This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 25th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Jeff Beck Group —— Rough And Ready ► Blues-Rock

1971 ● Chicago —— At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4 (Chicago IV) ► Jazz-Rock

1975 ● Paul Simon —— Still Crazy After All These Years ► Folk-Pop

1988 ● Frank Zappa —— You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 ► Art Rock

1994 ● Bob Seger —— Greatest Hits ► Heartland Rock

2005 ● Jerry Garcia —— Garcia Plays Dylan ► Roots Rock

2005 ● Aerosmith —— Rockin’ The Joint ► Hard Rock

2005 ● Duran Duran —— Live From London ► New Wave Synth-Pop

2010 ● Devon Allman’s Honeytribe —— Space Age Blues ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 26th

1968, The two day San Francisco Pop Festival was held at Alameda County Fairgrounds. The Animals, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Jose Feliciano, Deep Purple, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Canned Heat all appeared.

1970, A wake was held at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California to celebrate the life of Janis Joplin. The singer who died of an accidental drugs overdose had left $2,500 in her will to throw a wake party in the event of her demise. The party was attended by her sister Laura and Joplin's close friends; Brownies laced with hashish were unknowingly passed around amongst the guests. Joplin was cremated in the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Mortuary in Los Angeles; her ashes were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean and along Stinson Beach.

2007, 1,730 guitarists played the immortal Bob Dylan classic, 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' in a bid to break a record in the state of Meghalaya, North East India. The guitarists hoped their achievement would earn them a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The current Guinness World Record was held by a guitar-ensemble from Kansas City in the US when 1,683 guitarists, played Deep Purple's 'Smoke On The Water'.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 26th


1980: Jefferson Starship guitarist Paul Kantner suffered a stroke during a recording session in Los Angeles. He would make a full recovery.


Birthdays:
Keith Hopwood-guitarist for Herman’s Hermits born in 1946


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 26th

A few albums that was released....

1967 ● Sam & Dave —— Soul Men ► Soul

1981 ● J. Geils Band —— Freeze-Frame ► Blues-Rock

1987 ● Meat Loaf —— Live At Wembley ► Arena Rock

1993 ● The Velvet Underground —— Live MCMXCIII ► Alt. Rock

1998 ● Napalm Death —— Words From The Exit Wound [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore

1999 ● Genesis —— Turn It On Again: The Hits ► Prog Rock

1999 ● Bush —— The Science Of Things ► Grunge Rock

1999 ● Incubus —— Make Yourself ► Funk Metal

1999 ● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— Looking Forward ► Folk-Rock

2004 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Live At Wolf Trap ► Pop-Rock



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 27th


1975, After releasing the single and album Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen had the rare honour of simultaneous covers on both Time and Newsweek magazines in the US.

1979, During a US tour Elton John collapsed on stage at Hollywood's Universal Amphitheatre suffering from exhaustion.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 27th


1984 At a Grateful Dead concert in Berkeley, California, the band allocated a specific area for fans to make bootleg recordings of the show.

2013 Lou Reed, an influential songwriter and guitarist who paved the way for Glam, Punk and Alternative Rock, died of liver disease at the age of 71. Reed led the Velvet Underground in the late '60s and enjoyed an outstanding solo career over the next 50 years.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 27th


1945 Mark Ryan (bass guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service) is born.

1949 Byron Allred (keyboardist for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Logan, Utah.

1949 Garry Tallent (bass player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1951 Kenneth "K.K." Downing (guitarist for Judas Priest) is born in West Bromwich, England.

1967 Scott Weiland (original frontman for Stone Temple Pilots) is born Scott Richard Kline in San Jose, California. The "Weiland" surname is taken from his stepfather.

1982 Prince releases his fifth album, 1999. It's a breakthrough, selling well over 5 million copies worldwide, thanks to "Little Red Corvette" and the title track.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Oct 27th

A few albums that was released....

1967 ● Ten Years After —— Ten Years After ► Blues-Rock

1969 ● Johnny Winter —— Second Winter ► Blues-Rock

1975 ● Angel —— Angel ► Heavy Metal

1978 ● Slade —— Slade Alive, Vol. 2 ► Hard Rock

1979 ● Motörhead —— Bomber ► Heavy Metal

1980 ● Hawkwind —— Levitation ► Space Rock

1985 ● Celtic Frost —— To Mega Therion ► Heavy Metal

1992 ● AC/DC —— Live ► Hard Rock

1992 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Jefferson Airplane Loves You ► Psychedelic Rock

1995 ● Ayreon —— The Final Experiment ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal

1998 ● R.E.M. —— Up ► Alt. Pop-Rock

2009 ● Gov’t Mule —— By A Thread ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 28th


1936 Charlie Daniels is born Charles Edward Daniels in Wilmington, North Carolina.

1948 Rickie Lee Reynolds (guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas) is born in Manilan, Arkansas.

1997 Bill Berry leaves R.E.M. after 17 years as drummer to tend a hay farm in Georgia. He occasionally joins his old band for reunion gigs, but mostly stays out of the limelight.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 28th


1991 - The Metallica single "The Unforgiven" was released.

1997 - KISS released the album "Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions."


source: onthisday