Closer to Home

#grandfunkrailroad #closertohome #seventiesrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #markfarner #howardstern #classicrock Grand Fund Railroad release their breakthrough album on June 15, 1970. The "radio edited" title track was all over the radio that summer and put GFR on track to become a powerhouse American rocker. Mark Farner's vocals and guitar, Mel Schacker's huge baseline and Don Brewer's drums and that title track were perfect timing…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/16/closer-to-home/

Look what turns 50 today …

#chicago #chicagoX #seventiesrock #poprock #terrykath #jamespankow #petercetera #robertlamm #rockmusic #musicsky #musiciansky Chicago releases the Chocolate Album -- also known as Chicago X -- on June 14, 1976. It's recorded at the infamous Caribou Ranch in Colorado and was the album that finally delivered the group their first US number 1 single. The album was a bit more mainstream -- a departure from the sprawling, multi-part jazz/rock…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/14/look-what-turns-50-today-13/

Get The Knack

#theknack #gettheknack #seventiesrock #dougfieger #rock #powerpop #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky The Summer of '79 was just getting started and the country didn't know "Knackamania" was about to hit. An L.A. band caught producer Mike Chapman's (fresh of Blondie's Parallel Lines album ) ear and in 11 days, for just $18K, The Knack was unleashed. Get The Knack remains one of the most successful debut albums in rock history. It went gold in just 13…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/11/get-the-knack/

Labour of Lust

#nicklowe #labouroflust #seventiesrock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rockpile #daveedmunds #seventiesmusic Nick Lowe releases his power-pop masterpiece on June 9, 1979 -- backed by the incredible Rockpile (Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner and Terry Williams,) the album has a tight, lean rock'n roll energy throughout. "Cruel to Be Kind" is the standout -- it's just about the perfect pop song. Add "Cracking Up" to the list .. showcasing Nick's knack…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/09/labour-of-lust/

#OTD in 1978, an estimated 20,000 people attended a Journey & #PabloCruise gig held outdoors in rural Tiffin #Ohio

There were many beards & #moustaches reported, as well as much #marijuana being consumed, and according to a witness, a good deal of it apparently by #NeilSchon alone.

Cars parked in a nearby #cornfield, and the bands performed during the day on a basic concrete slab under a #plastic tarp without any lighting.

Journey's big rig equipment trucks could narrowly make the tree lined turn on a dirt road into the wooded area to load behind the stage. The diesel exhaust from the trucks mixed with the sweet #cannabis smoke as the stagehands attempted to get Pablo Cruise's gear out of the way.

Robert Palmer was billed but could not appear due to illness and was replaced by a regional artist no one cared about or remembers.

http://ow.ly/i/4oGOc #SeventiesRock

#nowspinning #nyppyärii

Deep Purple: Fireball, 1971

Brittipainos alkuperäiseltä julkaisuvuodelta:
https://www.discogs.com/release/8233684-Deep-Purple-Fireball

(Ostin levyn kymmenisen vuotta sitten herrasmieheltä jolla oli 70-luvulla rakennettu levykokoelma. Mukavasti oli tushikynällä numeroinut levynsä)

#vinyylilevy #musiikki #vinyl #vinylcollection #deeppurple #seventiesrock

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MOLLY HATCHET Releases New Single 'Firing Line'

https://blabbermouth.net/news/molly-hatchet-releases-new-single-firing-line

#MollyHatchet #FiringLine #NewMusic #RockMusic #ClassicRock #SouthernRock #RockHistory #MusicHistory #80sRock #SeventiesRock

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#louder
In 1974 Steve Miller played The Joker and Fly Like An Eagle on US TV and transformed them into something entirely new
Another gem from The Midnight Special, as Steve Miller plays two classics as you've never heard them played before

https://www.loudersound.com/news/steve-miller-the-joker-the-midnight-special

#SteveMiller #TheJoker #TheMidnightSpecial #SeventiesRock #GrammyLegend #1973 #LivePerformance #ClassicRock

I always thought this sounds like the name of a 70's rocker. I see him having long, wavy brown hair, tremendous sideburns, and obviously he's a bass player.

#Zelda #Nintendo #hardrock #seventiesrock #musiciansofmastodon