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🎵🥁 Buckle up, music fans! Nic Collins, the insanely talented drummer and son of Genesis icon Phil Collins, just pulled off a jaw-dropping feat on Drumeo! 😱 They challenged him to learn and perform RUSH’s legendary 20-minute prog rock epic “2112” – from “Overture” to “Grand Finale” – in ONE SITTING! 🥁🔥 Nic dives headfirst into Neil Peart’s mind-bending drum parts, blending precision, power, and pure passion. Halfway through, he laughs, “Why do you have to be so good, Neil?” 😅 Spoiler: He absolutely NAILS it, honoring the late Peart’s masterpiece with style! 🎸✨ Whether you’re a RUSH diehard or just love killer drumming, you NEED to see this! 👉 Link to video below in article. Amazing to watch!#KZAPORG #NicCollins #PhilCollins #rush2112

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🎸 This Saturday: Rock Out with Wasted Space at Carmichael Concerts in the Park! 🎶
Join us this Saturday, June 7th, from 6 to 8 PM at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park for an epic night of live music with K-ZAP! Wasted Space will take the stage, delivering classic hits from the 60s and 70s—The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and more. Get ready for big songs, killer harmonies, and plenty of dancing! 💃🕺
Swing by The K-ZAP Emporium of Swag for awesome merch, and fuel up with delicious eats from food trucks starting at 5:30 PM. 🍔🌮 Bring your crew, blankets, and lawn chairs for a free, family-friendly evening under the stars.
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This week’s Rush Hour Blues gets you stoked for @sirrodstewart’s Saturday, June 14 scheduled appearance at Harvey’s at Tahoe.

While not known traditionally as a blues’ singer Rod occasionally made some classics his very own especially with his work in the Jeff Beck Group.

Join Sacramento’s K-ZAP this Friday, 5p as your host Bill Prescott celebrates this legendary singer.

RHB is sponsored by @blackrockauto, 1313 C street Sacramento. “They can do Stuff.”

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On this day June 6, 1967 Moby Grape released their self-titled debut album.

Coming from the San Francisco scene, their reputation quickly grew to immense proportions, leading to a bidding war and a contract with Columbia Records.

Moby Grape featured Skip Spence on rhythm guitar and vocals, Peter Lewis on rhythm guitar and vocals, Bob Mosley on bass, vocals, Jerry Miller on lead guitar, vocals and Don Stevenson on drums, vocals.

Simultaneously ten of the thirteen songs on five singles: “Fall on You”/“Changes,” “Sitting By the Window”/“Indifference” (2:46 edit), “8:05”/“Mister Blues,” “Omaha”/“Someday” and “Hey Grandma”/Come in the Morning.”

Of these five, only “Omaha” and “Hey Grandma” charted. All five records were issued with picture sleeves showing the same album cover photo.

The cover photograph is by rock photographer Jim Marshall. On the original release, Don Stevenson is shown “flipping the bird” (making an obscene gesture) on the washboard. It was airbrushed out on subsequent pressings.

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On this day June 6 @ironmaiden played Sacramento’s Cal Expo Amphitheater.

Opening act Guns N’ Roses canceled due to Axel Rose’s throat problems.

The crowd was obviously disgruntled by the cancellation and even booed Guns N’ Roses’ guitarist Slash when he came on stage before Iron Maiden to apologize.

More than 800 fans lined up at the box office for refunds instead of staying for Iron Maiden.

Iron Maiden also had to deal with cold temperatures and an occasional downpour.

However, the band won the crowd over with an 18-song set featuring an array of songs from its seven studio albums.

While many bands would have been put off by the inclement weather Iron Maiden’s members didn’t appear to mind the rain; they even appeared to play better. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson went so far as to call it a “magic evening.”

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On this day June 6, 1976 The J. Geils Band, Jeff Beck, Blue Öyster Cult, Mahogany Rush and Sammy Hagar played Day On The Green in Oakland, California.

Sammy Hagar played much too long, but the crew did an 8-minute set change before Mahogany Rush came out.

