IN MARCH OF 1994 THE SEATTLE BAND SOUNDGARDEN RELEASED IT’S 4TH STUDIO ALBUM, AFTER A DECADE OF GRINDING IT OUT, THEY FINALLY FOUND MAINSTREAM SUCCESS WITH THEIR DIVERSE ALBUM SUPERUNKNOWN, A DARK AND MYSTERIOUS GROUP OF SONGS THAT STILL ROCK SO HARD 30 YEARS LATER…AND ON THIS DATE IN 1995 THE ROCK MASTERS WERE REWARDED WITH NOT ONE, BUT 2 GRAMMY AWARDS FOR THEIR EFFORTS…BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE FOR THE SINGLE “BLACK HOLE SUN” AND THEN THE AWARD FOR BEST METAL PERFORMANCE FOR A SONG I WOULDN’T CALL METAL, BUT A WIN IS A WIN…AND THE PRESENTERS…LEGENDARY BLUES MUSICIAN BB KING AND R&B SOUL MASTER, ONE AL GREEN…AND CHRIS CORNELL NOTED IN THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HOW DAMN COOL IT WAS TO HAVE THOSE 2 LEGENDARY MUSICIANS PRESENT THE AWARD…”SPOONMAN” IS ABOUT A REAL STREET PERFORMAER WHO PLAYED THE SPOONS IN SO CAL & THEN SEATTLE AND WAS THE 1ST SINGLE RELEASED OFF OF SUPERUNKNOWN…AND IT IS TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X IN THE 5 O CLOCK FREAKOUT…SIDE NOTE…THE LOCALLY BASED BAND THE WAY DOWN WANDERERS DRUMMER, JOHN PLAYS THE SPOONS AND IT IS LEGENDARY!…
