Personality, writer, foodie, music lover, traveler, history buff, baseball fan, and beer-snob from Wyoming.
Rick Roddam
10 Predictions for Classic Rock in 2015
If 2015 is anything like 2014 was, we're gonna be in for another wild ride. Here's my Top 10 predictions for Classic Rock in the New Year.
1. Keith Richards will write another children's book. It will inspire one of Mick Jagger's future girlfriends...
Fleetwood Mac Reunion Tour Was The Most Expensive Concert Ticket of 2014
If you saw Fleetwood Mac's reunion show in Denver earlier this month, pop your collar. You attended the most expensive concert tour of 2014. According to a recent Forbes article, Fleetwood Mac's latest tour was the hottest ticket of the year on the secondary market (ticket scalpers)...
Boss Hires ZZ Top To Play The Office Holiday Party
Over the weekend, USA Today published an article ranking the Top 5 Most Outrageous Corporate Holiday Parties of all time. If you thought the GoDaddy.com commercials were awesome, you should've been at the company Christmas party a few years ago...
Did Wyoming Town Once Vote To Change Its Name to Led Zeppelin, Wyoming?
This morning, I was looking up a story about the legendary Led Zeppelin and I stumbled across a doozy. According to a web article titled "10 Little Known Facts About Led Zeppelin", a small town in Northwestern Wyoming once voted to change its name to Led Zeppelin, Wyoming...
Meet “Mac Sabbath”, The World’s First McDonald’s Themed Black Sabbath Tribute Band
I've seen a lot of tribute bands over the years, but nothing quite like this. Meet, Mac Sabbath, the world's first (and only) tribute to both Black Sabbath and the McDonald's fast food chain.
Fronted by Ronald McDonald look-a-like Ronald Osbourne, the self proclaimed "drive thru metal band" celebrates their love of Black Sabbath, and the McDonald's menu, with songs such as: "Sweet
John Mellencamp was the Most Productive Rocker of 2014
With apologies to the great Neil Young, who released two albums this year, had an affair with the actress Daryl Hannah, filed for divorce from his wife of 37 years, launched a boycott of Starbucks and attempted to market a new analog portable music player, John Mellencamp was the most productive rocker of the year...
The Hawk Counts Down the Top 103 Party Anthems of All Time on New Year’s Eve
This New Year's Eve, we've got a special treat in store for the party animals. From 3 pm to Midnight, we'll be counting down the Top 103 Drinking and Party Songs of All Time.
Coming up with a list is harder than it sounds. Here's the preliminary list our boss sent me (in no particular order):
FOREIGNER
DOUBLE VISION
NAZARETH
Hair Of The Dog
CLAPTON, ERIC
Cocaine
DOOBIE BROTHERS
Black Water
AC/DC
How to Properly Celebrate Festivus, The Holiday For The Rest of Us
If the over commercialization of the holiday season has you bummed out, cheer up. Today is Festivus, the holiday for "the rest of us".
Popularized by legendary Seinfeld character Frank Costanza, Festivus is now observed by millions of revelers all over the world every year on December 23rd...
Santa Gets a Ticket for Driving His Sleigh Too Fast
We've heard the local police warnings about cracking down on traffic infractions this holiday season. Turns out, they're not messing around. Even Santa Clause himself got a ticket for driving his sleigh over the speed limit.
The past two weeks, I have been dressing up as Santa Clause and delivering gas cards to the good people who listen to our country station...
10 Things That Are Less Boring Than the New Hobbit Movie
Last night, my lovely girlfriend and her mother invited me to see the new Hobbit movie "The Battle of the Five Armies". They have read the book and saw the first two installments of the film trilogy. They were stoked. I was sleepy...
Keith Richards’ 71st Birthday Can Teach Us All A Lesson
Today, legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards celebrates his 71st birthday. It is a medical miracle that defies any scientific explanation.
While mere mortals like you and I are bombarded with ads for prescription drugs and warned to watch what we eat and exercise regularly, Keith can fall, head first, off of a coconut tree and still recover in plenty of time for the next Stones tour..
10 Classic Rock Stars Who Own Restaraunts
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil recently announced his partnership with a new fast food chain called Quickie Burgers, which plans to launch franchises across the country starting next year. As the owner of Tres Rios Cantina, a Mexican themed bar and grill in Las Vegas, Neil is no stranger to the restaurant business...