Stuff You Might've Heard on Hildi's Show...


Through October 10, 2008: Tickets to see the Australian Pink Floyd Show performing "The Wall" in its entirety at Hard Rock Live Monday, October 27

Monday, October 6: Who played the lead role, Pink, in the 1982 film version of "The Wall"?

BOB GELDOF

Through October 3, 2008: Tickets to Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay:

Monday, September 29: AC/DC was rehearsing in Paris when Prince Charles & Lady Diana got married. They could hear cannons going off in the distance in celebration. This gave them the inspiration to use cannons in THIS SONG. FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (We Salute You)

Tuesday, September 30, 2008: Along with Judas Priest, THIS hoochie man opened for Led Zeppelin on their last American tour.

RICK DERRINGER of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo" fame

Wednesday, October 1. 2008 This Tattoo You track was recorded partly in the loo, the W.C., the john...using the very sophisticated "bathroom reverb" process...microphone, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts...in the can.

START ME UP

Through September 19, 2008: Tickets to see the Australian Pink Floyd Show doing "The Wall" at the Hard Rock on Monday, October 27:

Monday, September 15: If you start Dark Side of the Moon when you hear the MGM lion roar the 3rd time, you will notice strange parallels between the lyrics and music and THIS MOVIE:

THE WIZARD OF OZ

Tuesday, September 16: This song from The Wall was edited out of the movie. Roger and David share lead singing duties on it. It's the first cut on the second disc of this double album.

HEY YOU

Wednesday, September 17: The rock opera "The Wall" is largely based on Roger Waters' own life experiences and the feeling of isolation he felt from an early age. That first brick in his emotional wall happened when Roger was just 5 months old. He alludes to it in "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" - what was it?

THE LOSS OF HIS FATHER. He died in combat in World War II.

"Daddy's flown across the ocean
Leaving just a memory
Snapshot in the family album
Daddy what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?
All in all it was just a brick in the wall.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.

Through September 5, 2008: Win tickets to see Blue Oyster Cult and Foghat at the new "Venue" at UCF October 2.

Tuesday, September 2: Guitarist/vocalist Dave Peverett, Bassist Tony Stevens and drummer Roger Earl left THIS BAND to form Foghat.

SAVOY BROWN

Wednesday, September 3: NAME THE ACTOR in the famous SNL skit who kept demanding MORE COWBELL as Will Ferrell showed off his beer belly and swatted the bell in Chris Parnell's face?
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN

Thursday, September 4:

Foghat frontman Dave Peverett has a rock 'n' roll nickname. What is it?

LONESOME DAVE

Through June 6: Win tickets to the 3rd anniversary of Classic Albums Live at the Hard Rock Live when they perform Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band note-for-note, song-for-song alongside the Orlando Philharmonic!

Monday, June 2: Name two actresses who appeared on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper album.

Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley Temple and Diana Dors all were shown on the cover.

Tuesday, June 3: Paul McCartney and George Harrison were in the audience, 3 days after the release of Sgt. Pepper, when THIS ARTIST opened the show with the title cut.

JIMI HENDRIX

Through May 23: Tickets to Seaworld's brand new one-of-a-kind waterpark, Aquatica

Monday, May 19: This is one of the most popular animals at SeaWorld and it's a good thing they have them for our kids to see as they are having a difficult time surviving in the wild these days. Just last week these animals were awarded threatened species protection from the US Government. Name the critter.

POLAR BEARS - How to save polar bears

Tuesday, May 20:From the WhoWouldaThunkItFiles...This cool 80s song by a Canadian artist probably isn't about what you thought it was about. It's about the persecution of Jews in America after World War II.

LUNATIC FRINGE - it even has a line in there about Hitler's Final Solution. Heavy!

Wednesday, May 21: Producer Bob Ezrin used a cool kid chorus on Alice Cooper's "School's Out" to great effect then did it again even more famously on this 1979 tune.

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

Thursday, May 22: This Floridan rocker played at this year's Superbowl but his rock 'n' roll dreams began when he was 11 and met Elvis Presley.

TOM PETTY

Through May 15: Police Floor Seat Countdown! 5th row on Monday, 4th row on Tuesday, 3rd row on Wednesday, 2nd row on Thursday! (Front row will go to a workforce winner via email - yet another reason to join the workforce - it's free!)

Monday, May 12: The Police were starting to have troubles getting along when this album came out. So much so that they couldn't agree on a photograph for the cover. So instead they used 3 red pictographs that were meant to be digital, LED-likenesses of each band member.

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

Tuesday, May 13: Sting wrote this song while drunk in a hotel room in Munich. He said it's about the feeling of being in love.

WALKING ON THE MOON - "I was drunk in a hotel room in Munich, slumped on the bed with the whirling pit when this riff came into my head. I got up and starting walking round the room singing : 'Walking round the room, walking round the room'. That was all. In the cool light of morning I remembered what had happened and I wrote the riff down. But 'Walking round the room' was a stupid title so I thought of something even more stupid which was "Walking on the moon."

