This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 27th


1941 Mike Pinder (original keyboardist for The Moody Blues) is born in Erdington, Birmingham, England.

1943 Peter Sinfield (keyboardist, lyricist for King Crimson) is born in Fulham, London, England.

1944 Mick Jones (guitarist for Foreigner) is born in Somerton, Somerset, England.

1948 Larry Byrom (guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Huntsville, Alabama.

1952 David Knopfler (rhythm guitarist for Dire Straits) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 27th


A few albums that was released...


1967 ● Bob Dylan —— John Wesley Harding ► Folk-Rock

1979 ● Todd Rundgren’s Utopia —— Adventures In Utopia ► Pop-Rock

2000 ● Mike + The Mechanics —— Favourites/The Very Best Of ► Brit Pop-Rock

2012 ● Bob Dylan —— The 50th Anniversary Collection ► Folk-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 28th


1968, The three day Miami Pop festival took place, the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the US, with Chuck Berry, The McCoys, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, The Turtles, The Box Tops, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Pacific Gas and Electric, Procol Harum, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly and The Grateful Dead.

1968, Pink Floyd appeared at the two day festival Flight To Lowlands Paradise II, Margriethal-Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands, (replacing The Jimi Hendrix Experience). Other acts appearing included Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck, The Pretty Things and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

1983, Having made two successful dives below a friend’s yacht to find items he’d drunkenly thrown off his own boat three years before, The Beach Boys Dennis Wilson took one last dive into the Pacific and never returned from the boat moored in Marina Del Rey, California. With the help of President Reagan he was given a burial at sea, normally reserved for Naval personnel. Dennis was the only genuine surfer in The Beach Boys.

2015, Lemmy lead vocalist and bassist with Motörhead died at his home in Los Angeles, California, four days after his 70th birthday following a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer. Lemmy played in several rock groups in the 1960s, including the Rockin' Vickers and worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and the Nice, before joining the space rock band Hawkwind in 1971, singing lead on their hit 'Silver Machine'.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 28th


1946 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas.

1950 Alex Chilton of The Box Tops and Big Star is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 28th


A few albums that was released...


1963 ● Stevie Wonder —— With A Song In My Heart ► Pop-R&B

2004 ● R.E.M. —— iTunes Originals – R.E.M. ► Alt. Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 29th


1999, Three ferrets named Beckham, Posh Spice and Baby Spice were used to lay power cables for a rock concert being held in Greenwich, London, England, (workers were not allowed to dig up the turf at the Royal Park). Organizers found that rods could not push the cables through the tiny tunnels, which frequently bend and dog-leg. The ferrets were eased into tiny nylon harnesses with wires which where then attached to a rope, the animals ran into a series of ducts which were under the stage like rabbit runs, leading the cables with them. The ferrets instinctively make for any hole in the ground and are enticed to the end of the duct by a slab of smelly meat. The New Years Eve concert featured Simply Red, Eurythmics and Bryan Ferry.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 29th


1941 Ray Thomas (flautist, percussionist for The Moody Blues) is born in Stourport-on-Severn, England.

1943 Rick Danko (bassist for The Band) is born in Blayney, Ontario, Canada. He drops out of school at age 14 to become a musician.

1946 Marianne Faithfull is born in Hampstead, London, England. Co-wrote the Rolling Stones' "Sister Morphine" while in a relationship with frontman Mick Jagger.

1947 Drummer Cozy Powell is born in Gloucestershire, England. He does stints in Black Sabbath and Rainbow, and also plays on albums for Whitesnake, Robert Plant, Brian May and many others. (Powell sometimes listed his date of birth as December 29, 1948, but the death register gives it as December 29, 1947.)

2002 Creed play a disastrous show in Chicago, leading four fans to sue the band, claiming lead singer Scott Stapp was either medicated or drunk, and "unable to sing the lyrics of a single Creed song." Stapp denies that he was drunk and claims rolling around on stage was an "Artistic Moment." The case is thrown out of court.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 29th


A few albums that was released...


1969 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Grand Funk ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Neil Young —— Trans ► Folk-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 30th


1928, Born on this day, Bo Diddley guitarist, singer, (R&B hits, 'Bo Diddley', 'You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover', 1963 UK No.34 single 'Pretty Thing'). When The Beatles first went to the US, John Lennon was asked what he would like to see; he replied 'Bo Diddley.' Bo Diddley died from heart failure in Archer, Florida aged 79 on 2nd June 2008.

1939, Born on this day, American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bass guitarist Felix Pappalardi. He produced Disraeli Gears for Cream and The Youngbloods' first album. He was a founding member of the American hard rock band/heavy metal forerunner Mountain. Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife, Gail, on April 17, 1983, in their East Side Manhattan apartment. Gail Pappalardi was subsequently charged with second-degree murder.

1942, Born on this day, Mike Nesmith, vocals, guitar, The Monkees (1967 UK & US No.1 single 'I'm A Believer' plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles). He wrote 'Different Drum' (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys), and was the executive producer of the cult film Repo Man (1984).

1945, Born on this day, English singer-songwriter, musician and actor Davy Jones, The Monkees who had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single 'I'm A Believer' plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles. His television acting debut was on the British television soap opera Coronation Street when he portrayed Colin Lomax, Ena Sharples' grandson. Jones died on 29 February 2012 of a severe heart attack due to atherosclerosis.

1946, Born on this day, American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Patti Smith, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement. Smith had the 1976 album 'Horses', and the 1978 UK No.5 and US No.13 single 'Because The Night', co-written with Bruce Springsteen.

1947, Born on this day, English songwriter, singer, record producer Jeff Lynne, who was a member of Idle Race, then The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'. He co-founded ELO who had the 1979 hit 'Don't Bring Me Down'. And with the Traveling Wilburys had the 1988 UK hit 'Handle With Care'. As a producer Lynne has worked with George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Joe Walsh and others.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 30th


1999 George Harrison was attacked by an intruder in his Oxfordshire mansion. At about 3:00 a.m., Michael Abram, a 33 year old Liverpudlian, stabbed Harrison several times in the chest. With the help of wife Olivia and son Dhani, Abram was hit over the head with a lamp and then detained until police arrived. Harrison suffered a collapsed lung but eventually recovered from the wound. Abram would later be found not guilty by reason of insanity and less than two years after his trial, was given a conditional discharge.


source: classicbands