Eddie Van Halen is one of the best guitarists in music. He is also a cancer survivor. So, when one of Michael Brewer’s bucket list items was to meet the musician, Eddie helped him cross another one off. Here the story coming from WWAY News…… MORE
AOTM: Kenny Sykaluk Impacts the Members of Journey
In 1983, Journey was at the top of their game. With the success of albums Escape and Frontiers, the band was selling out concerts, the song “Open Arms” had hit number two on the charts, and they were involved in a couple of business ventures. Journey was one of the top touring and recording bands…… MORE
AOTM: From the Golden Gate Rhythm Section to Super Stardom, Journey Proves Successful, Part 2
Journey became one of the biggest bands in music history. Journey’s super stardom in the eighties proved that music could be bigger, better, and very successful. After a hiatus, the band regrouped in 1996 for a new album and tour. All was looking good until Steve Perry injured his hip while hiking in Hawaii. The…… MORE
AOTM: From the Golden Gate Rhythm Section to Super Stardom, Journey Proves Successful, Part 1
The music of the seventies was quite diverse. By the end of the decade, disco and hard rock emerged, the Beatles were officially done for nine years, and Journey was hitting it big. Started in 1973 as the Golden Gate Rhythm Section with former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch, Journey initially focused on the…… MORE
AOTM: Supertramp Reunion Is Most Likely A ‘No’
Music fans love when their favorite band stays together for the long haul. In a perfect world this would be the ideal dream, however, bands evolve artistically, experience personality conflicts, and other bumps in the road. Evolution typically means changes in music style, and unfortunately, member changes. Like all bands, Supertramp experienced its own evolution…… MORE
AOTM: Roger Hodgson Plays for Royalty
The late seventies and early eighties were the golden years of Supertramp’s reign. Four studio albums, numerous charting hits, and subsequent tours, Supertramp was on top of the world. The songwriting duo of Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies could do no wrong and helped Supertramp get to the top of the charts. After all of…… MORE
AOTM: Finding a Supertramp Concert Near You
Supertramp quietly burst onto the music scene in the mid-seventies. While the band had been together since 1969, it wasn’t until their song “Dreamer” in 1974 that they achieved their first commercial success. Later, the album Breakfast in America left an indelible mark on the international music scene and broke all previous concert attendance…… MORE
AOTM: Hodgson Breaks His Wrists; May Never Play Again
Roger Hodgson was the second half of the songwriting duo in Supertramp. After their Famous Last Words album in 1982 and subsequent mega-rock stadium tour, Hodgson decided it was time to move on to his own solo career, and a simpler lifestyle with his family. He built a state-of-the-art recording studio at his home, which…… MORE
AOTM: Supertramp, Synthesizers, and Dance Charts
Supertramp hit the big time in 1979 with their Breakfast in America album. Multiple hit songs came from the album, they won two Grammy Awards, and it was certified 4x platinum in the U.S. However successful the band became in the late seventies, the departure of one of the songwriters in 1980s, did create…… MORE
AOTM: Supertramp Makes a Statement
After the departure of Roger Hodgson from Supertramp in the early eighties, there was a reputation to uphold; a point to prove. Now led by Rick Davies’ songwriting talents exclusively, Davies and the rest of the band had to make a statement to both the music world and to their fans that Supertramp was continuing…… MORE
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