This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1943 Roger Spear (multi-instrumentalist of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) is born in Hammersmith, London, England.

1948 Ian Paice, Deep Purple's drummer and founding member, is born in Nottingham, England.

1979 Lowell George (frontman for Little Feat) dies of a heart attack at age 34.

1984 After a failed attempt shooting a studio video for "Dancing In The Dark," Bruce Springsteen does it live at his concert in St. Paul, Minnesota. During Clarence Clemons' sax solo, he brings a doe-eyed, 19-year-old Courteney Cox on stage to dance with him.

2007 George McCorkle, guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band and composer of their hit "Fire On The Mountain," dies at age 59 shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1969: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their final concert together at the Denver Pop Festival, which took place at Mile High Stadium.

1973: Deep Purple performed their last concert with Ian Gillan singing for them in Japan. David Coverdale would go on to replace Gillan. Gillan would rejoin the band in 1984 & continues to sing for them to this day.

1999: Styx released their thirteenth album Brave New World which was their last album to feature original singer & keyboardist Dennis DeYoung. The album peaked at 175 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

2000: In Jacksonville, FL, vandals pull up the grave of Lynryd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant & the ashes of guitarist Steve Gaines. Their remains were shortly moved to an undisclosed burial site.


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 29th


A few albums that was released....


1987 ● Great White —— Once Bitten… ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Alice In Chains —— Nothing Safe: Best Of The Box ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal

1999 ● Mötley Crüe —— Supersonic And Demonic Reloics ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969 – 1999 ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Rush —— Feedback ► Prog/Art Rock

2009 ● Steely Dan —— The Very Best Of Steely Dan ► Jazz-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 30th


1943 Florence Ballard (of The Supremes) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1944 Little River Band lead singer Glenn Shorrock is born in Chatham, Kent, England. He moves with his family to Adelaide, Australia, when he is 10.

1949 Andy Scott (lead guitarist for Sweet) is born in Wrexham, Wales.

1953 Hal Lindes (guitarist for Dire Straits from 1980-1985) is born in Monterey, California.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 30th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Stephen Stills —— Stephen Stills 2 ► Folk-Rock

1973 ● Sly & The Family Stone —— Fresh ► Soul-Funk

1975 ● The Beach Boys —— Good Vibrations – Best Of The Beach Boys ► Pop-Rock

1977 ● Kiss —— Love Gun ► Hard Rock

1980 ● Queen —— The Game ► Glam Rock

2003 ● The Who —— Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► British Rock

2009 ● Jefferson Airplane —— The Woodstock Experience ► Psychedelic Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1981 Rushton Moreve bassist with Steppenwolf, was killed in motorcycle accident in Santa Barbara, California, aged 32. He co-wrote their hit 'Magic Carpet Ride' with lead singer John Kay; Steppenwolf also had the 1968 US No.2 single 'Born To Be Wild'. Moreve left the band in late 1968 when he refused to fly back to California at that time, fearing it would sink into the Pacific Ocean after an imminent earthquake.

2008 Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley, died at the age of 60 from cancer of the oesophagus. Galley also played with Trapeze, Glenn Hughes, Cozy Powell and the Blue Jays.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1967 Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic masterpiece "White Rabbit" entered the Billboard chart, where it eventually reached #8. The song became one of the first records to sneak drug references past radio censors. It uses imagery found in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass, such as changing size after taking pills.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1939 Delaney Bramlett, who co-fronted the early-'70s rock/soul ensemble Delaney & Bonnie with then-wife Bonnie Bramlett, is born in Pontotoc, Mississippi.

1945 Deborah Ann Harry (lead singer of Blondie) is born in Miami, Florida, but will be raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

1978 The Texxas Jam takes place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, with Aerosmith, Van Halen, Journey and Ted Nugent performing. 80,000 fans brave the 100 degree heat, cooled down by fire hoses brought in by the organizers. For Aerosmith, it marks a low point in their career as drug use and infighting are about to break up the band, and their performance suffers.

1995 Legendary DJ Wolfman Jack, who famously spun rock and roll records from a border blaster station in Mexico throughout the '60s, dies of a heart attack at age 57.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 1st


A few albums that was released....



1968 ● The Band —— Music From Big Pink ► Folk-Rock

1970 ● Traffic —— John Barleycorn Must Die ► Prog Rock

1970 ● Cactus —— Cactus ► Hard Rock

1972 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Toulouse Street ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● Jim Croce —— Life And Times ► Folk-Pop

1973 ● Golden Earring —— Moontan ► Hard Rock

1975 ● Trooper —— Trooper ► Hard Rock

1987 ● Rory Gallagher —— Defender ► Blues-Rock

1996 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Southern Knights ► Southern Rock

2010 ● Trooper —— Hits From Ten Albums ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd



1962 Jimi Hendrix was honorably discharged from the 101st Airborne Paratroopers, after breaking his ankle during his 26th and final parachute jump.

1991 Axl Rose caused a riot to break out during a Guns N' Roses gig after leaping into the crowd to remove a camera from a fan at the Riverpoint Amphitheater, Maryland Heights. Over 50 people were injured and 15 fans were arrested.


source: thisdayinmusic