This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: February 17th


1950 Rickey Medlocke, Lynyrd Skynyrd member and frontman of the band Blackfoot, is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He is inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

2014 Bob Casale (rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for Devo) dies of heart failure at age 61.

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This Day In Music History: February 17th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers —— A Hard Road ► Blues-Rock

1981 ● Eric Clapton —— Another Ticket ► Blues-Rock

1986 ● King Diamond —— Fatal Portrait ► Heavy Metal

2009 ● Eagles —— New Zealand Concert ► Country-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: February 18th


1947 Styx founder Dennis DeYoung is born in Chicago, where his neighbors are future bandmates Chuck and John Panozzo.

1948 Keith Knudsen (drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Le Mars, Iowa.

1953 Little River Band drummer Derek Pellicci is born in London.

1953 Robbie Bachman (original drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


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This Day In Music History: February 18th


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● Rory Gallagher —— Blueprint ► Blues-Rock

1974 ● Kiss —— Kiss ► Hard Rock

2003 ● Styx —— Cyclorama ► Prog/Art Rock


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This Day In Rock History: February 19th


Born on this day:

Smokey Robinson (1940); Lou Christie (1943); Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist, Loverboy, Streetheart (1946)


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This Day In Rock History: February 19th

2009 Kelly Groucutt, bassist and co-lead vocalist for the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1974 and 1983, died following a heart attack that he suffered the previous day. He was 63.


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This Day In Rock History: February 19th


1948 Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is born in Birmingham, England.

1948 Mark Andes, a bass player who does stints in Spirit, Firefall, Canned Heat and Heart, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1949 Eddie Hardin of The Spencer Davis Group is born in London.

1950 Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash is born in London.

1954 Francis Buchholz (bass guitarist for Scorpions) is born in Hannover, Germany.

1980 AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott dies after a night of heavy drinking. The coroner's report lists "acute alcohol poisoning" as the cause of death, classified under "death by misadventure."

2022 Gary Brooker, the lead singer, piano player, and songwriter for Procol Harum, dies of cancer at 76.

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This Day In Music History: February 19th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● The Rascals —— Once Upon A Dream ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1971 ● Yes —— The Yes Album ► Prog Rock

1990 ● Peter Wolf —— Up To No Good ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul

2002 ● Humble Pie —— Back On Track ► Hard Rock


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This Day In Rock History: February 20th


1955 Rock bassist Jon Brant (of Cheap Trick) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1967 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is born in Aberdeen, Washington. He gets his first guitar on his 14th birthday and works on mastering Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

1982 Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo. Many rock-and-roll and marriages flame out quickly, but this one takes. They have two children together and keep their musical partnership alive as well, with Giraldo stepping in as a producer.


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This Day In Rock History: February 20th


Born This Day

1944 Lew Soloff, from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single 'Spinning Wheel', and the 1969 US No.12 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968.

1950 Walter Becker, bass, guitar, vocals, songwriter with American group Steely Dan. Can't Buy a Thrill, Steely Dan's debut album, was released in 1972. Its hit singles 'Do It Again' and 'Reelin' In the Years' reached No. 6 and No. 11 respectively on the Billboard singles chart and the songs became staples on progressive radio. Steely Dan's Two Against Nature won a Grammy in 2001 for Album of the year. Becker has produced records for Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks. Becker died on 3 September 2017 aged 67.

1951 Randy California, guitarist, singer with Spirit, who had the 1969 US No.25 single 'I Got A Line On You', and the 1981 UK No.40 album 'Potato Land'. He died on 2nd January 1997 when rescuing his 12 year-old son after he was sucked into a riptide in surf off Hawaii.


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