Through May 2: Win tickets to see Eric Clapton and Robert Randolph & the Family Band Saturday night, May 3 at the Ford Amp!

Monday, April 28: Name all the members of Cream.

ERIC CLAPTON, JACK BRUCE & GINGER BAKER

Tuesday, April 29: The studio version of this JJ Cale song was the B side of Lay Down Sally and the live version was a hit for Clapton in 1980. Despite what most people think, it's an anti-drug song.

COCAINE

Wednesday, April 30: Many say this is Clapton's BEST album. He must've thought pretty highly of it himself as its title is Clapton's rock 'n' roll nickname.

SLOWHAND - one of Rolling Stones best albums of all time

Thursday, May 1: Phil Collins, George Harrison and Robert Cray played on THIS Clapton album.

SLOWHAND

Through April 25: Win tickets to see Santana and the Derek Trucks Band at the new UCF Arena April 29!

Monday, April 21: Which former Santana and Journey keyboardist sings lead vocals on Santana's "Black Magic Woman"?

GREG ROLIE

Tuesday, April 22: On June 6, 2004, Santana played 6 songs at the huge 2-day charity concert of guitar gods in Dallas before being joined for the 7th song by the festival's creator on the song "Jingo". Who was it that joined the Jingo Jam?

ERIC CLAPTON - that was his first "Crossroads Guitar Festival" which raises money for his rehab center of the same name in Antigua - the second one took place in 2006 in Chicago

Wednesday, April 23: We already established earlier in the week that Greg Rolie was one of the founding members of Santana that left the band to form Journey. Who was the other one? He is the only original member of Journey left in the band.

NEAL SCHON

Thursday, April 24: Black Magic Woman was a big hit for Santana but was written by the guitarist for another great band. They released it before Santana but it never was a hit for them.

PETER GREEN, then a member of FLEETWOOD MAC wrote it.

Friday, April 25: This was Santana's first hit in 1969. About a guy who is threatening to leave his girl if she doesn't start paying more attention to him.

EVIL WAYS

Through April 18: Win tickets to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to experience Jungala, newly open!

Through April 11: Win tickets to see RUSH at the Amway Arena April 15! One lucky winner will be upgraded to the FRONT ROW!

Monday, April 7: Up until recently, RUSH had a pretty consistent pattern of following up every 4 studio albums with this:

A LIVE ALBUM - now they do even more than that!

Tuesday, April 8: When the Signals album was coming out, the band was 4 minutes short of their consistent promise of 18 minutes an album side so they wrote this little ditty one day and recorded it the next. It ended up being their hightest charting single - the ONLY RUSH tune to break the Top 40.

NEW WORLD MAN

Wednesday, April 9: This RUSH tune is about how living in the suburbs makes us all become complete and utter TOOLS!

SUBDIVISIONS - in the high school halls, in the shopping malls, conform or be cast out!

Thursday, April 10: Alex Lifeson calls this the ULTIMATE RUSH song. It's appeared on as many as 12 of their albums including all of their live ones (not the soon-to-be-released Snakes & Arrows Live though!)

CLOSER TO THE HEART

Friday, April 11: This was the first RUSH tune played on the radio - before anyone in America knew who they were. It was pre-Neil Peart! In fact, the band was so unknown that when a DJ played this track on her show, she was bombarded by listener phone calls who thought it was new Led Zeppelin!

WORKING MAN

Through April 4: Win tickets to see Classic Albums Live: AC/DC "Highway to Hell" at the Hard Rock Live April 11!

Monday, March 31: Everyone knows AC/DC as being from Australia, which they are, but actually, Malcolm and Angus Young AND Bon Scott were all born in this country:

SCOTLAND

Tuesday, April 1: AC/DC subbed the word "rock" for famous phrases a couple of times. They did it with "For Those About to Rock" - a title inspired by a book Bon Scott gave to Angus about Roman gladiators. When they entered the arena to fight, they woud say:

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO DIE, WE SALUTE YOU - (ouch!)

Wednesday, April 2: 1979's "Highway to Hell" was the last AC/DC album that did THIS:

INCLUDED BON SCOTT AS FRONTMAN - he died early the next year.

Thursday, April 3 - Live at Busch Gardens: Tigers are the only big cats to do THIS in the water:

DIVE

Friday, April 4: What was Bon Scott doing right before he became AC/DC's lead singer?

HE WAS THEIR ROADIE

Through March 28: Win tickets to see the Outlaws at the House of Blues Thursday, April 10!

Monday, March 24:The Outlaws were the first band Clive Davis signed on Arista Records. He came to see them at a 1974 show where they were the opening act. At the end of the headliners' fiirst set, its barefoot frontman said, in the microphone, froom the stage, "If you don't sign the Outlaws, you're the dumbest music person I've ever met — and I know you're not." Name that frontman.

