Speaking of live music...

[ForeverAutumn]

How's this for a radio show idea? Our local classic rock station is playing four days of live music, aired as though they were at a live music festival. There is a scheduled line-up of acts and the DJs are reporting as if they are watching the bands live. It started at noon today and it's kinda cool to listen to. Of course, it's all classic rock bands so it won't appeal to many people here. But I think that it's a fun concept.

If anyone cares, you can stream it here (http://www.q107.com/index.aspx).

QStock 2008 - The Greatest Concert That Never Was
Here's how the weekend will roll out on Classic Rock Q107 ...

Day 1 – August 29th
Noon – Kim Mitchell

1pm – U2

2pm – Neil Young

3pm – Tom Petty

4pm – Bryan Adams

5pm – Queen

6pm – Eric Clapton

7pm – ZZ Top

8pm – Aerosmith

9pm – Genesis

10pm – Paul McCartney

Day 2 – August 30th

Noon – Supertramp

1pm – The Band

2pm – Foreigner

3pm – Peter Gabriel

4pm – Heart

5pm – Elton John

6pm – Max Webster

7pm – KISS

8pm – Rush

9pm – Bruce Springsteen

10pm – Van Halen


Day 3 – August 31st
Noon – Creedence Clearwater Revival

1pm – Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)

2pm – Bob Dylan

3pm – The Guess Who

4pm – Grateful Dead

5pm – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

6pm – David Bowie

7pm – Yes

8pm – The Doors

9pm – Cream

10pm – Pink Floyd

Day 4 – September 1
Noon – Fleetwood Mac

1pm – Steely Dan

2pm – Triumph

2:30pm – April Wine

3pm – Dire Straits

4pm – The Tragically Hip

5pm – The Police

6pm – The Eagles

7pm – The Who

8pm – AC/DC

9pm – The Rolling Stones

10pm – Led Zeppelin

[Mr MidFi]

Roll tape, baby!
Why not?

[3-LockBox]

Got it streaming right now. Actually, this is a stupendous idea...too bad its the same cast of bands that usually permiate classic rock radio. Funny, there's a Q101 in Vancouver, also a classic rock format, and they play a lot of Tragically Hip and Red Rider.

Tommorow is a better line up, and they even got older Genesis scheduled for Sunday.

Thanks for the link.

[ForeverAutumn]

LOL. If you listen to the DJs talk about the line-up, they talk about Genesis playing on Saturday and then the historic Genesis reunion with PG on Sunday. The whole thing is very well produced. The script is believable complete with reports from backstage. There are background crowd sounds during the talking segments and the mic is mixed for a more raw sound as though they were outdoors instead of in a studio.

My only complaint (besides the same old line-up) is that there are too many commercial breaks.

Don't miss the big Max Webster reunion tomorrow at six. Hehehe.