This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th



1940 Rocker Nik Turner (of Hawkwind) is born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

1942 Maureen "Moe" Tucker (drummer for The Velvet Underground) is born in Levittown, New York.

1968 Mary Hopkin releases "Those Were The Days" in the US.

1968 The Beatles release "Hey Jude" with the B-side "Revolution."

2000 Allen Woody (bass guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule) dies in Queens, New York, from an indeterminate cause at age 44.

2004 "Gloria" singer Laura Branigan dies from a cerebral aneurysm in East Quogue, New York, at age 52.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th



1967 Small Faces, Move, The Gass, Tomorrow, Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon and Marmalade all appeared on the first day of the 3-day non-stop happening 'Festival of the Flower Children' at Woburn Abbey, England. Plus DJ's John Peel and Tommy Vance, day tickets cost £1.

1977 Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Golden Earing, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Hawkwind, Racing Cars, John Miles, Graham Parker, The Enid, No Dice and Frankie Miller's Full House all appeared at the 17th three day Reading Festival, England. A three day ticket cost £7.95.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th


1988, The first day at this years three day Reading Festival featuring Iggy Pop, Starship, Squeeze, Ramones, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Hothouse Flowers, Deacon Blue, Quireboys, Broken English, three day ticket £24, an increase of nearly £20 from the 1973 festival.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th


1978 A crowd of 80,000 people attended the first Canada Jam Festival held at Mosport Park, just north of Bowmanville Ontario. The show featured sets by The Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason, The Commodores, Kansas and The Atlanta Rhythm Section.

2003 Rolling Stone Magazine named Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist in Rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ry Cooder also made the top 10.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th


1970: The third Isle of Wight Festival began with a concert lineup that included Kris Kristofferson, David Bromberg, Redbone, Rosalie Sorrels, Kathy Smith, Judas Jump, and Mighty Baby. Organized and promoted by local brothers Ron and Ray Foulk, the event also attracted acts such as Chicago, the Doors, Donovan, Free, the Moody Blues, Richie Havens, Leonard Cohen, John Sebastian, Procol Harum, Tony Joe White, Mungo Jerry, Terry Reid, Supertramp, Lighthouse, the Who, Joan Baez, Jethro Tull, Cactus, Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Miles Davis, and Jimi Hendrix. Between 600,000 and 700,000 people were estimated to have traveled to the island that had a population of less than 100,000. Despite selling tickets beforehand, it soon became clear to organizers that the festival would not make a profit, so it was declared a “free festival.” The commercial failing of the endeavor ultimately ensured that it was the last of three consecutive rock concerts on the island and the last of its kind for over thirty years. Jimi Hendrix’s performance was his last live appearance in the UK.

2003 Warren Zevon released his twelfth and final studio album, The Wind. Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma and it was released just two weeks before his death in September. Guest musicians on the album include Ry Cooder, Tom Petty, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Dwight Yoakam, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh, Jackson Browne, and Emmylou Harris.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● Donovan —— Sunshine Superman [US] ► Folk-Rock

1981 ● Grateful Dead —— Dead Set ► Folk-Rock

1997 ● Creed —— My Own Prison ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge

1997 ● Eddie Money —— Super Hits ► Album Rock

2003 ● Peter Frampton —— Now ► Arena Rock

2003 ● Styx —— Rockers ► Prog/Art Rock

2008 ● Motörhead —— Motörizer ► Heavy Metal



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 27th



1967 British music entrepreneur and the manager of The Beatles, Brian Epstein was found dead, locked in a bedroom at his London home. A coroner's inquest concluded that Epstein died from an overdose of the sleeping pill Carbitrol. He also managed several other artists including Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black and The Remo Four. The first contract between The Beatles and Epstein was auctioned in London in 2008, and was sold for £240,000.

1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughan had played a show at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin with Robert Cray & His Memphis Horns, and Eric Clapton. Vaughan was informed by a member of Clapton's crew that three seats were open on a helicopter returning to Chicago with Clapton's crew, it turned out there was only one seat left; Vaughan requested it from his brother, who obliged. Three members of Eric Clapton's entourage were also killed.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 27th


1944 Rocker Tim Bogert (bassist/vocalist for Vanilla Fudge) is born John Voorhis Bogert III in Richfield, New Jersey.

1953 Alex Lifeson (guitarist for Rush) is born Aleksandar Zivojinovic in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, to Serbian immigrant parents. He is raised in Toronto, Ontario.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 27th


1971: The Moody Blues released “The Story in Your Eyes” from their seventh studio album, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 27th


1991 - Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. Produced by Rick Parashar and recorded at London Bridge Studios in Seattle, most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Eddie Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse. The album would prove the group's most commercially successful to date, selling more than 13 million copies. It contains the hit singles "Alive," "Even Flow" and "Jeremy." In his review of the album, AllMusic staff writer Steve Huey called Ten a "flawlessly crafted hard rock masterpiece."


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