Awchoo.com is proud to present this months Featured Artist: The Electric Light Orchestra "Mr.Blue Sky"

ELO are one of the most successful British bands of all time. Formed after the break up of The Move in 1970 they were a British rock group from Birmingham England, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 with one album in 2001.

They pioneered the integration of orchestral instruments into pop music and with the release of those groundbreaking and increasingly successful albums culminated in the multi-million selling Out Of The Blue. This concert is from the world tour for that album and was filmed at London's Wembley Arena in 1978.

Fans this whole incredible concert is available on special edition DVD "Out of the Blue - Live at Wembley", out now on Eagle Vision.

Classic line up: Jeff Lynne(vocals), Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale, Kelly Groucutt,Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy & Mik Kaminski

AWCHOO.com is proud to introduce rocker / recording artist Heather Williams.

Official video debut to her new song "Push it to the Limit"

Some great classic rockers play on her new CD. Steve Brown (Trixter/Billboard hit songwriter) produced the tune, Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister) & Paul Crook (Meatloaf) all laid tracks on it!

Starting Oct.16 you can see Heather on the NEW VH1 Rock Camp Reality TV Series.

Frankie Banali and Friends LIVE doing a cool rendition of Lez Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" Sept 25 2009 Los Angeles.

Now check out one of Frankies many classic early 70's style LUDWIG drum sets. This green sparkle setup is what Led Zeppelin's John Bonham played from 1971 to early 1973.

Rock Out!

Live recording the legendary tune in the studio 1973.

Alan Freed was probably the best known disc-jockey of the 1950s. His biggest success was in NYC. He is the man who coined the fraze "Rock n Roll"

Freed became internationally known for promoting African-American Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll. Many of the top African-American performers of the first generation of rock and roll (such as Little Richard and Chuck Berry) salute Alan Freed for his pioneering attitude in breaking down racial barriers among the youth of 1950s America.

Freed would promote and MC many of the first huge Rock n Roll shows that would have many on one bill.

He was not known without controversy either. In 1958, Freed faced controversy in Boston when he told the audience, "The police don't want you to have fun." As a result, Freed was arrested and charged with inciting to riot. And his career cut short after a payola scandel derailed his radio career. Alan Freed died in 1965 from complications associated from alcoholism. In 1986, Freed was part of the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The slide show is from the many concert programs from these shows. The covers to these programs can be found on the official Alan Freed website.

Visit and see rock's history from the man, who put it on the map. www.alanfreed.com

slide show by normk111 (you tube)

Tom Dowd was a musician, engineer, producer, physicist, mathematician, and everyday genius. He invented many of the teqniques in recording we know today. Along with Eric Clapton he discusses how the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs came together with Clapton, Duane Allman, and Derick and the Dominos.

Filmed at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL, Dowd is shown at work behind the soundboards and reflecting on his memorable career. Dowd, whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music, takes the controls behind the mixer relearning the title song Layla 30 years after its creation. From "Tom Dowd The Language of Music."

Mr. Dowd's credits include recording sessions with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Otis Redding, John Coltrane, The Allman Brothers Band, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Cream, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Booker T. & the MG's and countless other musical luminaries.

Born 20 October 1925 in New York, New York, died 27 October 2002 in Aventura, Florida.

One of Tom Dowds legacies is a music treasure chest filled with timeless classics

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