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Billy Joel's 30th Anniversary - The Stranger

97.1 The River wants to give you a chance to win Billy Joel's The Stranger 2-CD 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition PLUS one grand prize winner will get The Stranger Deluxe Box Set, courtesy of Legacy Recordings.

Don't forget to watch Billy Joel's 1978 British concert debut as it was filmed by the BBC for The Old Grey Whistle Test.

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About Kenny Loggins
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kenny Loggins has enjoyed more than three decades of success in the music business, as a songwriter and performer, mostly in a soft-rock vein. He was born Kenneth Clarke Loggins in Everett, Washington in early 1948, and the family later moved ... more

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See Kenny Loggins in concert September 17 - concert and ticket info

Chili Cook-Off

The NEW 97.1 The River is proud to announce that we'll be hosting the Legendary 29th Annual Great Miller Lite Chili Cook Off at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday September 27th. This is the day when over 300 of the best Chili makers and thousands of the Biggest Chili eaters come together to find out exactly who is the best!

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New Morning DJ

97.1 The River Welcomes Kaedy Kiely

97.1 The River has a new early morning DJ starting soon! Well, she's new to us, anyway ... but she's a long-time Atlanta favorite. You'll hear Kaedy Kiely on the air soon, but in the meantime, listen to your favorite Classic Hit Music every morning on the way to work from 5:30am-8:30am.

Welcome Kaedy to 97.1 The River here!

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Video: The Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley
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09/12Atlanta Arts Festival @ Piedmont Park
09/13Atlanta Arts Festival @ Piedmont Park
09/13Bike MS Cox Atlanta Ride @ Callaway Gardens
09/14Bike MS Cox Atlanta Ride @ Callaway Gardens
09/17Kenny Loggins @ Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre
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Local concerts for our artists
09/10Flashback - The Classic Rock Experience @ Arena @...
09/17Kenny Loggins @ Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre
09/26Dickey Betts and Great Southern @ Frederick Brown...
09/27Dickey Betts and Great Southern @ Frederick Brown...
10/10Allman Brothers Band @ Chastain Park Amphitheatre
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Concert Reviews

New Review Posted - Boston & Styx
Straight out of Woodstock, JJ "Almost Famous" Posway knows nearly everything about River Music, so we decided to send him to concerts to write reviews. In August we sent him to see Boston and Styx at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

Read the Boston/ Styx review here

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Boston's new lead singer

97.1 The River's Rachel Logan interviewed Tommy DeCarlo, the new lead singer of Boston . Tommy describes how he got the gig, having never been in a band before, what it has been like on the recent tour and more.

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At the Movies

Now Showing: Bangkok Dangerous (R)
Joe (Nicolas Cage) in BANGKOK DANGEROUS.

On a mission to carry out a series of contract killings, a hit man (Nicolas Cage) becomes a street punk's unlikely mentor and begins a tentative romance with a shop girl.

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