This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 27th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Sly & The Family Stone —— Dance To The Music ► Soul-Funk

1973 ● Weather Report —— Sweetnighter ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1987 ● Slade —— You Boyz Make Big Noize ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Black Sabbath —— Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Naked ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1980, Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injures from a jeep car crash in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. The thirty year-old was an original member of the band, and composed several of their songs and played bass, percussion, guitar, and contributed backup vocals.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1987 - While on a plane en route from Miami to Boston, Ozzy Osbourne bought three rounds of drinks for everyone on the plane and sang "Crazy Train" over the PA system.

1990 - Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose married girlfriend Erin Everly, daughter of The Everly Brothers' Don Everly at the Cupid Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Their marriage was annulled in January 1991.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1945 John Wolters (drummer for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in New Jersey.

1956 Rock singer-songwriter Jimmy Barnes, who performs with Cold Chisel and INXS, is born James Dixon Swan in Glasgow, Scotland.

1981 Original T. Rex bass player Steve Currie dies in a car accident at age 33, four years after the group's lead singer Marc Bolan met his demise in a similar fashion.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1976 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band appeared at the Grand Ole Opry at the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, the first time a rock band has played the Opry since The Byrds in 1968.

1978 The movie FM, about a radio station with a motley collection of DJs was released in the US. Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett and REO Speedwagon all appeared in the film. The theme song from the movie Steely Dan's 'FM (No Static at All)' won engineers Al Schmitt and Roger Nichols the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


2013 Original Steve Miller Band bassist Lonnie Turner passed away from lung cancer. His time with the band led to songs such as "Jet Airliner", "Swingtown", "Take the Money And Run", "Jungle Love" and many more.

2023 Tim Bachman, the co-founding guitarist and vocalist of Bachman-Turner Overdrive died of cancer at the age of 71. The Canadian band placed a string of hits on the Hot 100 in the mid-1970s, including "Let It Ride", "Takin' Care Of Business", and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet".


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1969: A group calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority released their self-titled debut double album. After threats of legal action by the mass-transit company of the same name, the band’s name was shortened to simply “Chicago.” The album sold over a million copies by 1970 and reached #17 in the US and #9 in the UK.

1972: Wishbone Ash released their third studio album, Argus. It became the group’s most commercially and critically successful LP, peaked at #3 in the UK, and is considered a landmark album in the progression of twin-lead guitar harmonization.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: April 28th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Smokey Robinson & The Miracles —— What Love Has…Joined Together ► Soul – Motown

1980 ● Alice Cooper —— Flush The Fashion ► Hard Rock

1980 ● Grateful Dead —— Go To Heaven ► Pop-Rock

1982 ● Marshall Crenshaw —— Marshall Crenshaw ► Power Pop

1997 ● Stratovarius —— Visions ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal

1998 ● Stevie Nicks —— Enchanted: The Works Of Stevie Nicks ► Pop-Rock

1998 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Live At The Fillmore East ► Psychedelic Rock

2009 ● The Black Crowes —— Warpaint Live ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 29th


1967 The 14-hour Technicolour Dream benefit party for The International Times was held at Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill in London. Seeing the event mentioned on TV, John Lennon called his driver and went to the show. Coincidentally, Yoko Ono was one of the performers. More than thirty acts appeared included The Move, The Pretty Things, Soft Machine, Tomorrow, The Flies, The Creation, Arthur Brown, and The Graham Bond Organisation. All the bands played for free. Members of Pink Floyd drove all night from an gig in The Netherlands arriving at 3 AM, and taking the stage at dawn. The entire event was documented by BBC Television.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: April 29th


Willie Nelson was born on this day in 1933, making him 92 today. One of the most popular country figures of all time — especially in the "outlaw country" subgenre — he has released 100 studio albums (consisting of 74 solo studio albums and 26 collaborative studio albums), 14 live albums, 51 compilation albums, and 41 video albums. He has acted in more than 30 films, and he is widely known for his activism and political views — mainly supporting the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. He has won many, many awards in his lifetime; he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998. He's still going strong.

1993 Mick Ronson died of cancer in England. The guitarist was David Bowie's right-hand man during the Ziggy Stardust days and had also worked with Ian Hunter, Bob Dylan and Morrissey.


source: thecurrent