Rocktober Fest Round 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Heart

Heart hit the rock and rock scene with their debut album "Dreamboat Annie" in 1976. Annie Wilson still claimed that Paul McCartney was her favorite singer when Heart was on tour in 2004 (she was the sister with a poster of Paul on her bedroom door in the late 1970's). During most of their concerts, they would perform their version of "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin and I do have to say they did a great job of covering it.

In 1979 and 1980 they toured as the opening act for the Beach Boys and then later in the early 1980's they opened for Blue Oyster Cult.

After they opened for Cult they did a cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild".

Answer: Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck was introduced to Eric Clapton by his friend Jimmy Page after Clapton asked Page to be his replacement in the Yardbirds. Page later replaced Beck in the Yardbirds. The Jeff Beck Group played mostly instrumentals until Rod Stewart was invited to join as the vocalist. Beck later played on some of Rod's songs.

Answer: Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was on the Billboard charts for over 500 weeks breaking the record held by Carol King's "Tapestry". "The Wall" tour required a lot of stage work and, to get around a contract obligation with Capitol records, they performed what was considered a U.S. tour (coast to coast and covering at least ten shows).

They played five shows in New York City and five shows in Los Angeles.

Answer: Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers' debut album was released in 1971. They were founded in San Jose, California. Michael McDonald replaced Tom Johnston in 1975 when illness forced him out of the band. "Long Train Runnin'" was their first top ten hit.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones have been called the world's greatest rock and roll band. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were known as the Glimmer Twins. "Angie" was a song that was about David Bowie's wife Angie Bowie. Brian Jones was the original lead guitarist for the Stones; shortly after leaving them he was found dead by drowning in his own pool despite him being a strong swimmer. Ron Wood was originally a bassist but changed to guitar with the Small Faces, he continued that role when he joined the Stones in the late 1970's as the newest member.

Answer: Elton John

Most of Elton's songs were penned by Bernie Taupin. He had his first hit single, "Your Song" in 1971. In the 1970's he had an elaborate collection of platform shoes and sun glasses. He had a long term contract to play many shows nightly in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace.

Answer: False

This singer was Janis Joplin. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 19, 1943. She auditioned for Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1966 in San Francisco, California. Janis died at the young age of 27 on October 4, 1970.

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1961 he moved to Greenwich Village. Dylan is known as one of the best song writers of all time. His son Jakob, the youngest, was the leader of the popular band the Wallflowers.

Answer: Jethro Tull

Tull's first studio album, "This Was" was released in 1968. The following year they added a long time member of the band, guitarist Martin Barre. John Glascock was Jethro Tull's third bass player; he was the first member of Jethro Tull to not start his recording career with Ian Anderson.

Their live album "Bursting Out" was one of the best live albums I have ever heard. The song is so clean that it seemed more like a studio album but that only showed how well they could play in concert.

Answer: True

Bruce Springsteen was born in Freehold, New Jersey, on September 23, 1949. He was a founding member of M.U.S.E (Musicians United for Safe Energy) in the late 1970's and early 1980's. He was known for a great concert performance which would last at least two hours before he would start his encores.