Sample River Guide Newsletter
May 19, 2010

Neil Young, his guitar, the Fox and YOU!!

The New 97.1 The River is excited to present:

Neil Young's - Twisted Road - Solo Tour
Saturday, May 29th - 8PM
Fox Theatre

We have your LAST CHANCE at tickets here

SECRET SHOW - Can you guess who??

On Tuesday June 8th, the New 97.1 The River will open the doors at Vinyl inside the CW Music Complex in Midtown Atlanta for a free morning concert from one of The River's favorite bands. (More here)

Wing n' Rock Fest VIP Table!

We are just over two weeks away from yet another edition of The River's Wing n' Rock Fest, Saturday, June 5th on the Marietta Square - It's a FREE event filled with live music, family fun, chicken wings and cold beer - River Crew Members could get a VIP table front and center - Register here

Breakout the Aquanet and Spandex!!

The River is taking you back to the 80's - but not in a "Hot Tube Time Machine," instead, we are taking you back to 1983 as the Scorpions are touring with none other than Ratt and we've got FRONT ROW tickets for River Crew Members here

 


 
This Day in Music History

Check out some of the highlights from Music History on May 19th

1969 - The Beatles' single "Get Back" is awarded a Gold record for sales over 1 million

1976 - The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards crashes his Bentley into a highway divider in Newton Pagnell, a town 50 miles north of London. Police take various substances from his vehicle and Richards will be charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana.

1979 - The closest thing to a Beatles' reunion happened when Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr played together at Eric Clapton's wedding reception. Joining them for a jam session were Clapton, Mick Jagger and Ginger Baker. The bride, Patti Boyd, was formerly married to George Harrison.

1980 - Peter Criss dropped out of Kiss and was replaced by drummer Eric Carr. Carr was first heard on the concept album, "The Elder" in 1981. Both Ace Frehley and Criss had been opposed to the idea of "The Elder" and when it bombed, Frehley also quit the band. Criss had co-written Kiss' biggest hit single, "Beth", and the band had to wait until 1990 to return to the US Top 10 when "Forever" made it to number 8.