Rock N' Roll Revival

06/22/07 - It's been a while since I wrote an update. As much as I would like to divulge why, at this time I will just say a lot has been going on behind the scenes that has demanded my attention. Don't worry, its not bad stuff, just things that I need to work on. It has not distracted me from the shows, so I am thankful for that...

Crystal, "The Wonder Dog", was once again a shivering ball of fur during the latest round of storms last night. At 75 lbs, she is too big to crawl under the bed, yet she mamaged to hide her nose under the couch during the booming storms (scaredy cat, er.. dog!...)

Sir Paul McCartney celebrated his 65th birthday on June 18th. Now he can sing "When I WAS 64"...

Tune in on 06/25 as we do our first "Motown Monday" featuring the great Motown artists of the 60s. I am sure you will find your favorites in the mix...

Upcoming Shows:

07/02 - Summer Spectacular, featuring songs by the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, the Ventures and many more. Plus some super giveaways.

07/09 - All Request - Start emailing your requests and dedications for All Request night. Don't be shy, this is your time to shine...

07/16 & 07/23 - Rock and Roll Revival is on Hiatus

07/24 - Just Monkeeing Around (Guess who we are featuring on this show...)

More great shows are being cooked up for you. Stay tuned...

Rock and Roll Revival is broadcast on Monday Nights from 7PM - 10PM on 98.3 LP FM (WRLR) and live on the internet at www.wrlr.fm.

- keep rockin' Rich

06/03/07 - Back in the Saddle Again...

After a bit of R & R in Northern Wisconsin over the Memorial Day weekend where we finally found very cool weather, but we also found the elusive Northern Pike, we returned to the great state of Illinois. Last night we took in the Ides show at the Streets of Round Lake Festival. A great job by the Ides who put on a great show and then did a meet and greet wth the fans immediately after the performance. "Rebel Girl" as an encore was a particularly nice treat! Kudos to the festival organizers who had some great entertainment come to the area.

WRLR was at the festival and we once again had the dunk tank on Friday and Saturday. I was at the fest early on Saturday sending drops from the fest to Chris in the studio. We even had a hula hoop contest for the kids (unfortunately, no adult takers, this time...). Emily from Lake Villa kept that hoop going the entire song and she won a super soaker from her friends at Rock and Roll Revival. We will be at the Round Lake Beach Fest in July hopefully doing the same (and I have a hoop so I can practice) and maybe a few more contests as well...

I guess Rock and Roll Revival is now international! We heard over the weekend that our interviews are being downloaded in Europe and the blog has had an amazing number of hits recently! Send us an email at rocknroll@wrlr.fm and let us know where you are from. We'd love to hear from you!...

And so now starts our summer flurry of shows here on the Revival, as we start out on this Monday, 06/04, with a theme that worked well about six months ago: "A thru Z" (where we run tunes from artists through the night alphabetically). This time we tried not to repeat any artists from last time, but we fell short on two letters. You'll have to tune in to hear!

On 06/11 our show will be titled: "Girls, Girls, Girls!" The featured artists of the evening will, of course be girls (there were a lot of girl groups in the early 60s!), but we will also have some "pre game" songs from the men which have the word "girl" or "girls" in the title.

On 06/18 our theme is "Travelin' Man" where the songs of the evening involve a destination or traveling.

On 06/25 our theme is "Motown Monday". Enough said!

And on 07/02 we once again have our "Summer Spectacular", which will be bigger and better than last year, featuring those great summer tunes you've come to know and love. ...And you know you'll get a very heavy dose of Beach Boys!

Great stuff coming up in the next few weeks. Summer is here and we are going to celebrate on Rock and Roll Revival, Monday nights from 7pm to 10pm on WRLR 98.3 LP FM and www.wrlr.fm.