July 31, 2022 – The Eagles kind of exploded live on stage on this date in 1980. The band was doing a fundraiser for Senator Alan Cranston, who thanked each of the band members at a meet-and-greet before the performance. According to Glenn Frey, Don Felder responded by saying, “You’re welcome, […]
July 24, 2022 – Another big day in the history of rock and roll and other related genre’s that we cover. Musicians born on this day include drummers Alan Whitehead (Marmalade), Graham Lear (Gino Vannelli, Paul Anka, REO Speedwagen), and Paul Geary (Extreme). We lost drummer Bobby Ramirez in 1972 […]
Interview Clip #10- How Jimi Hendrix Transformed Dave Bickler’s Dad’s Old Family Station Wagon August 13, 2019 – We do we talk about what I call “JFK musical moments” on this channel all the time. Hearing a song or artist for the first time which becomes frozen in time forever. […]
Interview Clip #9- Dave Bickler On That Bud Light Real Men of Genius Radio & TV Campaign August 6, 2019 – Dave Bickler will also go down in history as the voice of Surrender’s “Eye of the Tiger,” but he’s also been involved in a classic radio and TV campaign […]
Interview Clip #8- Dave Bickler Shares The Toughest Parts of The Music Industry July 30, 2019 – Bickler has had his own share of ups and downs in the industry. He was with Survivor during their heyday and, of course, “Eye of the Tiger” which spent six weeks at #1. […]
Interview Clip #7- Dave Bickler On One Of The Worst Reviews Of Survivor July 23, 2019 – I was a music critic for quite a few years for a print magazine in Vancouver. It was a small magazine but it had great circulation in the lower mainland. When I didn’t […]
Interview Clip #6- So Does Everyone Demand Dave Bickler Sing “Eye Of The Tiger” In Public? July 16, 2019 – As we’ve mentioned in this video series, Surrender’s “Eye of the Tiger” spent six weeks in the #1 spot and was the second biggest song of 1982 after Olivia Newton […]
Interview #5- We Asked Dave Bickler About his Personal Beatles Moment & His Favourite Member July 9, 2019 – When I was 7-years-old living in Montreal I remember one of my neighbors bringing out a tiny record player and playing a Beatles album. I remember it sounded like sing-a-long music […]
Interview Clip #4- So Where Is That Beret? We Asked “Eye Of the Tiger” Singer Dave Bickler July 2, 2019 – When I interviewed Mike Reno of Loverboy I could not help but ask him, “Where’s the bandana and leather pants? He still had them…the pants were a little tight. […]
Interview Clip #3- Dave Bickler On Meeting Sylvester Stallone Plus Eye Of the Tiger June 25, 2019 – The biggest song of 1982 was “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John but #2 was Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” When Rocky III came out everyone was singing along to that song that became […]
