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Stories for Dad: Breese Stevens Field
July 2, 2016 Back in the Fall I sent a message to my Dad about how East and West were playing football at Breese Stevens Field for the first time in 30 years. After Lindsey and I hit the Steve Miller Band concert at Breese Stevens last week I really took a trip down... read moreFrom the 2S1B Music Archives
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
I was reading this morning and noticed that Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” album was released 41 years ago today. Wow… 41 years. Dark Side of the Moon was one of the first albums I ever bought.
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Stories for Dad: Remembering the Music
I’m sure you heard that Merle Haggard died yesterday. Honestly, I’m not sure that I know any of his music, but it got me to thinking about some of the music that my parents listened to when I was younger.
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Metallica Is Moving Up in the World
Master of Puppets is getting a lot of love lately. Thirty years after the release the Library of Congress’ National Recordings Registry adds Master along with some other interesting musical and non-musical recordings. And then a nice little article from the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
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2016 Summer Concert Schedule
My summer concert series kicks off tonight with Aranda and Shaman’s Harvest playing at the Majestic. This year’s lineup is not yet etched in stone, but if all goes well we’ll end the summer in Minneapolis with Metallica!
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Cliff Burton and Metallica
I recently noticed that was former Metallica bassist, Cliff Burton, had a birthday on Feb 10th which got me thinking about the bassists of Metallica.
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Stories for Dad: DJing and 92.1
When I was growing up I always listened to music. I always wanted to be a DJ. It probably started when I was about 8 years old and it’s a desire that has never died. Music has always been there.
read moreRoman Hamrlik on his heavy metal heroes, Metallica
“Unfortunately I only play well some of the time. They play great every night!”