It was one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. I was presenter of KRSH UK with Davy, a show I concocted based on British music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, about which I talked. Lots of trivia and back stories. The show was in the North Bay area of California. I...
Lynyrd Skynyrd ̵...
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Never seen them? Well go quickly as there’s now only ONE of the original guys in the band – Gary Rossington. Amazing considering they used to have about 27 guitar players on every...
David Lee Roth ̵...
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I went to three of the dates on this DLR tour – Newcastle (Whitley Bay), London and Shepton Mallet. Yes the Mallet. Not a lot of shows happen at the Mallet. So 5 of us went down there and were staying in a B&B. When we arrived the owner of the establishment was overly nice to us...
Run DMC, Beastie Boy...
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The first show in the UK by Rick Rubin’s crews. I didn’t know what to expect but it turned out to be really good. Definitely the hottest ticket in town, as they used to say. I remember the Beastie Boys having go-go dancers in cages. Well, it was...
Metallica – Mi...
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One of my most memorable shows – more for the post-concert agony than anything else. Polygram took a bus load of journalists, radio pluggers and retailers to Milton Keynes to see Metallica. When we got there, they offered me two tickets for the “snake pit”, basically a...