{"id":228,"date":"2007-12-10T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T04:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/12\/10\/the-rebirth-of-rock-and-roll-heaven\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T03:19:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T07:19:45","slug":"the-rebirth-of-rock-and-roll-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/12\/10\/the-rebirth-of-rock-and-roll-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"The rebirth of Rock and Roll Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>If you lived in Toronto during the 80&#8217;s you would remember a great bar called Rock and Roll Heaven at Bloor and Young. Ohhh the memories of seeing bands and meeting people in this place! My old band Pylis even played there.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/rrheaventicket.JPG\" alt=\"rrheaventicket.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can recall one night going there and watching Robin Trower playing with his band and met a very old friend who played in a fellow 80&#8217;s band in Brantford called Vigilants. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>Robin Trower&#8217;s sound was the sound of Rocking Roll heaven during that time so <a rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9yQQGolaEow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ext-link\">check out this video<\/a> to get a little taste of what it was like.<\/p>\n<p>Recently Rocking Roll Heaven has had it&#8217;s rebirth in Toronto at it&#8217;s new location. 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