RONNIE VAN ZANT

Tuesday, March 25: Which Outlaws member became part of a hugely successful country band in the 90s called Blackhawk?

HENRY PAUL

Wednesday, March 26: Outlaws singer/guitarist Henry Paul says a lot of people think this Outlaws tune is about marijuana but really it's a take on a Rolling Stones album title and a tribute to rock and roll legends like Hendrix and Janis Joplin and also...a collage of words that have nothing to do with anything but sound good together!

GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDES

Thursday, March 27: What is the nickname given to The Outlaws?

FLORIDA'S GUITAR ARMY

Friday, March 28: From what Florida city do the Outlaws hail?

Tampa Bay

Win tickets to Sea World's brand new water park - Aquatica through March 15!

Monday, March 10: This frontman is the only person in the history of the world to be nominated for all 4 of these awards: an Academy Award, a Nobel Prize, a Grammy and a Golden Globe.

BONO of U2

Tuesday, March 11: This drummer is widely considered to be one of the best in rock music. He's multi-talented too, having penned 4 non-fiction books since he dropped out of high school as a teenager. Name him.

NEIL PEART of Rush

Wednesday, March 12: When this band first took off in the early days of MTV, the girls went wild when Rick Allen sat behind the drum kit in his Union Jack (British flag) boxers. The Queen of England, didn't appreciate it as much, however. Name that band.

DEF LEPPARD

Win tickets to see the next Classic Albums Live at Hard Rock Live Saturday, March 22 when they perform The Who's "Who's Next" note-for-note, song-for-song. Listen each afternoon through March 7.

Monday, March 3:What was the nickname given to bassist John Entwistle?

THE OX - not because he was big and strong but because his constitution was - apparently he could eat, drink or do much more than any other member of the group.

Tuesday, March 4: Roger Daltrey's scream at the end of this Who's Next tune - has become a defining moment in rock and roll. And you get to hear it every Monday night at 10 on CBS ; )

WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - it's the theme to CSI: Miami

Wednesday, March 5: Roger Daltrey's stage trademark is swinging the mic by its cord. What's Pete Townshend's thing? It even has a name.

THE WINDMILL - in which he swings his right arm 360 degrees against the guitar strings

Thursday, March 6: This Who member is the actual founder of the band who frequently exercised control with "a bunch of fives" - that's a a bunch of punches by the way - In fact, when he flushed one band member's drugs down the toilet, it became clear his "leader" days were over - the band fired him until he apologized three days later.

ROGER DALTREY - it was Pete Townshend who said Roger "ran things the way he wanted. If you argued with him, you usually got a bunch of fives." It was Keith Moon's drugs that got flushed. When he protested, Roger knocked him down with a single punch.

Friday, March 7: A few years ago, VH1 named "Who's Next" the second greatest album cover of all time. What were the group members supposed to be doing on that cover?

URINATING - The album cover shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap. According to photographer Ethan A. Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. The photo is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey

Win tickets to see Eric Clapton May 3 at the Ford Ampitheater - even before they go on sale March 1 - all this week with Hildi!

Monday, February 25: Eric Clapton was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame 3 times. How - or with whom - was he inducted?

THE YARDBIRDS, CREAM and ERIC CLAPTON (solo)

Tuesday, February 26: It took the Fender company 7 hours to sell all 185 of these replicas of Clapton's favorite guitar. They cost 24 thousand bucks each. 7 hours! What was the name of Clapton's favorite guitar?

BLACKIE - as much as he loved and treasured it - he auctioned it off in 2004 to benefit the addiction treatment center he founded in Antigua called "Crossroads". It went for almost a million dollars.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008: Eric Clapton collaborated with Duane Allman on "Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs" which was a result of his feelings of love for his best friend's wife. It was, perhaps, the most famous love triangle in the history of rock 'n' roll. Name the wife - or the best friend.

PATTIE BOYD, GEORGE HARRISON'S WIFE - and to make things even weirder, Harrison was best man at Clapton and Boyd's wedding. Apparently, the Harrison-Boyd relationship was already over by that time. In her recent autobiography, Boyd said that Harrison was cheating on her with Ringo Starr's wife, Maureen.

Thursday, February 28:Who is Clapton's primary blues inspiration? HINT: He died at 27...maybe because he sold his soul to the devil?

Robert Johnson - tormented by demonic nightmares until his death at 27 after being poisoned by a jealous girlfriend, his song "Crossroads" tells the legend he is known for. Read about it here.

Friday, February 29: What role did Eric Clapton play in the movie version of Pete Townshend's Tommy?

THE PREACHER

Win tickets to Universal Studios for Mardi Gras all this week with Hildi!

Monday, Jan 21: This frontman recorded his first solo album "A Letter From Death Row" in 1998 - it was the soundtrack to a movie he directed, wrote and starred in.

BRET MICHAELS - he'll be kicking off the Mardi Gras concerts Feb 2 at Universal. Concerts are every Sat night through April 19.

