Hey all just got this info. from Westwood One!!

THE DEAD AUCTIONING OFF BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE

The Dead kick off their tour next month and the best seats in the house at every show are still available.  That’s because the band is auctioning off those tickets with the hope to raise some money for charity.  You can bid on the seats over at CharityFolks.com.  Meanwhile, the jam band kicks off their tour on April 12^th in North Carolina.  For all the dates, head to Dead.net.  <DB>

I recently have started playing a somewhat silly little game. I go to a site such as MSN/maps and using the “birdseye view” function search the city maps via extremely clear arial photos & find my car parked at my usual haunts. I found the ol’ chevy astro @ the devereux & parked in my driveway. You see the photos are not all shot at once so you can be at different locales. It’s silly but fun. As I can tell the photos are from last spring. I say this because The St. Elizabeth hosp. parking lot isnt built yet, but the beuatiful, century’s old, trees have been removed from the formerly grand front lawn. That happened last spring or so. Have fun and find out where you were:)!

MELLENCAMP ESSAY ONLINE

The Huffington Post has run a 23-hundred word essay by John Mellencamp.  The piece is titled On My Mind: The State of the Music Business and in it, the singer describes how he feels if the music industry hadn’t been so focused on money then there would be many more creative artists right now.  To bolster his point, Mellencamp talks about life in the ‘80s and ‘90s and relates anecdotes from his career.  Read it all at HuffingtonPost.com. <DB>

MUSIC NEWS

CHICKENFOOT PLAY PRIVATE SHOW AT BEST BUY

Chickenfoot, the supergroup made up of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith, recently put on a private concert for employees of a California Best Buy.  You can see footage of the gig on YouTube now and later this year, you might be able to check out the group live.  They are in the process of booking shows starting in May.  It’s all to promote their debut self-titled album which is due out this spring.  Check out some songs off that set at the band’s MySpace page, MySpace.com/TheChickenfoot. <DB>

Hey all, With the big show on the way, I thought I’d post links to the bands websites. This way you can brush up on whos who at the B,B&BBQ!!! I’m looking forward to The Radiators & Edgar Winter the most but, John jr & the rest are all great acts!

The Radiators: www.theradiators.org  Edgar Winter: www.edgarwinter.com The Blind Boys Of Alabama: www.blindboys.com John Lee Hooker jr.: www.johnleehookerjr.com Roomful of Blues: www.roomful.com 

Well there ya have it, a pretty good start if you want to get familiar with any of the acts you may not know as well as some others. Get ready for a great F*^%ing party sun. may 24th at the N.Y. state fairgrounds Chevy Court!

Hey all just passing this info along I will be on hand to emcee the show. Hope to see you there.

BIGKRUSH

03-29-2009 6:00 pm Sunday at The New Uptown Theater
2014 Genesee St., Utica, New York 13502
Cost: 10.00

Marine Corp Benefit All Proceeds to Marine Corp (Semper Fi) Fund Under 200 seats Left For Tickets www.ticketderby.com Big Apple Music or 315-735-4910 Coincide with the release of our 3rd CD “WAKE UP WORLD”

Hey all,  I posted some pics from this years event in the photo galleries under Station Events. Jamie Collari from U.C. was super kind & very cool to send me a pile of great photos for our use. Of course neither Dave or myself brought a good camera. We’re in radio, we cant afford good shit like that!!!! so thanks again to Jamie. Also i’m gonna shout a thanks to Micheal who helped us with the computer stuff he was 13 so we knew that would go smoothly! I can’t forget the U.C. football team, those dudes kept the flow of participants moving swiftly through the finish line and are just real cool guys. Good luck to them as spring workouts start soon.  Thanks to everyone else who volunteered and ran or participated.