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You can now join our mailing list and have access to all our videos. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/9qk7AEY Earl Johnson Of Moxy Explains Being Replaced By Tommy Bolin On Debut LP (clip 1) In the mid-seventies Moxy was an up-and-coming force in hard rock in Canada and were starting to make inroads in the U.S. I bought their self title debut album which is sometimes called “The Black Album” when it was first released and saw them in concert with original lead singer Buzz Shearman who died in a motorcycle crash in 1983. In our exclusive interview with their original lead guitarist Earl Johnson we talked about “The Bolin Incident” where he was replaced by Tommy Bolin as the soloist on more than half of the tunes on their debut album. Earl Johnson got out of the gate quick he quit school to be a rocker Check out their latest Moxy – 40 Years and Still Riding High. There will be links to their website in the description of this video. http://webglobalmedia.wixsite.com/moxyofficial We will have more of our interview with Moxy's Earl Johnson on our sister channel Rock History Canada. We have many Canadian viewers and this channel looks at the history of Canadian music. We will uploading interviews. - by John Beaudin #DramaInRock #CanadianRock #TommyBolin TWO MORE MOXY VIDEOS FROM OUR NEW SISTER CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz7ktQMkdjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pct6mLabYU0 OUR SISTER CHANNEL FEATURING ONLY CANADIAN ACTShttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpz17zDi5ShOVQBiNZV8xA/videos HELP SUPPORT ROCK HISTORY MUSIC..CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR T-SHIRTS, MUGS ETC https://teespring.com/stores/rock-history-music-store?page=1 John Beaudin has been in major market radio (Edmonton, Vancouver & Calgary) for 35 years and a music journalist since 1989. He graduated from Broadcasting school as a news man so he would have the skills to write about the artists that inspired him since he bought his first album, “Madman Across The Water” by Elton John as a teen. In the 80's Beaudin was the host of the syndicated radio show “The Cross Canada Report” which had two version (Rock and A/C). Beaudin was also asked to be a judge at the Juno Awards (Canada's answer to the Grammys) Twice. He has anchored every position in radio including morning and afternoon drive and was a Program and Music Director for The Breeze and California 103 in Calgary. He currently hosts the popular Lovesongs at QM-FM in Vancouver and on iHeartRadio. To Follow John Beaudin's posts on all subjects https://www.facebook.com/JohnBeaudinBroadcaster/ To Follow John's “Rock News” only posts FACEBOOK  https://www.facebook.com/rockhistorybook John Beaudin Official Website  http://www.johnbeaudin.com TWITTER for Rock History Music  https://twitter.com/rockhistorybook TWITTER for John https://twitter.com/johnbeaudin Subscribe to this Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUv5CZuAuh08DfHA8klNSA?view_as=subscriber SUBSCRIBE TO OUR SISTER ROCK CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKUUfqq_iuwk63pZEUOTIQ Heading West by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license () Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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Simply Red are an English pop and soul band formed in Manchester in 1985. The band is led by singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who is the only original member remaining in the band. They have released thirteen studio albums, from Picture Book (1985) through Time (2023), all of which have peaked within the top ten on the UK Albums Chart; with the albums A New Flame (1989), Stars (1991), Life (1995) and Blue (1998), along with their Greatest Hits (1996) album, reaching number one. Stars is one ...

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