Tuesday, Jan 22: What does Mardi Gras mean in French? (loose translation)

FAT TUESDAY

Wednesday, Jan 23: Which guitarist/singer had a cameo in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and later went on to marry the film's writer?

NANCY WILSON OF HEART - she played the hot girl in the Corvette and 4 years later, married Cameron Crowe

Thursday, Jan 24: Mardi Gras is always celebrated the day before this Catholic holiday.

ASH WEDNESDAY

Win VAN HALEN TICKETS Monday through Thursday, January 14-17 with Hildi!

Monday, Jan 14: The first song on the first Van Halen album was one of the two songs recorded for the band's demo financed by Gene Simmons.

RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL

Tuesday, January 15: Which Van Halen album had 5 covers?

DIVER DOWN
1. (Oh) Pretty Woman written by William Dees and Roy Orbison (performed by Orbison); Where Have All The Good Times Gone written by Ray Davies (performed by the Kinks); Dancing in the Streets written by Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter and William Stevenson (performed by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas); Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now) by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen (performed by Emmett Miller in 1927) and Happy Trails written by Dale Evans (performed by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans)

Wednesday, Jan 16: In this David Lee Roth-written Van Halen tune about a car, Eddie Van Halen can be heard revving his Lamborghini in the background.

PANAMA

Stuff You Might've Heard on Hildi's Show...

1/7 - 1/11/2008 - Win tickets to Classic Albums Live at the Hard Rock for Bob Marley's "Legend" album

Monday, Jan 7: Which Bob Marley cover did I play today?

ERIC CLAPTON'S VERSION OF "I SHOT THE SHERIFF"

Tuesday, Jan 8: Who inducted Bob into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on January 19, 1994?

BONO OF U2

Wednesday, Jan 9: Bob Marley died in 1981 at just 36 from cancer that he refused treatment for until it was too late. He spoke his last words to his son Ziggy. What were they?

MONEY CAN'T BUY LIFE

Thursday, Jan 10: Which Marley has been opening for Van Halen on this long awaited concert tour? Ky-mani (Bob's son). He was nominated for a Grammy in 2001 but lost - to his brother Damian Marley (well, if ya gotta lose...)

Friday, Jan 11: Bob Marley was given a state funeral in Jamaica. He was buried in a crypt near his birthplace. Loved ones put 6 items in the casket with him: his Gibson Les Paul, a soccer ball, a fat Cannabis bud, a bong, a ring that he wore every day that was given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia and a Bible.

12/17-21/07 - Win tickets to New Year's Eve at Universal CityWalk with Foreigner, the B52s, champagne, fireworks and all-you-can-eat gourmet cuisine!

Tuesday, Dec 18: Who is the only original member of Foreigner?

MICK JONES

Wednesday, Dec 19: In Spain they eat 12 grapes at midnight and make a wish on every one. Buddhist monks eat noodles. The Danes eat boiled cod when the clock strikes 12. Here in the south, we have a New Year's Eve good luck food too. Affectionately called "Hoppin' John" - what is it?

BLACK EYED PEAS - One theory is that it's tied to the siege of Vicksburg, when people had to resort to eating "cowpeas," which, before that terrible event, folks didn't eat. So now we eat them to show solidarity, or somesuch. Other theories involve being humble ("eat poor on New Year's, eat rich the rest of the year") and the fact that black-eyed peas, if you eat them with cabbage, collard greens, kale, or some other green and if you've had enough champagne, look like little pennies next to a pile of dollars, hence good fortune for the year.

Thursday, Dec 20: The English translation of this Scottish tune is "in olden days", "long ago" or "once upon a time"...

AULD LANG SYNE

Friday, Dec 21: When Jason Bonham played the Steelheart drummer alongside his real-life bandmate Jeff Pilson, Zakk Wylde, Mark Wahlberg and Dominic West in THIS MOVIE.

ROCK STAR

12/3-7/07 - ZZ Top Countdown Week! Starting with 5th row on Monday, Hildi will work her way to Front Row Friday for the show Sat, Dec 29 at the King Center in Melbourne!

Monday, Dec 3: What blues song did ZZ Top take the riff from for La Grange?

BOOGIE CHILLIN' BY JOHN LEE HOOKER

Tuesday, Dec 4: Wikipedia says the title of this ZZ Top tune is Texas slang for "primo" or "top grade". It's the only single from "Fandango" and Dusty Hill sings it.

TUSH

Wednesday, Dec 5: Which South Park character wrote "I Thank You"?

CHEF - ISAAC HAYES and his songwriting partner David Porter. The duo wrote big hits in the 60s for Sam & Dave (who first recorded I Thank You) and others.

Thursday, Dec 6: Talk about a double entendre! This 1981 ZZ Top tune from El Loco ain't about jewelry. (Those dirty birdies ; ) Name that tune...

