This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 12th

1972: Manassas, a band formed by Stephen Stills, released their self-titled debut double album. Produced by Stills, Chris Hillman, and Dallas Taylor, the album also includes contributions from Bill Wyman and Jerry Garcia.

1974: Poco released Seven, their sixth studio album and first LP made after the departure of Richie Furay.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 12th


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● J. Geils Band —— Bloodshot ► Blues-Rock

1976 ● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Live Bullet ► Heartland Rock

1984 ● Rush —— Grace Under Pressure ► Arena Rock

1988 ● Cheap Trick —— Lap Of Luxury ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

1994 ● Motörhead —— Live At Brixton ’87 ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Golden Earring —— Paradise In Distress ► Hard Rock

1999 ● Supertramp —— It Was The Best Of Times ► Prog/Art Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 13th


2012 - Five of Tom Petty's guitars were stolen from a soundstage in Culver City, Calif., where Petty and the Heartbreakers, were rehearsing for an upcoming tour. The stolen gear included a 1967 Blonde Rickenbacker, a 1967 Epiphone Sheridan, a 1965 Gibson SG TV Jr., a Fender Broadcaster, and a Dusenberg Mike Campbell Model that belonged to Campbell himself. Petty was offering a "no questions asked" reward bounty of $7,500 to anyone with information leading to the guitars' recovery. The instruments were recovered four days later, and a private security guard was arrested in connection with the theft.

2019 - English keyboardist and guitarist Paul Raymond died at age 73. He joined Plastic Penny in the early 1960s as their keyboardist and vocalist, and he replaced Christine McVie in British blues band Chicken Shack. He first joined the band UFO in 1976 and played with them during four different stints. He was a regular in the UFO lineup since 2003. Raymond had also worked with Michael Schenker in MSG.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 13th


1971 Cat Stevens' "Wild World" peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the singer's first Top 40 hit. There was some speculation that much of the song was a message to Patti D'Arbanville, an actress he had been dating who inspired his song "Lady D'Arbanville". Stevens cleared this up on The Chris Isaak Hour in 2009, explaining that the song was about his own journey into the wild world. "It was not me writing about somebody specific, although other people may have informed the song, but it was more about me. It's talking about losing touch with home and reality - home especially." The 1970 LP "Tea For The Tillerman", which contains "Wild World", ended up selling three million copies in the US as many fans sought out his earlier work.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 13th


1944 Bass guitarist Jack Casady (of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Hot Tuna) is born John William Casady in Washington, DC.

1945 Rock guitarist Lowell George (of Little Feat) is born in Hollywood, California.

1951 Drummer Max Weinberg (of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Newark, New Jersey.

1961 Hiro Yamamoto (original bass player for Soundgarden) is born in Park Forest, Illinois.

1966 Blues-rock guitarist Marc Ford (of The Black Crowes) is born in Long Beach, California.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 13th


1999: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their tenth studio album, Echo. It was the band’s last collaboration with producer Rick Rubin as well as the last to feature contributions from longtime bassist and vocalist Howie Epstein, who died in 2003.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 13th


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Thin Lizzy —— Black Rose: A Rock Legend ► Hard Rock

1987 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Tango In The Night ► Pop-Rock

1988 ● Glass Tiger —— Diamond Sun ► Pop-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 14th


1967 The Bee Gees release "New York Mining Disaster 1941", which will climb to #10 in the UK and #14 in the US. The song is unusual in that the title never appears in the lyrics, although the originally planned title, "Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones", is heard in the chorus. There actually had been a mining disaster in New York, but it was in 1939, not 1941. The Bee Gees would later say they were inspired to write the song by a 1966 Aberfan mining disaster in Wales.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 14th



1945 Rocker Ritchie Blackmore (of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) is born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.

1964 UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore is born in New Castle, Delaware.

1969 Dutch bassist Martyn LeNoble (of Porno For Pyros) is born in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. In 2013, he marries the actress Christina Applegate.

2016 At the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Prince plays his last concert, as he dies a week later. His last song is "Purple Rain."


source: calendarsongfacts