This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 19th


1965, The Kinks, The Who, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Hollies, Wilson Pickett and The Golden Apples Of The Sun all appeared at the Glad Rag Ball, Wembley Empire Pool, London. Wembley Pool seats 10,000 and is the biggest venue The Who had yet played. However, they are forced to use the communal amplifiers and Roger Daltrey storms off in mid act demanding The Who’s amps be installed. The rest of the band perform instrumentals while Roger gets pelted with vegetables. Finally The Who’s amps are brought on and Roger returns to the mike.

2012, Two farmers were found not guilty of health and safety offences after a giant hay bale crushed former ELO cellist Mike Edwards to death. He was killed instantly when the 600 kg (1320 pound) bale rolled down a field and landed on his van near Totnes in Devon in September 2010. In March 2011 in Plymouth an inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death on Mr Edwards.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 19th


A few albums that was released....


1982 ● Led Zeppelin —— Coda ► Hard Rock

1984 ● The Kinks —— Word Of Mouth ► British Rock

1991 ● Jeff Beck —— Beckology ► Blues-Rock

2013 ● Rush —— Clockwork Angels Tour ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1973 During a concert at San Francisco's Cow Palace, Who drummer Keith Moon collapsed onstage after someone spiked his drink with horse tranquilizer. An audience member, 19-year-old Scot Halpin, filled in for the final three songs of The Who's set.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1971 Led Zeppelin play the first of two “Electric Magic” shows at London’s Wembley Empire Pool. The shows incorporate trapeze artists, performing pigs, and vaudeville performers with Bronco, Stone the Crows, and the headliners. Tickets for the shows sold out in four minutes.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


Birthday:

1941 Dr John, (Malcolm John Rebennack), US R&B pianist, guitarist, singer. He wrote 'I Walk On Guilded Splinters.' Active as a session musician from the late 1950s until his death, he gained a following in the late 1960s after the release of his album Gris-Gris and his appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. He died of a heart attack on 6 June 2019 age 77.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1942 "Spirit In The Sky" singer Norman Greenbaum is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

1946 Ray Stiles (bass guitarist for The Hollies) is born in Guildford, Surrey, England

1946 Duane Allman (guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos) is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

1947 Joe Walsh (guitarist, vocalist for James Gang, Eagles) is born Joseph Fidler Walsh in Wichita, Kansas.

1954 Frank Marino (frontman for Mahogany Rush) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1967 Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Incense And Peppermints'. When recording the track the band expressed a dislike for the song's lyrics so the lead vocals were sung by a friend of the band, Greg Munford, who was attending the recording session as a visitor.

1971 Isaac Hayes started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Theme From Shaft', it made No.4 in the UK. Hayes won a Grammy award for Best Original Film Score with 'Theme From Shaft'.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 20th


A few albums that was released....


1990 ● Cinderella —— Heartbreak Station ► Heavy Metal

1995 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Playback ► Album Rock

2015 ● Rush —— R40 Live ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 21st


1948 John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboardist for Free) is born in Houston, Texas.

1949 Drummer Randy Zehringer, brother of The McCoys' guitarist Rick Derringer, is born in Celina, Ohio.

1950 Guitarist Gary Pihl (of Boston) is born in Chicago, Illinois, but would later move to San Mateo, California.

1995 Peter Grant (manager for The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and Bad Company) dies of a heart attack at age 60.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 21st


2024 Alice Brock, who inspired Arlo Guthrie's 1967, hippie anthem, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", passed away after a long illness. She was 83. Guthrie wrote the tune, which was later adapted into a movie, after being arrested for throwing Brock's restaurant garbage off a cliff because the local dump was closed. He and a friend were fined $25 each and ordered to retrieve the rubbish. Guthrie's album, "Alice's Restaurant" spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at #29 during the week of March 2nd, 1968, and was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2017.


source: classicbands