Friday 2pm: Spot Lite Artist – Rick Springfield

Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born August 23, 1949) is an Australian-American musician and actor, known by his stage name Rick Springfield. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single “Speak to the Sky” reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with “Jessie’s Girl” in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S., for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 U.S. hits, “I’ve Done Everything for You”, “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, “Affair of the Heart” and “Love Somebody”. Springfield’s two U.S. top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet (1982).

As an actor, he starred in the television series High Tide, from 1994 to 1997, and has appeared in supporting roles in Ricki and the Flash and True Detective (both in 2015). He portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, from 1981 to 1983 and during 2005 to 2008 and 2012, returning in 2013 for the show’s 50th anniversary with son and actor Liam Springthorpe. He played a depraved version of himself in Californication (2009). In 2010, Springfield published his autobiography, Late, Late at Night: A Memoir. In 2016 he starred as Vince Vincente/Lucifer in season 12 of the The CW series Supernatural. In 2017, he starred as Pastor Charles in the American Horror Story episode entitled “Winter of Our Discontent”.

Beginnings (1972)
Comic Book Heroes (1973)
Mission: Magic! (1974)
Wait for Night (1976)
Working Class Dog (1981)
Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet (1982)
Living in Oz (1983)
Hard to Hold (1984)
Beautiful Feelings (1984)
Tao (1985)
Rock of Life (1988)
Sahara Snow (1997)
Karma (1999)
Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance (2004)
The Day After Yesterday (2005)
Christmas with You (2007)
Venus in Overdrive (2008)
My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation (2009)
From The Vault (2010)
Songs for the End of the World (2012)
Rocket Science (2016)
The Snake King (2018)
Orchestrating My Life (2019)

Thursday 10pm: Feature LP: The Who – Tommy Live at The Royal Albert Hall (2017)

On 13 October 2017, Eagle Rock Entertainment release TOMMY – LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL by The Who on DVD, Blu-ray, 2-CD, 3-LP, Digital Video and Digital Audio. This unbelievable concert film captures the first ever live performance by The Who of TOMMY in its entirety and boasts over two hours and twenty minutes of content. The show includes all time classics like ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘I’m Free’, ‘Amazing Journey’, ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘Who Are You’, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘I Can See For Miles’ and many more!

In April 2017 The Who took to the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall to perform their rock opera TOMMY live in its entirety for the first time in their long and illustrious career. Previous Who live shows had always dropped two, three or four songs from the album but for this show in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust the band would perform every song. With specially created animations on a huge screen above the stage and creative use of lighting the concert told the story of the “deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure played a mean pinball.” In addition, at the end of TOMMY, the sell-out crowd were treated to a short set of Who classics. Always a great live band, this performance was a thrilling ride from start to finish.

As well as the incredible full show, we also include some great bonus features. There is a behind the scenes featurette, plus also full screen animations of both The Acid Queen and Pinball Wizard with the live performance audio.

01 – Overture (Live)
02 – Its A Boy (Live)
03 – 1921 (Live)
04 – Medley Amazing Journey Overture (Live)
05 – Sparks (Live)
06 – Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) (Live)
07 – Christmas (Live)
08 – Cousin Kevin (Live)
09 – The Acid Queen (Live)
10 – Do You Think It’s Alright (Live)
11 – Fiddle About (Live)
12 – Pinball Wizard (Live)
13 – Theres A Doctor (Live)
14 – Go To The Mirror! (Live)
15 – Tommy Can You Hear Me (Live)
16 – Smash The Mirror (Live)
17 – Underture (Live)
18 – Im Free (Live)
19 – Miracle Cure (Live)
20 – Sensation (Live)
21 – Sally Simpson (Live)
22 – Welcome (Live)
23 – Tommys Holiday Camp (Live)
24 – Were Not Gonna Take It (Live)
25 – I Cant Explain (Live)
26 – Join Together (Live)
27 – I Can See For Miles (Live)
28 – Who Are You (Live)
29 – Love, Reign O’er Me (Live)
30 – Baba ORiley (Live)
31 – Wont Get Fooled Again (Live)

Thursday 6pm: Across The Tracks: Featuring – One (Part 5)

This installment of Across The Tracks feature tune with “ONE” in the title.  We’ll feature music from Joe Walsh, War, Cher, Nelson, Stevie Nicks, Monroe, Santana, Ed Sheeran, Black Keys, Midnight Oil, Shirelles and much more across the tracks and genres.  

Wednesday 10pm: Feature LP: Tedeschi Trucks Band – Signs (2019)

Signs is the fourth studio album by American blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. The album was released on February 15, 2019, by Fantasy Records.

