45th Anniversary

Elvis Remembrance Rock 

The King Is Dead, Long Live The King

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis, Public Enemy

Elvis Presley’s posthumous life, 45 years later

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New Wave Punk 

Lightning Struck Itself: Marquee Moon at 45

February 14, 2022April 3, 2022 Deborah Sprague 3 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Billy Ficca, Brian Eno, CBGB, Elektra Records 1977, Fred Smith, Marquee Moon, Richard Lloyd, Television, Terry Ork, Tom Verlaine

The debut LP from Television remains a master class in New York Punk

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Pop Rock 

Yesterday’s Gone: Rumours at 45

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Christine McVie, Don't Stop, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours, Secondhand News, Silver Springs, Stevie Nicks

Since it was released on this date in 1977, the most popular Fleetwood Mac album still endures through the times and the tides

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Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Raving and Drooling: Animals at 45

January 22, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1977, 45th Anniversary, Animals, David Gilmour, Dogs, Nick Mason, Pigs, Pigs on the Wing, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sheep

On their best album for Columbia, Pink Floyd give George Orwell a Rock ‘n’ Roll makeover

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Glam Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

It Was Great When It All Began: Rocky Horror Picture Show at 45

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Barry Bostwick, Dr. Frank N. Furter, Mick Jagger, Patricia Quinn, Richard O’Brien, Rocky Horror, Susan Sarandon, Sweet Transvestite, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim Curry, Time Warp, Transylvania

Don’t dream it, be it as we time warp back to 1975 with Dr. Frank N. Furter and friends

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Blues Folk Hard Rock jazz World 

LISTEN: Physical Graffiti @ 45: A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, Robert Plant

We dance and sing in celebration for Led Zeppelin’s greatest album by jumbling it all up

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Rock 

Today is the 45th Anniversary of the Watkins Glen Summer Jam

July 28, 2018July 30, 2018 Ron Hart 1 Comment 45th Anniversary, Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, The Band, Watkins Glen

On the weekend of July 28, 1973, The Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead and The Band held a massive concert in Upstate, NY

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