.com/?p=119475 A couple of  interesting music events on this day.  In 1954, Elvis Presley paid Sun Records $4.00 to record two songs for his mother: "My Happiness" and "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin." The session took ten minutes.

January 4,1965 was a very good day for Leo Fender.

]]> http://us103.com/january-fourth-rock-and-roll-flashback/feed/ 0 flickr.com Leo Fender August 10, 1909 http://us103.com/leo-fender-august-10-1909/ http://us103.com/leo-fender-august-10-1909/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:38:11 +0000 Carl Coffey http://us103.com/?p=87652 It's a big day for lovers of the  Stratocaster Guitar. Innovator  Leo Fender, would have been 103 today. Leo was born on a farm near Anaheim, California.  His love of electronics would change the guitar world.

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