This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 5th


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● Buffalo Springfield —— Buffalo Springfield ► Folk-Rock

1973 ● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Band On The Run ► Pop-Rock

1980 ● Blues Brothers —— Made In America ► Blues-Rock

2000 ● Alice Cooper —— Brutally Live ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


1969 The Rolling Stones played a free festival at Altamont in California, along with Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Rolling Stones fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death as the group played by Hell's Angels who'd been hired to police the event. It's claimed Hunter was waving a revolver. One other man drowned, two men were killed by in a hit-and run accident and two babies were born.

1988 American singer songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52. Scored the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Pretty Woman', plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles including ‘Only the Lonely’ and ‘Crying’. Formed his first band The Wink Westerners in 1949, was a member of The Traveling Wilburys (known as Lefty Wilbury) with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty and had the 1988 UK No.21 single 'Handle With Care'. Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his life. His first wife, Claudette died in a motorcycle accident in 1966 and two of his three sons, died in a house fire.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


1947 Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown frontman) is born in Newbridge, Caerphilly, Wales.

1956 Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot guitarist) is born in Santa Monica, California.

2011 Barbara Orbison, the second wife and widow of Roy Orbison, dies 23 years to the day after her husband.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


2021 The Rolling Stones, including their former bassist Bill Wyman, got together at the tiny London club Ronnie Scott's to honor their late drummer Charlie Watts with a special tribute show. The event, hosted by Charlie's granddaughter Charlotte and others members of the Watts family, was limited to about two hundred people and attendees were strongly discouraged from taking photos or video.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


1968: The Rolling Stones’ seventh British and ninth American album, Beggars Banquet, was released. The LP marked a return to a blues rock style following the psychedelic pop of their previous two albums, Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request, and the album is among the most instrumentally experimental of the band’s career, incorporating Latin beats, South Asian sounds, and African-influenced conga rhythms.

1970: Former Chicken Shack keyboardist and singer Christine McVie released her debut, self-titled solo album under her maiden name, Christine Perfect. Shortly after, McVie joined her husband John as a member of Fleetwood Mac, who had just lost guitarist and founder Peter Green. The band’s members were nervous about touring without Green, but McVie had been a huge fan of the group and was very familiar with their music.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 6th

A few albums that was released....

1965 ● The Byrds —— Turn! Turn! Turn! ► Country-Rock

1977 ● Jackson Browne —— Running On Empty ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● Denny Laine —— Japanese Tears ► Rock

2006 ● Poco —— Wildwood Sessions, The ► Country-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 7th


1968, Pink Floyd are part of an all day festival billed as Kaleidoscope ’68 at Liverpool Stadium, in Liverpool England. Starting at noon and continuing until 1:30 am, the bill also included The Move, Cliff Bennett, The Perfumed Garden, The BJ’s, Reason Why, The Klubs, The Mumbles, The New Mojo Band, The Curiosity Shoppe, The Pattern People, The Chapter Six, Mick Burns, and The Humphrey Lyttleton Band.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 7th



2016 Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died aged 69 after a battle with cancer. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the band combined heavy rock riffs with a classical influence. They scored hit albums with Pictures at an Exhibition, Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery and Lake had his solo hit 'I Believe in Father Christmas'. Jimi Hendrix considered joining ELP in their earliest incarnation, and if this had happened, the band would've been known as HELP.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 7th


1942 Harry Chapin is born in New York City. The folk rocker debuts in 1972 with the album Heads & Tales, featuring his first hit, "Taxi."

1949 Tom Waits is born in Pomona, California.

1963 Barbara Weathers (of Atlantic Starr) is born in Greensboro, North Carolina.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 7th



2015 David Bowie made his last public appearance when he attended the opening night of the Lazarus production at the New York Theatre Workshop in Manhattan. Tickets to the entire run of the musical sold out within hours of being made available. The musical is inspired by Walter Tevis's novel "The Man Who Fell to Earth", and Bowie previously starred in the 1976 film adaptation of the same name, directed by Nicolas Roeg. As of September 2018 there have been five productions: one each in New York, London, Bremen, Dusseldorf, and Vienna, and six further productions are planned for Leipzig, Hamburg, Linz, Amsterdam, Bielefeld and Gottingen. All of the productions have been box-office successes.


source: thecurrent