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Martin Barre explains how Leslie West influenced his most iconic solo on Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung”

Martin Barre might protest that he is “not and never will be a guitar hero,” but he’s certainly looked and sounded like one at numerous points in his career – and perhaps never more so than on Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung.”

However, in a recent interview he explains the song’s tone was influenced by another six-strong icon.

“I’d met Leslie West, and like a lot of guitar players, you couldn’t meet Leslie West and come out unscathed,” he said. “I loved him to bits. I loved his playing, I loved his presence. And I loved Mountain.”

The influence stuck, particularly West’s rehabilitation of the Les Paul Junior as an instrument worthy of a guitar hero.

Before “Aqualung,” Barre played a bootleg Les Paul but it met an unfortunate end on a hot summer’s day.

(“I left it in a car, and when I came back, it was like a banana,” he explains), so having quite literally given that one the backseat, he was in the market for a replacement.

Barre immediately recalled his experience touring with Mountain a few years prior.

“Everything about them was a learning curve,” says Barre. “Not just the guitar playing but everything about their arrangements. So, like a lot of people, I bought a Gibson Les Paul Junior because Leslie had one.”

As a result, the Junior became one of the key instrument’s that Barre used throughout the album, including his crowning moment.

“So “Aqualung” was a ’58 Les Paul Junior and I still had my Hiwatt. And I had a really tasty 58’ Fender Strat. It was simple – no pedals, nothing. Just a guitar into the amp – and off you go.”

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🚨 LAST CHANCE ALERT! 🚨

Sacramento, TODAY IS IT – your FINAL SHOT to win tickets to the Led Zeppelin Laser Concert at MOSAC this Saturday, June 7th at 7:30 PM! 🎸✨ Don’t let this epic night of Zeppelin’s greatest hits—blasted through MOSAC’s 25,000-watt Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound System with jaw-dropping lasers—slip through your fingers! 🌌
Time’s ticking! Here’s how to enter RIGHT NOW:
📧 Email free@k-zap.org (mailto:free@k-zap.org) by MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, Thursday, June 5th.
📩 Subject line: “Led Zeppelin”
✍️ Include your name and phone number.
⚠️ One entry per person (frequent winners might be skipped).
Winners get the call TOMORROW, Friday, June 6th—so act fast! ⏳

Can’t risk it? Grab tickets at visitmosac.org/laser-concert-series. But if you’ve got luck on your side, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE—ENTER NOW! 🎟️

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On this day June 5, 1976 @bozscaggsmusic, @towerofpower, Santana, @jeffbeckofficial, Journey, and Nils Lofgren played Day On The Green in Oakland, California.

Jefferson Starship was the originally planned headliner, but were replaced by Boz Scaggs and Tower Of Power.

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On this day June 5, 1982 @foreignerlive, Loverboy, Quarterflash and Eric Martin played the Mountain Aire Festival at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp, California.

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The mystery song @jimihendrix dedicated to a pre-fame @stevienicks

During the late sixties Nicks was on tour with her pre-fame band Fritz, which also featured Lindsey Buckingham on guitar. Otherwise known as The Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band, the group was Nicks’ first rock outfit and served as a sort of music school, laying the foundations for her era-defining pop career.

But it all had to start somewhere, and for Nicks, that was her young band. Fritz formed in the early 1960s, when Bob Aguirre, the drummer of The Castiles – Bruce Springsteen’s early band – invited Javier Pacheco to perform at a high school talent show alongside Cal Roper (bass), Lindsey Buckingham (guitar), and Jody Moreing (vocals & guitar).

By the late 1960s, Fritz were big enough that they were asked to open for Jimi Hendrix. Speaking to Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show, Nicks opened up about meeting the guitarist during the concert. “I was inspired by Jimi Hendrix from a rock standpoint,” she began, “Because Lindsay and I got to open for him. “It was a big huge show in San Fransisco.

Motivated by Hendrix’s presence, Fritz went out and played one of the best sets of their career, returning backstage bristling with energy. They remained there to watch Hendrix’s set from the wings, at which point something extraordinary happened. “He actually dedicated a song to me,” Nicks recalled fondly. “He looked over at me and said, ‘This is for you, babe.’ And I’m like, ‘You’re awesome! You are so awesomely cute and handsome, and you play so amazing, and thank you, Jimi!’”

