06/16:  Song of the Day.  Temple of the Dog–Hunger Strike

It’s the last week of Spring with Summer officially beginning on Friday.  As we begin to turn the page on yet another season I’m going to head back in time to some of the songs from summer’s past that still to this day remind me of swimming holes, barbecues, and the heat of dog day afternoons.  And since I’ve got music festivals on the brain…here’s a song from my very first music festival.

Mid-August 1992.  Grunge was exploding.  Nirvana was at the top of the heap, but bands like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains weren’t that far behind.  Following up on the success of the first Lollapalooza in 1991, Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell put together Lollapalooza 2 for another multi-city summer tour. My best friend, my brother, and I had tickets for the show at Lake Fairfax in Reston, Virginia.  This was to be my very first concert…ever. »Read More

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