Rocktober Music Fest: Happy Birthday Chris Slade

The final push for the Rocktober Music Fest and a short time till I go see a Rock N Roll Show. We start off celebrating a drummer's birthday. Chris Slade has drummed for AC/Dc, The Firm, Tom Jones, Asia and more.

Here is on the kit with AC/DC "Let There Be Rock"...

• Asia "Military Man" Slade on drums and vocals

                                                   "Feelings" Uriah Heep

                                                                       
                                                          The Firm "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

There is a good four pack of tunes to celebrate!

Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!

  Image from Wikipedia.

Jimmy Page turned 73 today. I figure his birthday was a good excuse to get the Led Out and more. Jimmy Page is a good way to start out my blog in 2017 in earnest.


Let's start out with The Yardbirds.."Shapes of Things"

Then a few years after Zeppelin ended Jimmy playing some Chopin..

"All The King's Horses" from The Firm...

Ah the solo album.."Wasting My Time"

Coverdale/Page..

"When the World Was Young" Page and Plant..

With the Black Crowes,,"Oh Well" an old Peter Green Fleetwood Mac cover...

Somethings missing.."Heartbreaker"

Then and more recent,,reunited Zeppelin.."For Your Life"

Vintage "Rock and Roll"

Hope you enjoy and see you around soon!

A to Z: The Firm

In hindsight this Super group should have been bigger than what they achieved. The Firm consisted of Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame on vocals and legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. The band also featured drummer Chris Slade and bassist Tony Franklin.

A promo pic from the 80's..

The band released two albums in their short lived history. In my opinion the bands biggest hit was "Radioactive" which peaked at #28 on the US Charts..

Here is another song "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

Here is "All the King's Horses"

A little retro music flashback on the A to Z Challenge!

Happy Birthday Paul Rodgers

Getting back into the groove! Today is Paul Rodgers birthday he is 63, I thought he was older than that. I have been fortunate enough to see him a few times. Well let's start the party off with some Free...

Alright Now

The iconic vocalist was also in Bad Company

Can't Get Enough

He also teamed up with Jimmy Page in The Firm

Then he was in The Law...

He did some solo songs as well

Then he fronted Queen for a reunion

probably the way most ppeople want to celebrate..with his kids

I hope he enjoyed his birthday!