Marion County Fair board President Doug Telford and reigning Fair Queen Kaitlyn Banning were in studio with Rockin' Ryan Roddy Monday morning to talk about everything going on this week at the Fair in Salem. The 84th annual Marion County Fair runs through Saturday, August 3.

 

ZZ Top's drummer Frank Beard taking a temporary hiatus from the band's tour due to health issues, and Neil Young will not honor Ticketmaster's "Platinum" ticket prices on his upcoming tours.  More rock news on the home page!

 
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It's been a year since Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd has passed, also Rob Halford from Judas Priest will pay tribute to Lemmy Kilmister and Ronnie James Dio on a new song "Giants In The Sky" from their upcoming record "Invincible Shield" out Thursday (3-8) and Dave Grohl will play a solo show for Love Rocks NYC benefit concert along with Don Felder, Tom Morello and more.

 
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News on Diamond David Lee Roth embarking on a summer tour with a stop in St. Louis and Kim Thayil, founding guitarist from Soundgarden and latest inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, revealed who he would like to see inducted into the Hall Of Fame next.  Get more rock news on the home page!

 
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