The Vinyl Frontier: A Prince Masterpiece – Meltdown
Not much more needs to be said about Prince’s Purple Rain. When I got back into vinyl about 6 years ago, I had to snag this album. To be honest, I can’t even remember where I got this copy, but it’s in really good shape.
This album dropped halfway through 1984, and of course was the soundtrack to the movie by the same name. The sixth album of Prince’s career, it really catapulted him into stardom.
What. An. Album!
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The 50-Year History of Pine Knob
Pine Knob, Aka DTE Music Theater, Aka Pine Knob, has had a long history of hosting some of the biggest bands and performers of all time. Pine Knob just recently reverted back to the moniker of Pine Knob after having changed its name to DTE Music Theater after DTE Energy bought the naming rights back in 2001. The amphitheater’s first concert was on June 25th, 1972 with teen heartthrob, David Cassidy. Andy Williams followed Cassidy and Pine Knob was on a roll.
Starting with a capacity of 12,500 and then later expanding to over 15,000. The theater hosted bands and performers from a wide variety of genres. From The Temptations, KISS, Aerosmith, John Denver, and Blondie just to name a very small few that have played there. There’s actually a neat little website called theconcertdatabase.com that tells you exactly what concerts were at Pine Knob and when (the database goes to the year 2000 as Pine Knob and then goes to 2015 as DTE).
The Oakland Press compiled a large list of 40 significant events that occurred in Pine Knob’s history (note: this list was done for Pine Knob’s 40th anniversary, so they’ve had another ten years of events after this). Some of the events included:
Meltdown started on the mighty WRIF on the evening of Halloween, 1995. Technically, his first on-air shift was the morning of November 1st. Moving to the Motor City from Buffalo, N.Y., he has built a career and family. Over his almost three-decade stint at RIFF, he's had the privilege to work with some of the biggest personalities in Detroit radio history. He boasts of being just the second-afternoon drive jock in the station's illustrious 53-year history.
Along with his love for rock music and attending concerts, he's also an avid Harley-Davidson enthusiast and hockey player. He plays year-round and manages to squeeze in a few charity games throughout the year. Meltdown writes about the Detroit Red Wings, rock music, and Detroit concert venues.
