This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 15th


1969 Eric Clapton joined John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band as part of Peace for Christmas, a benefit concert for UNICEF at the Lyceum Ballroom, in London. George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Billy Preston and The Who's drummer, Keith Moon also took part. The concert was the last 'live' appearance that Lennon ever made in his home country.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 15th


A few albums that was released...


1967 ● The Who —— The Who Sell Out ► British Rock

1969 ● The Rascals —— See ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1972 ● Status Quo —— Piledriver ► Hard Rock

1995 ● Savatage —— Final Bell/Ghost In Ruins ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 16th



2007, American singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine at the age of 56. The US singer, songwriter discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. Had the 1981 album ‘The Innocent Age’, which featured the hits ‘Leader of the Band,’ ‘Hard to Say,’ and ‘Run for the Roses.’


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 16th


1949 Sharp dressed man. ZZ Top guitarist, Billy Gibbons, is born. Nicknamed Reverend Willie G, he’s the vocalist-guitarist for that ‘Little Ol' band from Texas’. He plays a classic ‘59 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates and uses a quarter or a peso as a pick for a distinctive sound.

1968 Blind Melon’s Christopher Thorn (guitar, mandolin and harmonica) has a birthday.

2016 Scientists name a plant is found only in a small area of Baja California, after the late Jimi Hendrix. Dudleya hendrixii is described as a thin, stalky plant less than a foot tall with succulent leaves and brilliant pinkish white flowers.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 16th


A few albums that was released...


1986 ● Guns N’ Roses —— Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide [EP] ► Hard Rock

2003 ● Machine Head —— Through The Ashes Of Empires [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 17th


1963, James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles record on American radio. Carroll played 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from the UK. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn't been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned.

1971, David Bowie released his fourth album Hunky Dory, which was the first to feature all the members of the band that would become known the following year as Ziggy Stardust's Spiders From Mars. Two singles were released from the album: 'Changes' / 'Andy Warhol' in January 1972 and 'Life on Mars' which was released late June 1973. Bowie himself considered the album to be one of the most important in his career.

2010, Captain Beefheart died aged 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis. The American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California recorded 13 studio albums.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 17th


1942 Paul Butterfield (of Paul Butterfield Blues Band) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1949 Paul Rodgers, lead singer and lyricist of Free and Bad Company, is born in Middlesbrough, England.

1958 Mike Mills (bassist, keyboardist for R.E.M.) is born in Orange County, California. He meets future bandmate Bill Berry when he moves to Macon, Georgia, at age 10.

1968 Pink Floyd releases "Careful With That Axe, Eugene."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 17th


A few albums that was released...


1976 ● AC/DC —— Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap ► Hard Rock

1978 ● The Jacksons —— Destiny ► Soul – pop

2013 ● Jerry Garcia Band —— Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound ► Roots Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 18th



1941, Born on this day, Sam Andrew, Janis Joplin Band, (1971 US No.1 single 'Me And Bobby McGee', 1971 US No.1 single 'Pearl'). Andrew was also Music Director of the musical Love, Janis, based on the life of Janis Joplin. He died on February 12, 2015, following complications from open-heart surgery due to a heart attack suffered ten weeks prior.

1943, Born on this day, Keith Richards, 'The Human Riff', guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Rolling Stones who have had over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created 'rock's greatest single body of riffs'. Classic albums include: Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 18th


1983 With Mick Jagger as the best man, Keith Richards marries model Patti Hansen during a ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The couple have two daughters, Theodora Richards and Alexandra Richards.


2015 The Kinks' Ray and Dave Davies performed together for the first time in twenty years when Ray joined his brother on stage at London's Islington Assembly Hall. The pair performed their 1964 smash "You Really Got Me" and re-ignited hope that the Davies brothers would put aside their years of bickering and animosity and reform the band.


source: classicbands