This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 14th


1945 Colin Hodgkinson (bassist for Whitesnake) is born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

1946 Dan McCafferty (lead singer for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

1946 Justin Hayward (guitarist for The Moody Blues) is born Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1947 Al Atkins - the first frontman for Judas Priest - is born at West Bromwich, England.

2007 The Tom Petty documentary film, Running Down A Dream, debuts at the New York Film Festival.

2011 Chuck Ruff (drummer for Edgar Winter Group and Sammy Hagar) dies in San Francisco, California, after a lengthy illness at age 60.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 14th

A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages ► Psych Rock

1974 ● Jethro Tull —— War Child ► Prog Rock

1985 ● Iron Maiden —— Live After Death ► Heavy Metal

1985 ● INXS —— Listen Like Thieves ► New Wave Synth-Pop

1994 ● Jimmy Page And Robert Plant —— No Quarter: Jimmy Page And Robert Plant Unledded ► Blues-Rock

2003 ● ZZ Top —— Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box ► Blues-Rock

2011 ● Scorpions —— Live 2011: Get Your Sting & Blackout ► Heavy Metal

2014 ● Bob Seger —— Ride Out ► Heartland Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 15th

1946 Richard Carpenter (of The Carpenters) is born in New Haven, Connecticut, but would later relocate to Downey, California.

1973 Neil Young releases the live album Time Fades Away.

1987 Joe Satriani's second full-length solo album, Surfing with the Alien, is released. The popular all-instrumental album kicks open the door for similarly styled "guitar shred" albums.

1991 The first day of the Guitar Legends festival is held at Seville, Spain. The 5-day festival would include performances by Roger Waters, Joe Satriani and B.B. King.

2014 At the St. Louis club Blueberry Hill, Chuck Berry performs for the last time. The rocker, who dies in 2017, played monthly gigs at the venue starting in 1996.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 15th


1966 Vocalist Signe Anderson performs her final show with Jefferson Airplane. She leaves after giving birth to her daughter four months earlier and is replaced by former Great Society singer Grace Slick.


source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 15th

A few albums that was released....


1973 ● The Band —— Moondog Matinee ► Folk-Rock

1973 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Mystery To Me ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● Neil Young —— Time Fades Away ► Folk-Rock

1978 ● Toto —— Toto ► Pop-Rock

1986 ● Elton John —— Leather Jackets ► Pop-Rock

1988 ● Motörhead —— Nö Sleep At All ► Heavy Metal

1990 ● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin Remasters ► Hard Rock

1996 ● Dio —— Angry Machines ► Heavy Metal

1996 ● Korn —— Life Is Peachy ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal

1996 ● Motörhead —— Overnight Sensation ► Heavy Metal

1996 ● Bad Company —— Stories Told & Untold ► Hard Rock

1997 ● In Flames —— Whoracle ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[Lynch]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 15th

1987 Joe Satriani's second full-length solo album, Surfing with the Alien, is released. The popular all-instrumental album kicks open the door for similarly styled "guitar shred" albums.

one of the single greatest instrumental rock albums ever recorded. There's not a bad lick on this album, from start to finish.

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 16th

1961, Decca records released 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline. The ballad, composed by Willie Nelson gave Cline a No.2 country hit in 1962. Nelson originally wrote the song for country singer Billy Walker, but Walker turned it down. The song's eventual success helped launch Nelson as a performer as well as a songwriter. It spent 21 weeks on the chart for Cline, and eventually became one of her signature tunes.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 16th


1947 Bob Weir (guitarist/vocalist for Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, California.

1962 Flea (bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born Michael Peter Balzary in Melbourne, Australia. His nickname - originally "Mike B the Flea" - comes from his manic energy, as he is always jumping around.

2001 Bob Dylan is turned away by security guards at his concert at the Jackson County Exposition Center in Oregon because he doesn't have a credential. The guards were under orders from Dylan's security director not to let anyone through without a pass. "He said no exceptions," explained the venue manager.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 16th


1986: Keith Richards organized a concert at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis to celebrate Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday which was two days later. Berry would be joined onstage by the likes of Richards, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Cray, Julian Lennon, Linda Ronstadt & Etta James.


Birthdays:
Fred Turner-bassist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive born in 1943

source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 16th

A few albums that was released....

1968 ● Three Dog Night —— Three Dog Night ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1969 ● Three Dog Night —— Captured Live At The Forum ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1973 ● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Live In Europe ► Folk-Rock

1975 ● Aretha Franklin —— You ► Soul

1976 ● Thin Lizzy —— Johnny The Fox ► Hard Rock

1978 ● Elton John —— A Single Man ► Pop-Rock

1983 ● Thin Lizzy —— Life Live ► Hard Rock

2001 ● Journey —— The Essential Journey ► AOR Rock

2001 ● John Mellencamp —— Cuttin’ Heads ► Roots Rock

2001 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Down To Earth ► Hard Rock

2007 ● Gov’t Mule —— Mighty High ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock

2007 ● Aretha Franklin —— Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul ► Soul

2012 ● The Rolling Stones —— Light The Fuse (Live 2005) ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll