Retro Concert Series

22/01/2025

Don McLean 'American Pie' in 60 Seconds

22/01/2025

Do you love hairbands? Love that rock n roll from the 80's? Then tell your family! Tell your friends! That Hairball brings it to you on Saturday, March 1st at The Miller Theater in Augusta, GA.
Thanks to Ellefson Transportation Group for supporting the Retro Concert Series!
Tickets are on sale at the box office & online.
https://millertheateraugusta.com/event/hairball/miller-theater/augusta-georgia/

22/01/2025

Happy Birthday! Born 22 Jan 1965, American drummer Steven Adler was a Guns N’ Roses member from 1985 - 1990. He appeared in the reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and on the first season of its spin-off Sober House.

22/01/2025

Jan 22, 1972, Don McLean’s sophomore album, American Pie, began a seven-week run at the top of the Billboard 200. The release was spurred by the success of the nearly nine-minute-long title track and McClean’s ode to Vincent van Gogh, “Vincent,” both of which topped the US pop chart.

21/01/2025

Saturday Night Fever: The Soundtrack That Defined an Era

21/01/2025

"Burn it down" the new album from Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers being released Thursday, Jan 23rd and the album release party is Saturday, Jan 25th at The Martin Centre Preservation Company in Douglas, GA. Tell your friends and get your tickets now!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/derrick-dove-the-peacekeepers-album-release-party-tickets-1054986215169

21/01/2025

Happy Birthday!! Born on 21 Jan 1950, British singer and songwriter Billy Ocean. His 1984 single 'Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) peaked at No.1 in the US, and Ocean won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the song. He accumulated a series of international hit singles 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going' (1985 and the theme song for the film The Jewel of the Nile), 'There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)' (1986). In 1988, his single 'Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car' reached No.1 in the US.

21/01/2025

21 Jan 1978, The soundtrack album Saturday Night Fever started a 24-week run at No.1 on the US album charts and stayed on the chart for 120 weeks until March 1980. It sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling soundtrack albums of all time. Three singles from the album contributed by the Bee Gees 'How Deep Is Your Love,' 'Stayin' Alive,' and 'Night Fever.' The Bee Gees' involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. John Travolta stated, "The Bee Gees weren't even involved in the movie initially. I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs.

21/01/2025

Remembering The Rock Legend John Sykes of Whitesnake. RIP

20/01/2025

The Explosive Story of Def Leppard's Pyromania!

20/01/2025

Jan 20, 1983, Def Leppard released their third studio album, Pyromania. The record, which featured new guitarist Phil Collen, was produced by “Mutt” Lange and found the British rockers moving away from their heavy metal roots. Led by the hit “Photograph” the album has since sold over 10 million copies in the US.

20/01/2025

Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers album release party this Saturday, Jan 25th at The Martin Centre Preservation Company. Get your tickets now.

Derrick Dove & The Peacekeepers

20/01/2025

On this day in music, January 20, 2022, the Grammy Award-winning singer and actor Meat Loaf died at age 74. Born Marvin Lee Aday, the operatic vocalist, was famous for his bombastic performances. His monstrously popular Bat Out Of Hell trilogy, released over 29 years ago, collectively sold over 100 million copies worldwide. At the same time, his 1977 debut, Bat Out of Hell, remained on the charts for an astonishing nine years. As an actor, Meat Loaf rose to fame with a show-stopping performance in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows during his life.

19/01/2025

19 Jan 2006, American soul singer Wilson Pickett died in hospital near his Ashburn, Virginia home of a heart attack aged 64. Pickett recorded the soul classics ‘Mustang Sally,’ ‘Everybody Needs Somebody to Love’ and ‘In The Midnight Hour’ plus Pickett scored 15 other US Top 40 singles.

19/01/2025

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19/01/2025

The Soulful Journey of Wilson Pickett in 60 Seconds!

19/01/2025

Hairball rocks Augusta, GA, on Saturday, March 1st, at The Miller Theater!
https://millertheateraugusta.com/event/hairball/miller-theater/augusta-georgia/

19/01/2025

Happy Birthday! Malcolm James McCormick, aka Mac Miller, was born on January 19, 1992, in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was an American rapper. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's local hip-hop scene in 2007 at 15. 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records and released his breakthrough mixtapes K.I.D.S. (2010) and Best Day Ever (2011). Miller's debut studio album, Blue Slide Park (2011), became the first independently distributed debut album to top the US Billboard 200 since 1995.

In 2013, he founded the record label imprint REMember Music. After his second studio album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013), he left Rostrum and signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records in 2014. With them, he released four studio albums: GO:OD AM (2015), The Divine Feminine (2016), Swimming (2018), and the posthumous Circles (2020). For Swimming, he was posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Along with recording, he also served as a record producer for himself and other artists under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman.

Miller struggled with addiction and substance abuse, which was often referenced in his lyrics. After a relapse, he died from an accidental drug overdose of co***ne, fentanyl, and alcohol at his home at the age of 26.