1. “Signs, High Times” 3:51
2. “I’m Gonna Be There” 5:48
3. “When Will I Begin” 4:17
4. “Walk Through This Life” 4:46
5. “Strengthen What Remains” 2:36
6. “Still Your Mind” 4:57
7. “Hard Case” 3:22
8. “Shame” 4:55
9. “All The World” 3:21
10. “They Don’t Shine” 3:33
11. “The Ending” 5:00

Wednesday 6pm: MaxMusic 21st Century – 2002 (Part 3)

July 6 – Michael Jackson stages a public protest against Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola, accusing him of taking part in a racist conspiracy within the music industry to exploit black recording artists. Sony responds with a statement calling Jackson’s remarks “ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful.”
July 9 – Red Hot Chili Peppers 8th studio album By The Way is released. It sold 286,000 copies in the United States during the first week, peaking at #2 on Billboard 200. It went on to sell over 2 million copies in the US, being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
July 12 – Buckcherry breaks up on the heels of lead singer Josh Todd’s decision to quit the group. They would reunite in 2005.
July 23 – My Chemical Romance’s first album, “I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love” was released to the public.
July 28 – The Area2 Festival, featuring headline acts Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, and Blue Man Group, begins a three-week tour in Washington, DC.
August 17 – The Snow Mountain Music Festival opens in Lijiang, China.
August 19 – Nickelback leaves the stage during the second song of their performance at the Ilha do Ermal festival in Portugal after being relentlessly pelted with rocks and bottles by the crowd.
August 27 – Queens of the Stone Age release their critically acclaimed album Songs for the Deaf, featuring Dave Grohl on drums. The album earned the band their first Gold certification in the United States on January 27, 2003, selling over 500,000 copies.
September 3
Napster was shut down for good after a judge denies a bid from Bertelsmann to purchase its assets.
Aaron Carter’s fourth studio album Another Earthquake! was released.
September 4 – Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first winner of the television talent contest, American Idol.
September 11 – Marie Fredriksson of Roxette is injured in a domestic accident, leading to the discovery of a brain tumor.
September 20 – Courtney Love announces that her legal dispute with the surviving members of Nirvana has been resolved, paving the way for the unreleased track “You Know You’re Right” to be included on an upcoming compilation.
September 25 – Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 5 gets released onto CD.
September 28 – A stretch of Tennessee State Route 19 is officially named for Tina Turner, who was born and raised in nearby Nutbush, Tennessee.
October 2
Robbie Williams signs a new six-album deal with EMI for £80 million, the most lucrative contract ever signed by a UK musician.
Christina Aguilera releases her controversial music video for the song, “Dirrty”, the lead single from her second album Stripped.
October 13 – The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston, USA.
October 24 – Mikey “Bug” Cox is fired from Coal Chamber after disputes with other members about his drug addiction.
October 26 – Christina Aguilera releases her controversial second studio album Stripped, which enters the Billboard 200 at number 2, selling 330,000 copies in its first week. Stripped is the first studio album in three years since Christina Aguilera (1999).
October 30
Jam Master Jay is shot dead at a studio in Queens. Run-D.M.C. disbands.
Warren Zevon, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer, is the sole guest for the entire hour of Late Show with David Letterman. It would be his final public performance.
November 7 – Guns N’ Roses fans in Vancouver riot after a concert, which was to kick off the band’s first tour in nine years, is canceled due to Axl Rose’s flight getting delayed.
November 10 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty and Brian Setzer guest-star on an episode of The Simpsons set at a Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp.
November 19 – Michael Jackson dangles his nine-month-old son over the balcony of his Berlin hotel room in an apparent attempt to connect with the fans below. He releases a statement later that day calling the incident a “terrible mistake”.
November 26 – Will Smith releases his first compilation album (last under Columbia Records) Greatest Hits
November 29 – Concert For George is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death, under the musical direction of friend Eric Clapton. Performers included surviving Beatles members Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ravi Shankar, and Billy Preston. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation.
November 30 – British girl group Girls Aloud is formed on the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals.
December 2 – Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.
December 3 – Mariah Carey releases her ninth studio album Charmbracelet.
December 6 – Another riot over a canceled Guns N’ Roses concert breaks out, this time in Philadelphia, after Axl Rose is a no-show. The band cancels the remaining dates of the tour without explanation.
December 29 – A Creed concert in Chicago angers fans in attendance when lead singer Scott Stapp forgets many lyrics, takes a lengthy leave of absence in the middle of the show and lies down on the stage for part of the performance. The band’s manager issues a written apology that includes the statement “we hope that you can take some solace in the fact that you definitely experienced the most unique of all Creed shows and may have become part of the unusual world of rock ‘n’ roll history!”
December 31 – Phish end their two-year hiatus with a New Year’s Eve concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Fergie joins The Black Eyed Peas during their recording of the Elephunk album.
Salt-n-Pepa disbands.

Wednesday 4pm: Sounds of The 70s

This week on the Sounds of The 70s we feature:  James Taylor, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Grass Roots, Elton John, Bill Withers, Steely Dan, Cliff Richard, Narvel Felts, Gary Glitter, David Bowie, Sylvia, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and more . . . 

Wednesday 12am: Feature LP: George Thorogood and the Destroyers – Rockin’ My Life Away (1997)

Rockin’ My Life Away is the tenth studio album released by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released March 25, 1997 on Capitol Records. The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart.

“Get Back into Rockin'” – 4:16
“Trouble Every Day” – 4:16
“Night Rider” – 3:43
“The Usual” – 3:51
“Living With the Shades Pulled Down” – 3:26
“Manhattan Slide” – 3:31
“Rocking My Life Away” – 3:33
“Jail Bait” – 3:41
“My Dog Can’t Bark” – 4:00
“Blues Hangover” – 4:18
“Stoop Down Baby” – 3:18
“Rock & Roll Man” – 2:50