PEARL NECKLACE

11/27-30/07 win tickets to see Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at the Amway Arena in Orlando April 19th before they go on sale Saturday, December 1!

Monday, Nov 27: What is Bruce Springsteen's widely known nickname - given to him in the early days when he used to collect all the gig money at the end of the night and distribute it to the rest of the band?

THE BOSS

Tuesday, Nov 28: What is the name of the club on the Jersey shore that Springsteen used to play surprise gigs at all the time?

THE STONE PONY

Wednesday, Nov 29: Who inducted Bruce Springsteen into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1999?

BONO - here are some excerpts:

"In 1974, I was 14. Even I knew the '60s were over. It was the era of soft-rock and fusion. The Beatles were gone, Elvis was in Vegas. What was goin' on? Nothin' was goin' on. Bruce Springsteen was comin' on, saving music from the phonies, saving lyrics from the folkies, saving leather jackets from the Fonz...They call him the Boss. Well he's not the Boss. He works FOR us. More than a boss, he's the owner, because more than anyone else, Bruce Springsteen owns America's heart.

11/6-9/07 win a copy of the new 3-disc Bob Dylan box set

Tuesday, Nov 6: In 1997, this man honored Dylan at the Kennedy Center in New York City with these words: "He probably had more impact on people of my generation than any other creative artist. His voice and lyrics haven't always been easy on the ear, but throughout his career Bob Dylan has never aimed to please. He's disturbed the peace and discomforted the powerful."

THEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

Wednesday, Nov 7: Who gave the speech inducting to Bob Dylan to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1988?

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Thursday, Nov 8: The lyrics to this John Wesley Harding tune were inspired by the book of Isaiah.

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - Dylan liked the Hendrix so much, he referred to it in the liner notes of Biograph as the definitive version and from that point forward - to this day - performed the Hendrix version whenever he played it live.

Friday, Nov 9: When this musician was still a session player in Tennessee, he heard Dylan was coming to town to record the "Nashville Skyline" album and begged the producer to let him play on just one song so he could always say he worked with a legend. When his one song was complete, he packed up his guitar to make way for his replacement and he heard, "Where is he going? I don't want another guitar player. I want him." This musician says he has always been grateful because Dylan helped instill confidence in him. They made 2 more albums together. Who is it?

CHARLIE DANIELS

  11/5 win two tickets to the next Classic Albums Live: The Beatles "Abbey Road"

Monday, Nov 5: Which Beatles relative trained on drums for years with Who drummer Keith Moon - even playing on several Who tours after Moon's passing?

ZAK STARKEY - he is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey)

10/1-10/5, 2007 win tickets to the next Classic Albums Live - KISS "Alive"

Monday, Oct 1: Each KISS member represents a character. For instance, Paul Stanley is the Starchild (that's why he has a giant star over his eye). Name another KISS member and which character he represents.

Gene Simmons is the Demon; Ace Frehley the Spaceman; Peter Criss was the Cat and Eric Carr was the Fox

Tuesday, October 2: KISS started in 1973 and were never photographed without their famous makeup until what year?

1983, while promoting the Lick it Up album. Ironically, Lick it Up followed the Unmasked album in which they still wore makeup.

Wednesday 10/3/07: It took only 3 years for KISS to score their first #1 hit. It was written by Peter Criss. Name it.

BETH in 1976

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4: Gene Simmons produced this 1999 movie about some guys who try to go to a KISS show and have some wild adventures along the way.

DETROIT ROCK CITY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5: In September of 1978, all 4 KISS members released solo albums on the same day. All reached the Top 50 but which sold the best?

ACE FREHLEY'S

9/24-28, 2007 ZZ Top Win 'em Before You Can Buy 'em for show Wed Oct 10 at the Hard Rock

Monday, Sept 24: Name the ZZ Top song I just played a few moments ago (during the 6pm hour).

I THANK YOU

Tuesday, Sept 25: This ZZ Top tune borrows its riffs from John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillin' ".

LA GRANGE

Wednesday, Sept 26: Which member of ZZ Top is a reverend?

BILLY GIBBONS

Thursday, Sept 27: In which 1990 movie did ZZ Top play a square dance band?

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III

Friday, Sept 28: What is the name of ZZ Top's first album?

ZZ TOP'S FIRST ALBUM

9/4-7, 2007 win 2 tickets to see the Heaven & Hell show at the Amway Arena Sunday September 16. Heaven & Hell is: Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. Alice Cooper and Queensryche open.

Tuesday, September 4: What is the significance of the name "Heaven & Hell" for Black Sabbath?

It was the band's first album with Ronnie James Dio. Dio was quoted as saying the song is "about how every individual has "Heaven and Hell" inside themself, as well the ability and the choice whether to choose good or evil. The album was very successful and revitalized the group's fortunes after what many saw as the death of the band after Ozzy was gone.