But it wasn’t just Hendrix’s infectious energy that inspired Nicks; she also fell in love with the guitarist’s sense of style. “I saw him play once and I remember thinking, ‘I want to wear white fringe. I want to tie a beautiful scarf in my hair,’” Nicks told BAMin 1997.

And yet, we still don’t know which song it was that Hendrix dedicated to her back in the late ’60s. I suppose we’ll just have to use our imaginations.

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Scott Gorham doesn’t rule out a future for Thin Lizzy – but he’s biding his time to find the perfect guitar foil

Lizzy’s most faithful guitarist, Scott Gorham, has left the door open for a potential return of the iconic band – but only under the right circumstances.

Throughout the decades, @thinlizzy has, somehow, managed to survive – and even thrive – when times got tough, with the band reinventing itself amid a rotating roster of guitarists and band members.

In a recent interview with Guitarist, Gorham foreshadows a potential resurrection of Lizzy, claiming he’s waiting for the right calibre of player.

His comments come amid ongoing speculation about Lizzy’s future, following Gorham’s departure from Black Star Riders in 2021 – a hard rock, “twin-guitar attack” band formed in memory of Lizzy’s legacy.

After a nerve-racking audition in 1974 that cemented his role in Thin Lizzy, Gorham went on to share the stage with a number of guitar greats. During Lizzy’s reign, he paired with the likes of John Sykes, Snowy White, Brian Robertson and blues virtuoso, Gary Moore, to name a few – so it’s no surprise Gorham faces uncertainty about relighting Lizzy’s flame.

It was Sykes who, after the tragic death of Irish pioneer Phil Lynott in early 1986, pitched the idea of sparking up Lizzy once more to Gorham.

He recalls: “We both sang background, but I’d never heard John sing solo. I had no idea he had three solo albums. I listened to them and I thought, ‘Hey, where’s he been keeping this?’ So I said, ‘Okay, I think we can give this a shot. I’m still not sure if this is the right thing to do, but let’s see what happens.’

“I remember being in that studio and nobody wanted to pick up a guitar, in case this was not going to work out. I finally said, ‘Screw it, I’ve flown 6,000 miles, let’s get into this. We’ll start out with Jailbreak, okay?

“If it’s lousy, then we’ll just pack up,” Gorham continues. “So we played “Jailbreak” and at the end, we looked at each other and said, ‘Actually, that sounded pretty damn good.’

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🎸 This Saturday: Rock Out with Wasted Space at Carmichael Concerts in the Park! 🎶
Join us this Saturday, June 7th, from 6 to 8 PM at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park for an epic night of live music with K-ZAP! Wasted Space will take the stage, delivering classic hits from the 60s and 70s—The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and more. Get ready for big songs, killer harmonies, and plenty of dancing! 💃🕺
Swing by The K-ZAP Emporium of Swag for awesome merch, and fuel up with delicious eats from food trucks starting at 5:30 PM. 🍔🌮 Bring your crew, blankets, and lawn chairs for a free, family-friendly evening under the stars.
Want more info? Check out k-zap.org/events! Don’t miss it! 🎉 …

Rare Performance of ‘60s Underground Rock Icon Found 50 Years Later

There has never been a musician quite like Captain Beefheart.

Born Don Van Vilet, the avant-garde rocker incorporated free jazz, blues, and rock into his music. A high school friend of Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band produced music that would be a major influence on experimental rock and early punk artists.

The group’s 1969 album, “Trout Mask Replica,” has since been heralded as a work of art, and Rolling Stone considers it one of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Although Captain Beefheart would never have a mainstream radio hit, he was such an underground icon that he appeared on counterculture shows like Late Night with David Letterman and performed on Saturday Night Live.

One such television performance was thought to be lost—until now.

On April 15, 1972, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band performed at the famed Bataclan nightclub in Paris, France. Footage of their “Click Clack” performance aired on the French TV show, POP2.

While collectors circulated the audio of the performance, no other video footage was thought to exist until May 30, when the French Radio and TV archive, INA (Institut National de L’audiovisuel), posted a performance of “Abba Zaba” on YouTube.

