This coming Tuesday, January 23rd is Today is Robin Zander’s 71st birthday. Robin’s the lead singer of Cheap Trick, so as a birthday treat for him, I’ve got six links to online articles about the midwest band from Rockford, Illinois and a video link to Cheap Trick’s induction speeches from the Rock ‘N Roll Hall Of Fame.
And then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions as to what’s happening on the blog next week!
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SUNDAY LINKS
From Rockford to you: An oral history of Cheap Trick’s early years - This is a fantastic oral history that tells the early years of Cheap Trick. An extra bonus here is that my friends “Boris” Boden and Brad Elvis are two of the storytellers in this oral history!
Cheap Trick’s Rise: The Inside Story - Another article that details the band’s start, when they got signed to Epic Records and when the band exploded with the Live At Budokan album. Tom Werman, who produced three of their studio albums supplies a lot of the details.
40 Years Ago: Cheap Trick Goes From Bowling Alleys To The Big Leagues On Their Debut - This article focuses on their first self-titled album that came out in February 1977.
Cheap Tricks’s Tom Peterson on ‘In Another World,’ the Band’s Work Ethic and Beyond - An extensive interview with Tom Petersson from last year after Cheap Trick released their latest album, In Another World.
Trickford Rockford - This is a fantastic Cheap Trick website with biographies of each band member, video testimonials from Dave Grohl, Chad Smith and others, a Cheap Trick Timeline and much more!
Cheap Trick Discography - Check out this list of all of Cheap Trick’s albums, plus there’s links for other topics as well.
Cheap Trick - RnR Hall of Fame Acceptance Speeches - full, uncut - You may want to do what I did and skip through Kid Rock’s opening speech and move on to the acceptance speeches from all of the Cheap Trick members.
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MBIP COMING ATTRACTIONS
Monday: I went to the Midway Duck Inn last night for a fabulous Saturday night dinner with my friend, Artie Fowler. Photos from that weekend feast will be up tomorrow.
Tuesday: We’re going to wind up the MBIP corn dog tour, this week is the final corn dog at Dog Haus Biergarten Peoria with special guest star Jason, who was our very first guest star on this corny food tour!
Wednesday: I went to a “Listening Room” Open Mic show at the Third Chance Bar & Lounge last Tuesday and I’ll have photos of this fun evening next Wednesday.
Thursday: The Northwoods Mall has been going local lately and there’s a lot of local shops operating there. I applaud this and I’m starting a new series called, “Shopping Locally at the Northwoods Mall.” The first local shop I’m highlighting is a cool place called Coco Print’s. You can find out and see pictures of this local business this Thursday!
Friday: We’ll be celebrating a Friday Happy Hour somewhere once I figure out where we’re going this week!
Saturday: We’ll be glancing backwards at Peoria’s history with another weekly Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past.
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SUNDAY COMIC
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: The Sopranos Final Episode, Dan Fogelberg and “Do They Know It’s Christmas”.