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On the first night of his UK tour, the guitar legend Joe Satriani joined Rory Auskerry on Sunday night's Route 66 for a special interview. On today's Track Of The Day they discuss some of the stories behind his songs, why Joe has never really taken to writing lyrics, how artificial constraints can help during the creative process and how not all rock singers are created equal. Along with music from throughout Satriani’s career, there are also new tracks from Mike Zito & The Wheel, Billy Gibbons & The BFG’s, King King, Geoff Carne, Keith Richards and Jenny Kerr.

Don't forget to tune into Kevin Beale's Blues On The Marsh show tonight here from 7pm! And if you miss it - then simply watch out for our Track Of The Day available tomorrow!

They blew the bloody roof off the last time we promoted them (see pic), so we were delighted to hear from lead guitarist Mark Dawson about their forthcoming gig at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, on Wednesday 22nd July - and we will be there! Voted WRC Best Tribute Act of 2012, Purple Zeppelin are proud to pay tribute to the two greatest Rock Bands of all time, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin – together on the same bill for the very first time!!! Many years have passed since the last UK gigs from the classic line-ups of both bands. Whether you were lucky enough to have seen the originals live or not, Purple Zeppelin will take you back to the magic, the excitement and the sheer raw energy generated by those incredible musicians. And you can still buy tickets priced £19 here - do not miss out!

Other than seeing Bruce Springsteen live at Hyde Park in 2012 - another highlight of the day was catching South Carolina Rock band Needtobreathe earlier in the proceedings - and yes if you look carefully - they are actually on that Hard Rock Calling poster! Anyway the guys are back tonight at The Koko in London and our Vid Of The Day is dedicated to them - taken at The Borderline almost five years ago.

Maybe Fleetwood Mac will still be doing what they do 20 years from now. It wouldn’t surprise me writes Wrinkly The Silver. They lived through peak self-destruction, through the decades when bands were losing members left and right to the side effects of 20th century music culture, lived through the years when fame sounded a lot like a death knell. They endured more fractures in public than many people have to deal with in private. But Fleetwood Mac were lucky. They made it out. You can read the remainder of Wrinkly The Silver's superb review here - in the meantime our Vid Of The Day is footage from the O2 Arena, London gig.

You wait ages and then three come along at once. Yes our third 'Introducing ...' feature in as many days is London Hard Rock outfit Angelflame who are currently riding high in the top 40 of Reverbnation London Rock Charts! Founded this year, the band consists of Thomas Erbi - Vocals, Mark R. - Guitar, Joe Almolda - Bass and Arthur Grochowski - Drums. And with influences such as Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Europe, Queen, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin you can see why Angelflame are our 'Track Of The Day'! Also watch out for their gig at the Workshop in Shoreditch, London, on Saturday 30th May.

Given that The Who played there in 1974 and 1976 - the WRC couldn't pass up the opportunity yesterday of putting Wrinklystock IV up in lights! Seriously if you look very closely at the right hand bottom corner of the Valleys big screen you will see our poster promoting our T.Rextasy charity gig! In fact yesterday's game at Charltons ground in South East London raised money for the very same learning disability charities we are supporting at the Mick Jagger Centre on Saturday 21st November. Anyway the bad news was that AJ's team lost 3-2 but the good news was that they raised over £2,500! As The Who would say - "Bargain"!

Forget the election for a day and go and see 2014 WRC Award Winners Slim Chance at The Half Moon, Putney tonight! They'll have special guests Des Horsfall and Geraint Watkins alongside Slim Chancers Steve Bingham, Charlie Hart and Steve Simpson - with the brilliant John Lingwood on drums. As well as playing a barnstorming set of Ronnie Lane songs they'll be showcasing a couple of songs from their forthcoming album!

Loadsa odds and sods on this weeks Blues on the Marsh podcast, some new, some old and some just downright excellent. Pin yer lugholes back and listen to our 'Track Of The Day' - Beth Hart, Billy Hector, Bobby Messano, Dan Burnett, Doug Balmain, Earl Hooker, Gary Primich, John Mayall with Peter Green, Igor Prado and Delta Groove, Johnny Shines, Kareña K (pictured) , King King, King Rollo, Micke Björklöf and Blue Strip, Otis Spann, Wily Bo Walker and E.D. Brayshaw, Kevin Gordon, Lonesome Sundown, Regina Bonelli and a huge dollop of Steve Marriott!

Some of the best musicians in the UK will pay tribute tonight to the music of Cyril Davies (our 'Video Of The Day') & Alexis Korner and the release in 1963 of 'Country Line Special/Chicago Calling' at The Eel Pie Club, The Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ. This annual event, hosted by The Alan Glen (Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero)/John O'Leary (Savoy) All-Stars includes Bob Haddrell (Barcodes, Sonny Black), Nick Newall (Kinks, Zoot Money), Glynn Evans (Ray Davies, Martha & The Vandellas) and Peter Miles (Joann Kelly, Radical Sheiks). Special guests are also anticipated with the band on stage at 9pm. Doors open at 8.30pm and WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted £10 admission.

Tonight all roads lead to the O2 Arena, London, to see the 'Who Hits 50' Tour! 'Hits, Picks, Mixes and Misses'! In fact it's just up the road from where AJ first saw them at The Valley, Charlton in 1974 - yes over 40 years ago - hence our 'next WRC gig video' below. Anyway, the first band on stage that day were critically acclaimed to be best the band on the day - Californian Hard Rock band Montrose - with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals. And if the 'Slydigs' - who are supporting The Who tonight - are anywhere near as good - then we are in for a good evening - hence the guys from Warrington are our 'Video Of The Day'!