Alright before we get deep into a discussion about which version is best Clapton's or Cale's. Let's back track a bit. J.J. Cale was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 38, but my first experience with J.J. (not to be confused with John Cale of the Velvet Underground) is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter and musician best known for writing two songs that were made famous and huge hits for Clapton "After Midnight" and "Cocaine", But you may not know he ... Read Full Story

The staff of Rock and Roll Classics hopes you had a good weekend and we want to thank all of our listeners for turning us on while you during your weekend thing (laundry, shopping, washing the car, hanging out) The VIP's were treated to a great mix again this weekend, Thanks to Samantha. One thing we've decided to add to our "New" music Mondays, is a feature called "The Three That Didn't Make it a Week". Now this new feature will list 3 songs we removed from ou... Read Full Story

In the studio, looking at the album cover, I was amazed, Jacksonville, Florida was becoming a mecca for Southern Rock. Originating from the same city as the most well-known act in the Southern rock genre, Lynyrd Skynyrd. I could just see hundreds of PR men in Jacksonville getting hammered and running around looking for the next BIG thing.In rides Molly Hatchet circa 1971, named for a legendary Southern prostitute who supposedly mutilated and decapitated her clients. This outstanding southern ... Read Full Story

Wow boys and girls, it's been amazing, keep those e-mails and IM 's coming. From your response so far, for Rock and Roll Classics (The Blog) and Rock and Roll Classics Radio, leads the staff to thing we are on the right track. Recently we got an E-mail from one of our listeners in Boston, asking a question about a song in our rotation.The question was "Is it just my imagination,or do I hear 2 versions on "Gloria" on your station.To answer the question simply. YES,you do... Read Full Story

One thing I loved about broadcasting and my career, was the chance to discover music weeks even months before anyone else. The Rise of the Eagles, Bad Company, Poco, Souther - Hillman - Furay Band and Orleans,Orleans is best known for "Dance With Me", Still the One and "Love Takes Time".Formed in Woodstock, New York by guitarist/songwriter John Hall, additional members in 1972 included Wells Kelly and Larry Hoppen. In late 1972 Larry’s younger brother Lance was added on ba... Read Full Story

When I first recieved a promotional copy from Quality Records, of "Shakin All Over" at my office I was pretty stumped, as to who The Guess Who were. After a few calls around the country to other broadcasters a small picture began to emerge. The Guess Who were actually Chad Allen & The Reflections, a Canadian group from Winnipeg. Around the Candian music scene since 1960. Chad Allan and the Reflections signed with Quality Records in 1962 and musically had a tough road to travel r... Read Full Story

ArchiveHope you like the changes so far to our blog. As I had started telling you earlier . I met "Lou" while I was working the evening shift, cleaning up the station, before the morning guys got there the next day.I was enthralled by the way a radio station worked and how cool was it when the phones lit up with requests. "Lou" was my first mentor, years before I would meet JJ of Chicago Radio fame. He was a hip character because he wore this funky gold crown and blue sat... Read Full Story

Thank you to all our readers and listeners for making January such a wonderful month. 2009 started on a great note for the Rock and Roll Classics franchise. First like many of our readers and listeners we made a resolution to trim the fat. We made a hard decision to lower the curtain on Classicvideojukebox our companion blog sight to focus more attention on Rock and Roll Classics Radio.The hard work seems to have paid off too. Rock and Roll Classics Radio began offically on December 1st ... Read Full Story

1973-what a year we had, successful ratings in 6 out of 7 major and medium markets. The successful launch of a new FM operation. The sale of two of our lower performing operations. Plus the unbelievable Buckingham Nicks release, we wore the grooves off this one in the studio. The cuts below are all from the album (mulitple songs) included.Buckingham Nicks was Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The album, just 10 tracks was produced and engineered by Keith Olsen,and recorded in 1973 for Poly... Read Full Story

1969/1970 was a year of change at our offices and in the broadcasting industry, music was changing constantly and with every LP, that came into my office, a new sound would be established. Elektra Recordswas no different then the 100's of other record companies at the time. But they we're about to strike gold. In the early seventies a style of music was emerging which had grabbed programmers such as myself with hard abandon. Later it would be labeled as "soft rock".One of th... Read Full Story