Happy 4th Of July! Hope you got to enjoy some sun, fun, fireworks and bbq this weekend.

Several great shows and bands swept through town to help us celebrate the long weekend including Heart rocking at "Ribfest" Thursday night in Naperville. The Wilson sisters always deliver the goods, and this one was no exception.

(See Heart perform "Barracuda" live at Ribfest here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miq4VBefkWk)

(See Heart perform "Crazy On You" live at Ribfest here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC6WNQi8n8Q)

Friday and Saturday night saw a packed line-up for what will hopefully be an annual event at Toyota Park called the "Bridgeview MusicFest." With great sound, lights and easy access, the bill included Billy Squier, Lita Ford and Warrant among many others.

(See Warrant perform live at the "Bridgeview MusicFest" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u-_osSLPUk)

Michael Schenker - for some the bridge between the Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen guitar styles, ferociously kicked off the week Monday night at the House Of Blues. The former precocious "boy wonder" of guitar was in stellar form, redeeming his tarnished reputation and reclaiming his status as one of the greats.

(See Michael Schenker perform "Into The Arena" live at the House Of Blues here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zloan8aZ3y8)

Speaking of bad reps, the loathed and detested former manger of both the Rolling Stones and latter-day Beatles (many claim he was one of the main factors in the break-up of the band) Allen Klein passed away over the weekend. He was famously skewered by John Belushi for his personality traits and business practices as "Ron Decline" in the brilliant 1978 film spoof/commentary about show business and the Beatles career entitled "The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash." A joint effort from members of Monty Python and the classic Saturday Night Live cast, it became the inspiration for a whole new genre of films including another famous mockumentary... "Spinal Tap." Hysterical performances, razor-sharp writing and cameos from Mick Jagger and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, George Harrison of the Beatles among many others, make this a gem of a film well worth searching out.

(See John Belushi portray Allen Klein as "Ron Decline" from the movie "The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdjZSb0S7ZU)

(See more of John Belushi's portrayal of Allen Klein as "Ron Decline" from the movie "The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HnGNuj9RL0)

Some big changes and re-tooling from the Blackhawks in the off-season. The Hawks pick up Hossa and Kopecky from our rival the Detroit Red Wings and lose Havlat and Khabibulin. More coming soon in the latest "Byrd's Puck Podcast", through www.wlup.com.

This week on my show from 10am-3pm, JY of Styx will be checking in Wednesday at 11:30am about their upcoming show this Friday night at Charter One Pavilion with REO Speedwagon and .38 Special. All week, chances to win tickets to both the NASCAR 300 and 400 races this weekend at the Chicagoland Speedway at 10:05am and 2:05pm daily, plus chances to win tickets to see the Lynyrd Skynyrd/Kid Rock show at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre this Sunday where I will be doing my show live from 3pm-7pm. See you there!