Category Archives: Doc Watson

youtubeIt’s been about 15 years since his infamous “arrest” by the Peoria Police Department – the practical joke / stripper-dressed-as-a-cop incident in 2002. Still pushing the...

flickr vladimir lysenkoLast spring, Deep Purple finally got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This year, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper will co-headline a brief, North American tour – ...

doc watson photogA popular, local musician, Bob Miller, a fixture on the Peoria music scene for half a century, passed away last month unexpectedly. Miller will be remembered Sunday with a memorial sh...

flickr dennis nevilleDoc’s Doctrine #69: Pizza is like sex. When it’s good, it’s reeeeeally good. And when it’s bad…(pregnant pause), it’s still pretty good!Add gre...

youtubeIn April in Brooklyn, Yes will represent the under-served progressive rock wing when it’s inducted with the Class of 2017 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rick Wakeman, originally, th...

youtubeSouthern rock pioneers, The Allman Brothers, were always a hard luck band, with too many of its members dying too soon. The group lost another original member yesterday when drummer Butch Truck...

linda watson photogMany of you have heard me talking about my Siberian Husky dogs on the air. Some of you have seen me walking some combination of them over the years in North Peoria. We have three cu...

flickr LiteMeterPixWhether you made a New Year’s resolution to get more active or not, don’t start your new year in inside hibernation. Get outdoors and come downtown Peoria to ice skate a...

flickr Allan ChattoOne year ago this weekend, 95.5, GLO, Peoria’s home for classic rock, broke format a bit and debuted our first “Pour Some 80’s on Me” weekend. Response to th...

flickr elvis kennedyLast summer, Tom Petty brought Mudcrutch to our area as the headliner at Summer Camp at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe. I enjoyed the show, but was disappointed that, since 60% ...