The Rock SHOW - Sunshine Radio -- Featuring Don Airey

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THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- March 30th.

Pic 1 - Don Airey live with Deep Purple
Pic 2 - The Last Republic - ones to watch.

This week’s special guest on the Rock Show is DEEP PURPLE Keyboard player DON AIREY.
Don’s career reads like a Who’s Who of rock. He’s played with Rainbow, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Jethro Tull, Judas Priest and Queen’s Brian May among others. He’s been a member of DEEP PURPLE for the past 6 years.
His new solo album A LIGHT IN THE SKY is the Rock Show’s album of the week.

Tune in from 6pm to hear Don talk to presenter Jeff Collins about the making of his new album, playing at the Kremlin with DEEP PURPLE in front of new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his predecessor Vladimir Putin (both big fans of the band!), and the highs and lows of his extraordinary career, including the effects of witnessing the tragic death of Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist RANDY RHODES in an aircrash.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is the highly rated INCH HIGH. The Northern Irish rockers have recently toured with the Tygers Of Pang and will be releasing a new album soon.

Also on the show, The Rock Show’s featured live act will be THE LAST REPUBLIC - A Welsh act who recently recorded some material at Monmouth’s Monnow valley studios with Radiohead and Roger waters producer, Chris Sheldon. Tune in for exclusive live tracks from one of the band’s recent electrifying performances.


All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes and John Wetton (Yes and Asia) and Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.

Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD and has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net

Pictures by Andrew Pritchard --- www.myspace.com/rockhardphotography

THE ROCK SHOW TONIGHT - Sunshine Radio


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March 17th 2008

THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- March 23rd.

Pics (By Andrew pritchard)
1. Big Linda on Stage
2. Tokyo Dragons Mal Bruk with presenter jeff Collins

This week’s special guest on the Rock Show is former lead singer of the Symphonic Rock band, Nightwish: Tarja Turunen.
Since leaving the band, the singer is forging a new solo career under the banner of Tarja. Her second solo album My Winter Storm is the Rock’s Show’s Album Of The Week.
Tarja talks to presenter Jeff Collins on the phone from her home in Buenos Aires about the inspiration behind her new CD, recording a new version of Alice Cooper’s hit single Poison and about life after Nightwish.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is Big Linda. Heavily tipped by Classic Rock magazine to be the ‘Next big Thing’, their debut album I Loved You is out on April 14th....we have access to some preview tracks.

Also on the show, Tokyo Dragons guitarist Mal Bruk talks about their new album Hot Nuts.


All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.
Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes and John Wetton (Yes and Asia) and Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.
The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107fm across Monmouthshire (107.8fm in Abergavenny).

Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD and has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net

PIctures by ANDREW PRITCHARD www.myspace.com/rockhardphotography


Pic 1) Mike Peters
2) Killing For Company


THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- March 9th.
This week featuring Mike Peters of The Alarm plus The Tokyo Dragons and Killing for Company live!

The Alarm frontman Mike Peters talks to Jeff Collins about the band’s influential and highly successful career.
Spanning 25 years, millions of album sales and worldwide hit singles such as Spirit of ’76, Strength and 68 Guns, the Alarm have made a huge impact on the world of rock.
Tune in from 6pm to hear Mike talk about - among other things - the band’s early days, the huge success the Alarm enjoyed during the 80’s and 90’s and his fascinating meetings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

(Next week - March 16th - Mike will tell the Rock Show about the current projects he’s working on with the Alarm)

Jeff will also be speaking to Stuart Cable and the Tokyo Dragons backstage as the Dragons and Stuart’s new band, Killing For Company, share the bill at a gig in Swansea.
Jeff will also be playing live tracks from each band.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is Tribe. Jeff caught up with their lead singer at Monnow Valley Studios in Monmouth where they were recording parts of their debut album.

All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes (from Yes and Asia) and Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107fm across Monmouthshire (107.8fm in Abergavenny).
Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD, written about the iconic rock acts who have recorded at Rockfield and Monnow Valley studios in Monmouthshire.
Jeff has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net


New book on Rockfield Studio and the rock legends who recorded there

Pics
1) Jeff Collins at monnow Valley Studios (formerly Rockfield's rehearsal studio)
2) Rock Legends At Rockfield by Jeff Collins
3) Jeff Collins (left) with Robert Plant and his band

ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD by JEFF COLLINS

This is the tales of the Rock icons who have recorded at the legendary Rockfield studios in Wales.
It's where Queen made Bohemian Rhapsody --- Freddy Mercury writing the song while the band played frisbee in the courtyard.
Motorhead indulged in drugs and groupies while hosts of Hells Angels descended on the nearby town on Monmouth.
Motorhead and Judas Priest duked it out in a 'Food Fight' at the studios while recording classic albums....while Robert Plant, Phil Collins and Co would go on drinking sessions while making the Golden Gods' first post Zep albums.

Read the fascinating and funny tale of this recording studio and its place in music history.

Out on on Amazon in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Plus available from all good book stores.

ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD by Jeff Collins

To Read extracts from the book go to:
rockfieldbook.blogspot.comos