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This Day In Rock History: March 11th


2015 Three Dog Night's longtime keyboard player Jimmy Greenspoon died of metastatic melanoma at the age of 67.

2016 71-year-old Keith Emerson, keyboardist and founding member of the Progressive Rock band Emerson, Lake And Palmer, died at his Santa Monica, California home from a self-inflicted gunshot to his head.

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1947 Vanilla Fudge lead singer Mark Stein is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.

1947 Keyboardist "Blue" Weaver (Mott The Hoople, The Strawbs) is born Derek John Weaver in Cardiff, Wales

1948 George Kooymans (vocalist, guitarist for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1964 Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul is born in Abilene, Texas.

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A few albums that was released...


1970 ● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— Déjà Vu ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● Harry Chapin —— Heads And Tales ► Folk-Pop

1974 ● Chicago —— Chicago VII ► Jazz-Rock

1975 ● Alice Cooper —— Welcome To My Nightmare ► Hard Rock

1976 ● Weather Report —— Black Market ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1977 ● T. Rex —— Dandy In The Underworld ► Glam Rock

1983 ● Quiet Riot —— Metal Health ► Heavy Metal

1985 ● Eric Clapton —— Behind The Sun ► Blues-Rock

1996 ● Annihilator —— Refresh The Demon ► Thrash Metal

1997 ● Heart —— These Dreams: Greatest Hits ► Album Rock

1997 ● Santana —— Live At The Fillmore ► Jazz Fusion

2003 ● Machine Head —— Hellalive ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal

2016 ● The Cars —— The Elektra Years 1978 – 1987 ► New Wave Pop-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: March 12th



2016 Iron Maiden's personal Boeing 747 was badly damaged after colliding with a tow truck while grounded at Santiago, Chile. The band's crew and their twenty tons of equipment were not onboard at the time of the crash, but two ground crew workers were injured.


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1948 James Taylor, singer and songwriter famous for classic hits like "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," is born in Boston, Massachusetts

1949 Mike Gibbins (drummer for Badfinger) is born in Swansea, Wales.

1956 Steve Harris is born in London, England. After giving up dreams of playing pro soccer, he forms Iron Maiden, becoming the group's bass player and a primary songwriter

1967 The Velvet Underground releases The Velvet Underground And Nico.

2012 Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack dies of cancer at age 65

2013 Clive Burr, who was Iron Maiden's drummer from 1979-1982, dies at age 56 after a battle with multiple sclerosis.


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1991 - The R.E.M. album "Out of Time" was released.

1996 - KISS released the album "MTV Unplugged."



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1978 ● Bob Dylan —— Masterpieces ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● Billy Joel —— Glass Houses ► Pop-Rock

2013 ● Eric Clapton —— Old Sock ► Blues-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: March 13th



1971 The L.A. duo of Brewer And Shipley entered the Billboard Hot 100 with "One Toke Over The Line". The song, which featured The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia on steel guitar, would reach #10 despite being banned by several radio stations for its drug references. Brewer and Shipley maintained that the word "toke" meant "token", as in ticket, hence the line "waitin' downtown at the railway station, one toke over the line."

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1960 U2 bass player Adam Clayton is born in Oxfordshire, England.


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1970 ● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— A Beard Of Stars ► Psych Rock

1978 ● Hot Tuna —— Double Dose ► Folk-Rock

1981 ● Slade —— We’ll Bring The House Down ► Hard Rock

1984 ● The Cars —— Heartbeat City ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1992 ● Bad Religion —— Generator ► Punk Rock

2001 ● Eric Clapton —— Reptile ► Blues-Rock



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