This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 21st


1932 Don Preston (of Mothers of Invention) is born in Flint, Michigan.

1947 Don Felder (Eagles lead guitarist) is born in Gainesville, Florida.

1972 Liam Gallagher is born William John Paul Gallagher in Burnage, Manchester, England. He forms Oasis with his older brother, Noel.

1972 David Silveria (Korn drummer) is born in San Leandro, California.

1987 Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report, age 35, dies of a massive brain hemorrhage ten days after a violent altercation with a club bouncer left him a coma.

1989 Rush move away from their keyboard-heavy sound with Presto, their 13th studio album and first under the Atlantic Records label. The album's four singles (including "Show Don't Tell," "Presto," "The Pass," and "Superconductor") all crack the Top 40.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 21st


1968 The Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions" enters the Billboard Pop chart where it will peak at #5, becoming their most successful record.

1968 Janis Joplin announced that she would be leaving Big Brother And The Holding Company at the end of the year. The band's musicianship had long been suspect by Rock critics. Joplin would later be backed by The Kozmic Blues Band.

1998 Oz Bach, bassist for Spanky And Our Gang on their 1967 hit, "Sunday Will Never Be The Same", died of cancer at the age of 59.

2006 Boz Burrell, bass guitarist known for his involvement in King Crimson and Bad Company, died following a heart attack at the age of 60.


source; classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 21st


1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” was released in the US as the lead single from their third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland. It became the Experience’s highest-selling single and only top 40 hit, reaching #20. Four weeks later, it was released in the UK, where it reached #5, becoming the first UK stereo-only single to do so. Dylan later said that he was overwhelmed with Hendrix’s talent to bring out and develop things in a song that others wouldn’t have found there. Since then Dylan has adapted to playing the song more like Hendrix’s version, and has said, “Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it’s a tribute to him in some kind of way.”

1973: Thin Lizzy released Vagabonds of the Western World, the band’s third studio album and last with original guitarist Eric Bell.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 21st

1980 - During a North American tour, Bob Marley collapsed while jogging in New York's Central Park. After hospital tests, Marley was diagnosed with cancer. Two nights later, he played his final concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh.

2001 - The benefit concert America: A Tribute To Heroes, airs on most major TV networks, raising over $128 million for victims of the September 11 attacks. Performers include Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, and Willie Nelson.

2011 - R.E.M. announce that they're calling it quits after more than 30 years. In a post on their website, the band members write, "To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening."


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 21st


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Foghat —— Boogie Motel ► Hard Rock

1979 ● Cheap Trick —— Dream Police ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

1993 ● Nirvana —— In Utero ► Grunge

1993 ● Scorpions —— Face The Heat ► Heavy Metal/ Rock



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 22nd


1951 David Coverdale (lead singer for Whitesnake and Deep Purple) is born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England.

1958 Joan Jett is born Joan Marie Larkin near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, raised in Rockville, Maryland. After joining the music scene as the guitarist for the all-girl punk band The Runaways, she goes on to form Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Their debut album is turned down by the first 23 record labels it is offered to, despite containing the future #2 hit "I Love Rock And Roll."


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 22nd


1978, Jethro Tull released the live album Bursting Out. It was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour in May and June 1978


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 22nd


1985 80,000 fans watched the first Farm Aid concert, featuring Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and other performers who help raise $7 million. The annual event takes place every Fall to help the American family farmer.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 22nd


1978 - Tom Waits makes his film debut in Paradise Alley, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone, playing a bar-dwelling piano player named Mumbles.

1984 - John Waite went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Missing You."


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 22nd


1978: Yes released their ninth studio album, Tomato. Despite a mixed response from critics, it reached the top 10 in the UK and US, where it became the band’s fastest selling album.


source: wwcfradio