Wednesday, September 5: Before joining Black Sabbath in 1980, Ronnie James Dio worked with ex-Deep Purple guitar god Richie Blackmore in this band.

RAINBOW

Thursday, September 6: No discussion of Ronnie James Dio is complete until you talk about the mano cornuta. What the heck is that?

The rock 'n' roll hand gesture widely known as devil horns - it's Italian for "horned hands". Dio didn't invent it and never claimed to. It's an Italian gesture he got from his grandmother. Something superstitious used to ward off the evil eye - or give it. Dio used it as his trademark so, he says, although he didn't invent it, he is the one who brought it into massive rock 'n' roll usage.

Friday, September 7: In 1978, Alice cooper paid $28,000 to sponsor restoration of the second O in the HOLLYWOOD sign. He dedicated it to the memory of this performer.

GROUCHO MARX

8/20-24 win 2 tickets and seats aboard the PARTY BUS to Tampa to see Def Leppard, Styx & Foreigner at the Ford Ampitheater Friday, August 24

8/13-17 win 2 tickets to see Joe Walsh at the Hard Rock Live on Wednesday, August 22

Monday, August 13: Before he picked up the guitar, Joe Walsh played 3 other instruments. Name 1 to win.

OBOE, CLARINET and BASS

Tuesday, August 14: This 1976 Eagles hit won Record of the Year at the Grammy's in 77.

HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Pink Floyd's David Gimour says that's one of his favorite riffs. The band was listening to lots of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" at the time. It should be noted, however, that it was Don Felder who came up with that famous riff!

Wednesday, August 15: How long was Joe Walsh in the James Gang?

3 YEARS - from 1968 til 1971 when he went solo. 1972's Barnstorm was his first solo effort.

Thursday, August 16: In addition to playing guitar, writing killer songs and helping others stay sober (he has almost 15 years sobriety) - Joe Walsh has an interesting hobby. He holds an Extra Class Amateur license in THIS FIELD.

RADIO - he really is a HAM! A Ham radio operator!

Friday, August 17: The Eagles are considered a "California" band. True, they formed there but most of the band is/are from the midwest. Joe Walsh went to junior high in New York City and college in Ohio, where he went on to meet and play with the James Gang. But where was he born?

WICHITA, KANSAS

8/6-10 win 4 tickets to the World Extreme Fighting Championship at the Silver Spurs Arena on Friday, August 10

7/30-8/3 win 4 tickets to Monster Truck Mayhem at Kissimmee's Silver Spurs Arena on Saturday, October 27

Tuesday, July 31: When asked why Led Zeppelin spells their name L E D instead of LEAD Zeppelin, this member said, "Those damn Americans will think it's Lead (Leed) Zeppelin." Who was it?

JIMMY PAGE

Wednesday, August 1 : Which presidential candidate had this to say about the Marshall Tucker Band: "The Marshall Tucker Band has always been one of my favorite performing groups, and in addition to providing me with many hours of enjoying their music, I'm indebted to them in other ways. While on the Capricorn Records label, the Marshall Tucker Band gathered large crowds and helped to promote my candidacy for president. The broad range of their talents and selections helped to guarantee that all kinds of folks came to hear them and to listen to my very brief campaign speeches. I was additionally honored when they played during the celebration of my inauguration. They certainly deserve a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."

JIMMY CARTER

Thursday, August 2: This 3-minute 1976 hit all about a rock group paying their dues on the road and sleeping in cars is NOT about the group who wrote and performed it - even though most people think it is because it mentions their hometown and they sing about "themselves" in the first person.

Boston's Rock and Roll Band - Group leader Tom Scholz wrote the song based on conversations he had with his friend, musician Jim Masdea, who was always telling him about struggling bands trying to get signed to record contracts. Boston actually had the opposite experience of the group they sing about in the song. Rather than paying their dues on the road, Boston released a well-produced album that was an instant hit. They did not tour before releasing their album.

Friday, August 3: When they played his inauguration, ZZ Top was thinking about changing the lyrics and performing their first hit from 1975 as "Bush" - instead of the actual title. They decided against it. Name that tune.

TUSH

7/23-7/27 win tickets to Classic Albums Live: Queen "A Night at the Opera"! Rock with Hildi on your way home from work 3-8pm to win!

Monday, July 23: When Queen embarked on their first U.S. tour in 1975, who opened for them?

KANSAS

Tuesday, July 24: This John Deacon Queen tune wasn't a band favorite. Roger Taylor recorded a drum loop under protest. They only released it as a single when Michael Jackson recommended they do so. Good thing, it hit number 1 on the rock chart AND number 2 on the R&B CHART!

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: bassist John Deacon was hanging out in the studio with the 70s disco/funk band Chic and borrowed the bassline to "Good Times" for this tune. Not only did he write it but he also played almost all the instruments: bass, piano, rhythm and lead guitars and handclap percussion.

