This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1978: The first Texxas Jam took place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Aerosmith & Ted Nugent were the headliners on a bill that also included Van Halen, Heart, Journey, Eddie Money, Cheech & Chong & Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush. Ted Nugent passed out during his set due to excessive heat.

source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 4th


A few albums that was released....


1983 ● Yazoo —— You And Me Both ► Synth-Pop

1995 ● Brother Cane —— Seeds ► Hard Rock

1995 ● Foo Fighters —— Foo Fighters ► Grunge Rock

1999 ● Underoath —— Act Of Depression ► Heavy Metal/Christian Metal

2005 ● Alice Cooper —— Dirty Diamonds ► Hard Rock

2006 ● Johnny Cash —— American V: A Hundred Highways ► Trad Country/Americana

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


1975 Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Steve Miller and Roy Harper all appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England, tickets cost £3.50. Pink Floyd premiered their new album Wish You Were Here with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage.

1995 More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.

2003 Johnny Cash made his last ever live performance when he appeared at the Carter Ranch. Before singing "Ring of Fire", Cash read a statement about his late wife that he had written shortly before taking the stage: “The spirit of June Carter overshadows me tonight with the love she had for me and the love I have for her. We connect somewhere between here and heaven. She came down for a short visit, I guess, from heaven to visit with me tonight to give me courage and inspiration like she always has.” Cash died on Sept 12th of this year.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 5th



1943 Robbie Robertson (lead guitarist for The Band) is born Jaime Royal Robertson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1950 Michael Monarch (original lead guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1950 Huey Lewis is born Hugh Anthony Cregg III in New York City. He forms Huey Lewis and the News in San Francisco.

1969 The Who release "I'm Free."

1992 Helix guitarist Paul Hackman, age 38, is killed after a concert in Vancouver when the band's van rolls down a 40-foot embankment and throws him from the vehicle.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows ► Psychedelic Folk

1993 ● U2 —— Zooropa ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1994 ● Hootie & The Blowfish —— Cracked Rear View ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● The Who —— Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B ► British Rock

2005 ● Iron Maiden —— The Essential Iron Maiden ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th



1968 Woburn Music Festival, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire took place. A two-day affair featuring Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, Family, Taste, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett and Tyrannosaurus Rex, two-day tickets were priced at £2.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1945 Rik Elswit (lead guitarist for Dr. Hook) is born in California.

1949 Mike Shrieve (drummer for Santana) is born in San Francisco, California.

2003 Skip Battin (bassist for The Byrds, NRPS, Flying Burrito Brothers) dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 69.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 6th


A few albums that was released....

1972 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Trilogy ► Prog Rock

1981 ● Pat Benatar —— Precious Time ► Hard Rock

1985 ● Heart —— Heart ► Album Rock

1986 ● Quiet Riot —— QR III ► Heavy Metal

1987 ● Grateful Dead —— In The Dark ► Pop-Rock

1993 ● Todd Rundgren —— No World Order ► Art Rock

1999 ● Dokken —— The Very Best Of Dokken ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 7th



2006 Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes aged 60. The singer, songwriter, guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. Barrett released two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 7th


1941 Jim Rodford (bass guitarist for Argent, The Kinks) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

1944 Warren Entner (guitarist for The Grass Roots) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1977 Styx tie in with the date (7-7-77) by releasing their 7th album, The Grand Illusion.

source: calendarsongfacts