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Rock 50 March Preview

H! Everyone, On Saturday, March 24th we’ll be airing our Metal/Hard Rock show. There’s lots of new stuff this month. In the second hour of the show, I’ll be playing some Rock and Blues — in my opinion,...

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May Rock 50 Preview

H! Everyone, This month’s Rock 50 show (May 12) is my birthday show. I’m turning 64, and I feel slightly entitled to play some of my favourite Metal songs.  Band’s appearing: Celtic Frost, Strapping...

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Statement on Upcoming Black Sabbath Shows

Dear Sabbath Fans and Fellow Musicians, I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming Sabbath shows a failure to agree has continued. At this time I have to...

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Response To Geezer’s Statement

Dear Sabbath Fans and Musicians, I have read Geezer’s statement of May 19, 2012 titled “Heavy Heart.”  Out of respect for the Birmingham gig, I wanted to wait 24 hours before releasing this statement....

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Rock 50 June Preview

H! Everyone, Our summer Classic Metal/Classic Rock show airs June 16, 2012. Lots of great bands including Opeth, Machine Head, In Flames and Disfear. Black Sabbath have the entire second hour with...

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July Rock 50 Preview

H! Everyone, The radio show airs this coming Saturday, July 14, 2012.  I’ll be playing some great Metal tracks, and this month, some Classic Rock from the 60′s.  I’ll try to squeeze in some American...

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Jon Lord Condolences

My wife and I wish to respectfully send out condolences to the Lord family. News of the recent passing of Jon Lord has been met with sadness in our house. Reflecting upon his keyboard sounds, I must...

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August Rock 50 Preview

H! Everyone, If you like Metal and Hard Rock check out our show airing Saturday, August 18, 2012. Last month, I said I’d play another Blues segment in the second hour of the show, however, I’ve...

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Rock 50 September Preview

H! Everyone, As we have done each year since the tragedy of 9/11 took place, our tribute show airs this month.    This year’s show is this Saturday, September 29, at 11:00AM Pacific Time.  We’ll play a...

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Halloween Rock 50 Preview

Bill’s Hardcore Halloween show on Rock 50 happens this Saturday, October 13th at 11:00AM Pacific… you will be scared. You can listen on the Rock 50 page.

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Nov Rock 50 Preview

H! Everybody. The Armistice/Veterans Day radio show is this Saturday, November 3, 2012. The show is dedicated to those who have died and suffered in all wars. We honor the memories of those who...

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Christmas Radio Show Preview

H! Everyone, Our Christmas show airs live Saturday December 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time. Because Christmas is often a stressful and lonely time for a lot of people, we’ll be playing, as we...

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Christmas Episode Playlist

This past Saturday was our annual Christmas episode of the Rock 50 radio show.   The playlist is now online, you can check out everything that was played here.   It includes such artists as The Rolling...

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Rock 50 Preview – Jan 2013

H! Everyone, Our Rock 50 show airs on January 26, 2013, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time. We’ll be playing some great, relatively new stuff – Converge, Cradle of Filth, live Machine Head and very heavy...

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Feb 23rd Rock 50

Missed Saturday’s Rock 50? Get your batch of Bill’s favorite metal, bad language and bad behavior on demand: http://aircheck.us/show/219

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Alvin Lee

Thank you, Alvin for all that you were. For all that you gave. You were one of a kind. Your music rocked with passion, force, excitement; brave in risk, bringing this listener to the point of “wowism”....

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Clive Burr

My wife and I respectfully send our condolences to the family and friends of Clive Burr.  Thank you, Clive for all you’ve brought to rock’s history.  My wife Jackie particularly liked Clive’s drumming...

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Rock 50 Preview – Mar 2013

H! Everyone, Our next Metal show is on Saturday March 23, 11:00AM Pacific.  The show rocks.  We have a great new band The Resistance – ex-members of The Haunted and In Flames.  Also, relatively new...

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A Poem for Peter Banks

Because of the seemingly bleak circumstances and limited information about the death of Peter Banks, I reacted quite sadly to the news and felt driven to write this poem. How can this be I didn’t plan...

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Jon Lord Condolences

My wife and I wish to respectfully send out condolences to the Lord family. News of the recent passing of Jon Lord has been met with sadness in our house. Reflecting upon his keyboard sounds, I must...

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