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Steve Perry, of Journey fame, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Born Stephen Ray Perry 70 years ago today (1949), he spent most of his time growing up in the San Jauqlin Valley area. In his early 20s, Perry moved to Sacramento where he hooked up with future producer Scott Mathews. Though they made some records at the infamous Record Plant in Los Angeles, Ice broke up in 1973 after returning to Sacramento and their songs were virtually never heard. Another important precursor to Steve Perry's Journey was the prog rock band Pieces. Featuring prominent bass player Tom Bogert (of Jeff Beck fame). That band didn't last too long either, and in his mid 20s (circa 1977), Perry formed the Allen Project. The band had just made their demo when bass player Richard Michaels died in a motor vehicle accident. Upset, Perry began looking into a different venture. However, at the suggestion of his mother, Perry answered an ad placed by Walter "Herbie" Hanncock who was managi

During the 1980s, in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (then Socialist Republic of Bosnia & Herzegovina), a new cultural movement srpung up known as New Primitivsm. Centered mostly on music, the followers of the movement were known as New Primitives. In this posting, we briefly touch on some of the acts that emerged at the time. The movement involves both music and TV shows and originated in March of 1983. Even though the New Primitivism movement ceased around 1987, the bands formed in that time frame continued to write and record together until the breakup of Yugoslavia (for the next five years from then). Now let's take a look at some of these musical acts: Elvis J Kurtovich and His Meteors: The first most prominent act of the movement, Elvis J. Kurtovich & His Meteors set the stage for later years. Though the band played in Sarajevo area clubs, they expanded nationwide in 1983. Their music mostly comprised covers of The Rolling Stones such as  Dabogdo Crko Rok

Today is a very sad day for David Bowie fans, for it was on this day, three years ago, that we lost a legendary rock icon to liver cancer. He was born David Robert Jones  on January 8, 1947 in the South London neighborhood of Brixton. He ultimately changed his name to Bowie after uncovering that there already was a Dave Jones  in the American band, The Monkees. In his career, particularly throughout the 1970s, Bowie became notorious for visualization and reinvention. His album sales totalled 140 million, which made him one of the best sellers of the 20th Century. His most spectacular works include his first hit, the 1969 Space Odity  written in response to the recent moon landing. Ultimately, his BEST work of the 70s was the 1972 record The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders of Mars . Hit albums from this era range from The Man Who Sold the World (1970) through to Station to Station (1976). HIs hits from this period include: Changes  (1971), Ziggy Stardust  (1972)

Well it's been a while, so I finally decided to write yet another good blog. Hoping everyone had a safe and happy new year. Now that we are in the new year, I thought it'd be a good time to address some farewell tours coming up this year. Elton John: While he may be "still standing," EJ has finally decided his future lies off the stage. In consequence, he will embark on his three-year, so-called "Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour," starting in September of this year and going on for three years with more than 300 shows! Talk about plenty of opportunity to see him. Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness parted ways with his long-time band, Black Sabbath, back in February of 2017.when the band played their last ever show in their hometown of Birmingham, England. Ozzy himself has gotten tired of touring and in 1992 even embarked on his "No More Tours Tour." However, Oz had gotten back into the swing of things for many years and even released a fe