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Brian ROBBO Robertson

27th of January 2001 -- Robbo at the Lantaarn in Hellendoorn, Holland
Photo © Copyright 2001 Martin Stassen.

John Sykes

Photo © Copyright 2001 Martin Stassen.

Hendrix – The Guitarist’s Guitarist Planet Rock, the UK’s classic rock station is celebrating Jimi Hendrix by airing an hour long special on this phenomenal guitarist. Planet Rock talks to a whole host of guitarists who tell the station why Jimi Hendrix is The guitarist’s guitarist. The likes of Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, Journey’s Neal Schon and Queen’s Brian May (to name but a few) each give their point of view and experiences of Jimi Hendrix’s music and tell us why he is such an extraordinary player. The show will also feature some of his all time classic songs as well as new ones from his brand new album Valleys of Neptune, release date: Monday 8th March 2010. It is 40 years since Jimi died and his legacy still continues. This special will air only twice: Saturday 6th March at 6pm and Thursday 11th February at 11pm (UK Time) About Planet Rock: The UK’s classic rock station is the home of Alice Cooper’s breakfast show, Rick Wakeman’s Saturday show and is the only national radio station dedicated to playing classic rock. Tune in on DAB Digital Radio, Sky 0110, Virgin Media 924, Freesat 730, online at www.planetrock.com or on your iPhone. In a poll to determine the greatest live rock album of all time by Britain's Planet Rock Radio, Thin Lizzy's live 1978 album Live and Dangerous was voted NUMBER ONE Deep Purple's classic Live in Japan came in second UFO's Strangers in the Night came in third The Who's Live at Leeds and AC/DC's If You Want Blood, You Got It rounded out the top five. Here's the Top 40 results as posted on the U.K.'s Planet Rock Radio: 1. Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous 2. Deep Purple - Made In Japan 3. UFO - Strangers In The Night 4. The Who - Live At Leeds 5. AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You Got It 6. Iron Maiden - Live After Death 7. Pink Floyd - PULSE 8. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive 9. KISS - Alive 10. Genesis - Seconds Out 11. Status Quo - Live! 12. Yes - Yessongs 13. Jethro Tull - Bursting Out 14. Hawkwind - Space Ritual 15. Cheap Trick - At Budokan 16. Wishbone Ash - Live Dates (1973) 17. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 18. Queen - Live Killers 19. Rush - All The World's A Stage 20. Rush - Exit Stage Left 21. Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road 22. Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 23. Humble Pie - Rockin' The Filmore 24. Uriah Heep - Live 1973 25. Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won 26. Queen - Live at Wembley '86 27. Asia - Fantasia 28. Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 29. Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City 30. Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East 31. Slade - Slade Alive 32. Metallica - S & M 33. Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out 34. Free - Live 35. Rush - Rush In Rio 36. Thunder - 20 Years And Out: Hammersmith Apollo July 2009 37. Rainbow - On Stage 38. Woodstock Soundtrack 39. David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk 40. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East

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Special thanks to MsRiposte@YouTube for these: the Black Eagles tricking about in Crumlin Village in 1965 source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Vbkp3bam8 The Beat Clubs in Dublin in 1969 with John Hodges (DJ) Skid Row, Smilie Bolger, The Scene, The Five Club, La Moulin Rouge, Philip Lynott, Brush Shiels, Noel Bridgeman, Gary Moore, Robbie Brennan, Bernard Cheevers, The Crystal Ballroom and memories of 40 years ago! source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hgKIRql5k4