7/16-20 on Hildi's show, win tickets to HEAVEN & HELL (Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Vinny Appice) with Alice Cooper and Queensryche at the Amway Arena Sunday, September 16

Monday 7/16/07:
There will be headbanging, moshing and a lot of THESE ROCK n ROLL GESTURES widely thought to be the brainchild of Ronnie James Dio although Gene Simmons said he did it on stage first.

DEVIL HORNS - use your thumb to hold down your two middle fingers so that only the pinky and pointer are extended, forming "devil horns" (note: you must wrinkle up your nose and yell something like "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!" or "Rock 'n' rooooooooooooooll!" or other unprintables while holding your devil horns high above your head. It's rock 'n' roll law.)

Tuesday 7/17/07: Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler said Sabbath's first single was written as an afterthought because they needed a quickie filler song for the album. Tony came up with the riff, Geezer quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing." Name that tune! (from a 2004 Guitar World interview)

PARANOID

Wednesday 7/18/07:

This album opened like a school desk and contained a pair of panties when it came out in 1972.

ALICE COOPER'S SCHOOL'S OUT - the cover was designed by Craig Braun.

Thursday 7/19/07:Some of the greatest guitar work ever in that tune, provided by Tony Iommi. Why is it extra incredible that he can play as well as he he does?

In an industrial accident at the age of 18 on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, he lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand. Being left-handed, he used his right hand to fret the strings of a guitar. He initially thought that his days of playing guitar were over, but his boss visited with encouragement by playing a Django Reinhardt record, because Reinhardt lost mobility in the third and fourth fingers of his fretting hand in a fire. Iommi strung his guitars with extra-light banjo strings and made plastic "fingertips" out of melted detergent bottles that he covered with leather for better grip on the strings. Once he became successful, he had the tips custom-made.

Friday 7/20/07: With then rookie producer Bob Ezrin in charge, Alice Cooper had their first hit after 3 albums. On the "Love it to Death" tour, they debuted their first instrument of execution. What was it?

An electric chair

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TICKET TRIVIA
Tickets to check out the Shuttle Launch Experience all week (July 9-13) on your way home!

Monday 7/9/07
What is (usually) the brightest planet in our nighttime sky?

VENUS - Because of its closeness to Earth and the high reflectivity of its clouds, Venus is the brightest planet in our sky. It shines pure white, and can be dazzling when it is at its brightest. It is often possible to see Venus in very bright twilight or even when the Sun is up. Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, Venus is an inferior planet (its orbit is closer to the Sun than is the Earth's). This has several consequences, one of which is that Venus is found pretty near the Sun, in the morning or evening twilight. When Venus disappears from the morning sky, you will have to wait several months to view it in the evening sky; on the other hand, the transition from evening to morning sky is made quite quickly, within a week or so.

Tuesday 7/10/07:
Before the space shuttle made it possible for the astronauts to land on a runway like an airplane, astronauts had to get kinda friendly with the elements...in the Pacific Ocean and thanks to the US Navy, lived to tell the tale. What was that kind of landing called?

SPLASHDOWN - A Navy diver was dropped from a helicopter to deploy a liferaft, and assist the crew from the capsule. After a short helicopter flight, the astronauts were soon aboard a Navy vessel, where they began their three weeks of quarantine.

FLEETWOOD MAC TRIVIA
Classic Albums Live recreates Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album note-for-note, song-for-song on Saturday, July 14. Free tickets every afternoon July 2-6 on Hildi's show

MONDAY 7/2/07
Who is the only original member of Fleetwood Mac?

MICK FLEETWOOD - Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie played together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Later, Green contacted Fleetwood to form a new band. The pair desperately wanted McVie on bass and even named the band 'Fleetwood Mac' as a way to entice McVie. However, McVie decided that his pay with the Bluesbreakers was just too good to give up. In the meantime, Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood teamed up with talented slide player Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning, who was in the band on the understanding that if and when McVie agreed to join, he would leave. This version of the band made its debut on August 13, 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival. Within weeks of this show, John McVie agreed to become the bassist for the band.

TUESDAY 7/3/07
What is the only track on the Rumours album written by all 5 members?

THE CHAIN

THURSDAY 7/5/07
One line in this Lindsey Buckingham track about his breakup with Stevie Nicks upset her so much that she asked him to take it out. He refused. Name that tune.

GO YOUR OWN WAY - Lindsey Buckingham wrote this as a message to Stevie Nicks. It describes their breakup, with the most obvious line being, "Packing up, shacking up is all you want to do." Stevie insisted she never shacked up with anyone when they were going out. He still wouldn't take out the line.

NASCAR TERMINOLOGY
Win tickets to the Winn Dixie 250 Busch race July 6 at Daytona International Speedway all this week (June 25-June 29) after 3pm with Hildi. Each winner is eligible for Grand Prize Friday - 2 tickets to the Pepsi 400!

Monday 6/25/07:
A solid metal plate that separates the engine compartment from the driver's compartment of a race car - or the thing that blocks someone in Nigeria from busting into your computer uninvited.

