Hey, hi, howdy guys and gals. The week is done- time to settle in for what'll hopefully be a great weekend for you.
Rock 'n roll pioneer D.J. Fontana died at home in Nashville Wednesday night, according to his wife, Karen. She told the Associated Press that he'd been having complications from a broken hip he suffered in 2016. He was 87.
Fontana played with Elvis Presley during the height of the King's popularity, playing drums with Elvis' backing band from the mid-50s until the late 60s after first joining them during one of Presley's appearances on Louisiana Hayride.
Priscilla Presley called Fontana "a tremendously talented musician and a wonderful man" while Karen Fontana said her husband "treated everybody like everybody was his friend."
Fontana was the last surviving member of Elvis' original core of musicians from his backing band and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
E-Street Band drummer Max Weinberg said Fontana "was my hero, and he made me become a drummer. I was 5 years old when I saw him and Elvis and Scotty and Bill play Hound Dog on television and it just swept me away."
Can you believe it was 30 years ago this week that Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl was released?
Blink-182 has postponed the third round of their Kings of the Weekend shows at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas due to a medical emergency- announcing yesterday on Facebook that Travis Barker was suffering from blood clots in his arms.
This is the third time the band has cancelled shows this month, after backing out on scheduled gigs at the Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati, the Colosseum Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sioux City, Iowa. "Unforeseen circumstances" was the reason, such as it is, for those cancellations.
Barry Manilow's Las Vegas opening has been put on hold, too. Manilow was taken to a Vegas hospital yesterday and diagnosed with a bronchial infection.
Clint Holmes and Earl Turner will co-headline in Manilow's place and ticket-holders can either receive a full refund or use their ticket for the replacement show.
Birthdays today include: Billy Martin of Good Charlotte (37); Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm (42); Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol (42); Ice Cube (49); Rob Mitchell of Sixpence None The Richer (52); Michael Britt of Lonestar (52); Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche (55); Terri Gibbs (64); Garry Roberts of Boomtown Rats (64); Steve Walsh of Kansas (67); James Smith of The Stylistics (68); Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply (69); and Ian Matthews of Fairport Convention (72). #musicalbirthdays
Barry Manilow's Las Vegas opening has been put on hold, too. Manilow was taken to a Vegas hospital yesterday and diagnosed with a bronchial infection.
— Barry Manilow (@barrymanilow) June 14, 2018
Birthdays today include: Billy Martin of Good Charlotte (37); Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm (42); Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol (42); Ice Cube (49); Rob Mitchell of Sixpence None The Richer (52); Michael Britt of Lonestar (52); Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche (55); Terri Gibbs (64); Garry Roberts of Boomtown Rats (64); Steve Walsh of Kansas (67); James Smith of The Stylistics (68); Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply (69); and Ian Matthews of Fairport Convention (72). #musicalbirthdays
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