In 1972, Beefheart was busy on the European leg of his Spotlight Kid Tour, per Classic Rock. The rest of the set includes “Hair Pie Backe III,” “Alice In Blunderland,” “My Human Gets Me Blues,” “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby,” and “Golden Birdies.”

Beefheart’s music was reintroduced to a new generation when his song, “Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles,” was used on the soundtrack of 1998’s The Big Lebowski.

But Beefheart had been retired for nearly five years by then. He gave up music after the release of 1992’s “Ice Cream For Crow.”

He’d spend the rest of his life as an abstract expressionist painter and rarely appeared in public. He died on December 17, 2010, of complications of multiple sclerosis. He was 69.

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@wolfvanhalen reveals why he doesn’t listen to @vanhalen anymore

Wolfgang Van Halen has opened up about why he no longer listens to the band that cemented his family’s name in rock history.

In a new interview with Drumeo, the Mammoth frontman reflects on how deeply Van Halen’s music is tied to his late father, Eddie Van Halen.

Since Eddie’s passing in 2020, he says, the songs have lost their joy.
When asked about the musical status of his uncle, drummer Alex Van Halen, Wolfgang suggests that Alex probably feels the same way.

“It’s kind of the same thing with me and with Van Halen stuff. I’m really just not interested in playing it anymore without dad,” he says. “And I know he feels the exact same way.”

“I’ll play it for fun every now and then. If Dave Grohl comes to me and goes like, ‘Hey, you wanna do this?’ Like, ‘Yes, Dave Grohl, I would like to do that with you.’ But, overall, it’s really a tough thing for me.”

Even listening to the band’s music, Wolfgang admits, is difficult: “I just don’t listen to Van Halen anymore. I understand, like, that’s the connection that everybody has. But, obviously, my connection was a little different.”

The musician toured and played bass alongside his father and uncle during Van Halen’s final years. But since Eddie’s death, both Wolfgang and Alex have kept a somewhat low profile when it comes to the band’s legacy. While there’s been talk of tribute concerts and reissues, nothing has materialised.

“So, when it comes to listening to it, it’s just like, I have the memories,” says Wolfgang. “I’m so happy of the time that I was able to be that three-piece with dad and Al. But I totally get why Al is… Al was already a private guy to begin with. Now, it’s like, why would you want to play? I’m sure he probably keeps the chops up every now and then.”
“But yeah, it’s just not as fun, unfortunately.”

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@randybachman May Release More New Music with Bachman-Turner Overdrive … and Possibly The Guess Who

The 81-year-old Canadian rocker revealed that he’s been writing new material with founding BTO singer/bassist Fred Turner and his son Tal Bachman, who plays guitar and sings in the group’s current lineup.
“I’m working on three or four songs with Fred Turner, [and] a couple with my son Tal,” Randy said.

Bachman reported that if “60 Years Ago” is successful, BTO likely will follow it up by releasing one or more new tunes.

Randy also explained that the band’s manager is talking with two labels about signing BTO to a new record deal. Along with the new deal, Bachman is envisioning BTO releasing a career-spanning box set.

“So, I want to do something [like] that for all the BTO fans, and then something new.”

Bachman also revealed that he and his old Guess Who bandmate Burton Cummings were planning to play shows together again in 2026.

The news arrived several months after the September 2024 announcement that Bachman and Cummings had gained control of the rights to The Guess Who’s name and trademark.

Randy also told American Songwriter that it was possible that he and Cummings could eventually release some new Guess Who music.
Bachman noted that the rights to The Guess Who’s recordings are due to revert back to the band. If and when that happens, he imagines that the group also might release an expansive compilation that could feature some new tunes.

“Let’s do a nice box set and let’s get something new. Let’s put two or three new songs in there,” Randy said. “And if those fly, we’ll do a whole album. The album doesn’t need to be 12 songs anymore. You can put out six and eight songs.”

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On this day June 4, 1983 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Men At Work and Stray Cats played the Mountain Aire Festival at Angels Camp, Calaveras County.

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