FIREWALL

TUESDAY 6/26/07:
What is the slang term for the last official practice session held before an event? It usually takes place the day before the race and after all qualifying and support races have been staged. It's also the word for that time when you meet your coworkers to get really stupid.

HAPPY HOUR

WEDNESDAY 6/27/07
Also referred to as "loose stuff, these are bits of rubber that have been shaved off tires and dirt and gravel blown to the outside of a corner by the wind created by passing vehicles - often blamed by drivers for causing them to lose control.

MARBLES

THURSDAY 6/28/07
Slang term for new tires.

STICKERS ("stick" is slang for traction)

FRIDAY 6/29/07
Air that trails behind a race car and disrupts the flow of air to the cars behind it - or the reason they give you barf bags on airplanes.

TURBULENCE

JOE WALSH TRIVIA
Joe Walsh plays the Hard Rock Live in Orlando on August 22. Free tickets all week as you rock your ride home with Hildi afternoons 3-8pm.

MONDAY 6/18/07:
In 1979, Joe Walsh announced his candidacy (a joke) for the presidency of the United States. He promised "Free ____ for everyone" if he won.

FREE GAS! he wasn't even old enough to run but he wanted to raise voter awareness.

TUESDAY 6/19/07
Jim Fox and Dale Peters were Joe Walsh's bandmates before he joined the Eagles. Name the band they were in.

The James Gang

WEDNESDAY 6/20/07
What was the first album Joe Walsh played on after joining the Eagles?

Hotel California

THURSDAY 6/21/07
Joe Walsh wrote this Eagles song for the movie The Warriors. It's about his memories of going to school in New York City and how different it was from when he grew up in Ohio before moving there.

"IN THE CITY": Joe Walsh,"I went to junior-high school at P.S. 216 in Queens (NYC). I was in a gang, but we weren't that tough because I had to be in by 7:30 to practice clarinet. Anyway, I came up with 'In The City' out of memories of growing up partly in New York City, which contrasted a lot from where I lived before that, which was Ohio."

FRIDAY 6/22/07
Joe is noticeable as the first prisoner to get on the cafeteria tables during Jailhouse Rock at the end of this 1980 musical comedy.

THE BLUES BROTHERS - Joe was a close friend of Blues Brother John Belushi

RUSH Trivia
RUSH plays the Ford Ampitheater Saturday, June 16. All this week listen to win free tickets. Each winner is up for the the Grand Prize drawing on Friday: FRONT ROW SEATS AND BACKSTAGE PASSES!

MONDAY 6/11/07:
Who is the only truly original RUSH member?

Alex Lifeson. Jeff Jones was the original lead singer but was replaced within days of the band's founding by Geddy Lee, a schoolmate of Alex's. Jeff Rutsey was the original drummer who was replaced by several until the band finally settled on Neil Peart right before their first tour.

TUESDAY 6/12/07:
What is the correct pronunciation of Rush drummer Neil Peart's name?

PEERT - he says so on the "Rush - Profiled!" CD.

WEDNESDAY 6/13.07:

How did RUSH come up with its name?

They were about to play their first gig and still hadn't come up with a name. Brainstorming in original drummer John Rutsey's basement, John's older brother said, "Why don't you just call yourselved 'RUSH'?" And so it was...

THURSDAY 6/14/07:
The "words of the profits" verse in this RUSH song is a nod to Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence". Name that tune!

The Spirit of Radio

Space Trivia

MONDAY 6/4/07
What is the name of the space shuttle that is schedule to launch Friday (June 8)?

Atlantis

TUESDAY 6/5/07:
The space shuttle makes one complete orbit around the Earth about every 90 minutes and sees 1 sunrise/sunset during each orbit. Assuming the shuttle astronauts are orbiting earth for 24 hours, how many sunrise/sunsets will they see?

16

WEDNESDAY 6/6/07:
How fast does the space shuttle "truck" when it's orbiting earth?

about 17,500 miles per hour!

THURSDAY 6/7/07:
It's been used for about 10,000 years - and it is STILL the only way to launch even the space shuttle. What is it?

A rocket!

FRIDAY 6/8/07:
Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong

"Poison ticket trivia"
Poison plays the House of Blues on July 4. Hildi has free tickets every afternoon through June 1st.

TUESDAY 5/29/07: Which Poison member will have a VH1 reality show starting in July to help him find a rock chic to love?

frontman Bret Michaels. It's called "Rock of Love".

WEDNESDAY 5/30/07: There are 6 venomous snakes found in Florida. Only 4 of those are found in Central Florida. Which are they?

The 6 Deadly Florida Snakes

THURSDAY 5/31/07: Which of the following common Florida plants is toxic to dogs?

-Oleander
-Azaleas
-Sago Palms
-Mistletoe

The answer is: all of them! And many more, too. Check the entire list of toxic plants here:

List of Toxic Plants for Pets