Posted on Mar 02, 2010 under Shappy |
Earlier this morning Paul announced that Shappy will not be coming back to the show. Shappy’s father passed away back in mid February and has been out in Phoenix with his family since then.
Good luck Shappy, you will be missed, you were a good addition to the show.
Posted on Feb 23, 2010 under Today in Rock |
Sorry I missed yesterday - work was busy.
- 1950 - Steve Priest (Sweet - bass) was born.
- 1950 - Brad Whitford (Aerosmith - guitar) was born.
- 1955 - Howard Jones (solo - Things Can Only Get Better) was born.
- 1962 - Michael Wilton (Queensryche - guitar) was born.
- 1972 - Elvis and Pricilla Presley seperate after four years of marriage. They had one child, Lisa-Marie.
- 1993 - Little Richard gets a Lifetime Achievement Award from NARAS (the Grammys). Richard grouses that he’s getting the award the night before the annual Grammy show rather than at the ceremony itself.
- 1995 - Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) died.
- 2000 - Carlos Santana picks up several Grammys for his comeback album, “Supernatural.” Elton John gets a Living Legend Award and says the whole awards thing is B.S. Elton gets it right
- 2009 - Ticketmaster reaches a settlement with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office regarding its controversial handling of sales of Bruce Springsteen concert tickets. As part of the deal, the company pays the state $350,000 in legal fees and promises, for one year, to stop automatically linking to its TicketsNow subsidiary, which re-sells ducats at inflated prices. Ticketmaster also offers restitution to Springsteen fans who had filed complaints about their difficulties buying tickets