Rock On! Wednesday, 23 July 2025 – The Who, Humble Pie, Jeff Beck, The Pretty Things & Steppenwolf

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Dan’s pick of the week: The Who (Tommy), Humble Pie (Smokin’), Jeff Beck (Truth), The Pretty Things (S.F. Sorrow) & Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf).

Tommy (1969) is een baanbrekend rockopera-album van de Britse band The Who, geschreven voornamelijk door gitarist Pete Townshend. Het album vertelt het verhaal van Tommy Walker, een jongen die doof, stom en blind wordt na een traumatische gebeurtenis, maar uitgroeit tot een spirituele leider en flipperkampioen. In 1975 werd de rockopera verfilmd door de Brit Ken Russell, met Roger Daltrey als Tommy. De bandleden van The Who speelden zelf ook in de film mee. Later werd het bewerkt tot een Broadway-musical (1993).

Sputnik Music review: “To sum the album up in a nutshell, Tommy utilizes acoustic guitars mostly, some keyboards and horns are thrown in for good measure, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend seem to share vocal duties about equally, and John Entwistle’s bass is very prominent as well.… Read more...

Rock On! Innovating Sounds with Spooky Tooth – Ford Theatre – Gilbert O’Sullivan – J. Geils Band – Foreigner – T. Rex – Redbone – Sisa – American Dream * Wednesday 16 July 2025 * [Ed’s Show, 2025-15]

ROCK ON with Dan & Ed * Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds  spanning the late sixties and the early seventies *** Ed’s pick of the week ***

Showday: Wednesday 16 July 2025

Showtime: 12 noon > 12 midnight CET Brussels ***  11 a.m. > 11 p.m. GMT London **

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12:00 Spooky Tooth – Ford Theatre – Gilbert O’Sullivan – J. Geils Band – Foreigner – T. Rex – Redbone – Sisa – American Dream.-.
14:00 Kevin Ayers – The Doors – Eric Burdon & The Animals – Redbone – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – Tranquility – The Soft Machine – The Pink Floyd
16:00 Spooky Tooth – Ford Theatre – Gilbert O’Sullivan – J.… Read more...

Rock On! Wednesday, 9 July 2025 – David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren & Brian Eno

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Dan’s pick of the week: David Bowie (The Man Who Sold the World), Mott the Hoople (All the Young Dudes), Lou Reed (Transformer), Roxy Music (Roxy Music), Todd Rundgren (Todd) & Brian Eno (Taking Tiger Mountain).

David Bowie was een Brits zanger, songwriter, muziekproducent en acteur. Hij wordt beschouwd als een van de invloedrijkste rockmuzikanten vanaf de jaren zestig tot heden. The Man Who Sold the World is het derde studioalbum van David Bowie, uit 1970. De eerste single en titelnummer The Man Who Sold the World heeft ook bekendheid gekregen door de cover van Lulu en later van Nirvana.

Sputnik Music review: “The Man Who Sold The World was Bowie’s first album with the nucleus of what would become the “Spiders From Mars”, the band who would be famous due to his future fifth studio album “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars”, released in 1972.… Read more...

ROCK ON! Innovating sounds with * Kevin Ayers – The Doors – Eric Burdon & The Animals – Redbone – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – Tranquility – The Soft Machine – The Pink Floyd * Wednesday 02 July * [Ed’s Show 2025-14]

ROCK ON with Dan & Ed * Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds  spanning the late sixties and the early seventies *** Ed’s pick of the week ***

Showday: Wednesday 02 July 2025

Showtime: 12 noon > 12 midnight CET Brussels ***  11 a.m. > 11 p.m. GMT London **

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12:00 Kevin Ayers – The Doors – Eric Burdon & The Animals – Redbone – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – Tranquility – The Soft Machine – The Pink Floyd
14:00 Ernie Graham [new] – Eire Apparent – Brinsley Schwarz – Jimi Hendrix – Robert Wyatt – Ron Wood.-.
16:00 Kevin Ayers – The Doors – Eric Burdon & The Animals – Redbone – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – Tranquility – The Soft Machine – The Pink Floyd 
18:00 Ernie Graham [new] – Eire Apparent – Brinsley Schwarz – Jimi Hendrix – Robert Wyatt – Ron Wood.-.… Read more...