40 years ago today, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band came to Portland and rocked a capacity crowd at the Civic Center. Against the Wind had been out since February of that year and remains Seger’s only Number 1 album ever.
Today WBLM celebrates the 71st birthday of an Iconic American Rock and Roll Treasure. He was born Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey. When and where did he play concerts in Maine?
He was born in Gainesville, Florida on September 21, 1947. Happy Birthday to the guy who wrote the music for the song, Hotel California. Watch a great video of Don Felder telling the story of how the song came to be.
It is so very cool that Blimpsters got to see this version of the Doobies back then with the blue-eyed soul of Michael McDonald. This was their one and only Portland appearance ever.
42 years ago today, Styx rocked a sold out show at the Civic Center in Portland. Their second Maine appearance was in ongoing support of the 1977 mega-album, The Grand Illusion and an upcoming new album
When Alice Cooper was in town for a sold-out show at Rock Row in Westbrook last year, he played at the nearby Spring Meadows Golf Club in Gray and was also spotted at J's Oyster in Portland.