This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 28th



1943 Nick St. Nicholas (of Steppenwolf) is born Klaus Karl Kassbaum is born in Plön, Germany. Nick's family will flee to Toronto, Canada, after his father's involvement in Operation Valkyrie, the failed mission to overthrow Adolf Hitler, makes his dad an assassination target.

1954 George Lynch (guitarist for Dokken) is born in Spokane, Washington, but will be raised in Auburn, California.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 28th


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● Slade —— Sladest ► Glam Rock

1973 ● Status Quo —— Hello! ► British Rock

1978 ● Black Sabbath —— Never Say Die! ► Hard Rock

1983 ● Alice Cooper —— DaDa ► Art Rock

1999 ● ZZ Top —— XXX ► Blues-Rock

2009 ● Slade —— Live At The BBC ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 29th



1948 Mark Farner (lead singer/guitarist for Grand Funk) is born in Flint, Michigan.

1948 Guitarist Mike Pinera (of Iron Butterfly) is born in Tampa, Florida.

1968 Bassist Brad Smith (of Blind Melon) is born in West Point, Mississippi.

2020 Helen Reddy, whose hit "I Am Woman" soundtracked the women's rights movement in the '70s, dies at 78.

2020 Mac Davis, who wrote the Elvis Presley hits "A Little Less Conversation" and "In The Ghetto," dies at 78.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 29th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Rush —— All The World’s A Stage ► Arena Rock

1986 ● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere In Time ► Heavy Metal

1986 ● Chicago —— Chicago 18 ► Jazz-Rock

1992 ● Alice In Chains —— Dirt ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal

1997 ● The Rolling Stones —— Bridges To Babylon ► Blues-Rock

1998 ● Judas Priest —— 98 Live Meltdown ► Heavy Metal

2009 ● Alice In Chains —— Black Gives Way To Blue ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal

2009 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— God & Guns ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 30th



1940 Dewey Martin (drummer for Buffalo Springfield) is born Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada.

1947 Marc Bolan (frontman for T. Rex) is born Mark Feld in Stoke Newington, London, England.

1982 Bruce Springsteen releases Nebraska, an album made up of tunes Bruce recorded on a 4-track tape machine in his home studio.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 30th


2016 A schoolboy from Philadelphia who skipped class to meet his musical hero handed his teacher an absence note with a difference. The typewritten note was signed by Bruce Springsteen. Fifth-grader Michael Fenerty met the star at a "meet-and-greet" in the Free Library of Philadelphia when Springsteen was in town signing copies of his new autobiography, Born to Run.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 30th


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Rare Earth —— Get Ready ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1978 ● Gary Moore —— Back On The Streets ► Roots Rock (Irish)

1985 ● Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble —— Soul To Soul ► Blues-Rock

1997 ● Patti Smith —— Peace And Noise ► Heartland Rock

2002 ● The Rolling Stones —— Forty Licks ► Blues-Rock

2013 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Unvarnished ► Hard Rock

2013 ● Rush —— The Studio Albums 1989-2007 ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1965 Bob Dylan appears at Carnegie Hall in New York and introduces his new touring band made up of guitarist Robbie Robertson, organist Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They will become known simply as The Band.

2018 Peggy Sue Gerron, the woman who inspired Buddy Holly's 1957 #3 hit, "Peggy Sue", passed away at the age of 78. Holly had originally wrote the tune as "Cindy Lou", but his drummer, Jerry Allison persuaded him to change the title to that of his girlfriend. Gerron and Allison were eventually married, but divorced in 1964.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1945 Soul singer Donny Hathaway is born in Chicago, Illinois, but is be raised by his grandmother in St. Louis, Missouri.

1947 Martin Turner (bassist/lead vocalist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Torquay, Devon, England.

1947 Mariska Veres (lead singer for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1948 Brownsville Station frontman Michael "Cub" Koda is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes the group's 1973 hit "Smokin' in the Boy's Room," which is later covered by Motley Crue.

2004 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) dies of a heart attack in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.

2011 After 28 years and two children together, Gene Simmons (62) and Shannon Tweed (54) finally get married. Their wedding song is "At Last," sung by their daughter Sophie.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1975 39 year old Al Jackson, drummer for Booker T. And The MGs, was shot and killed by a burglar at his home. His wife was questioned about the killing because she was arrested in July for shooting her husband in the chest during a domestic dispute. He wasn't badly hurt and the charges were dismissed when his wife claimed self-defense. Jackson had returned home to what police described as a botched robbery attempt. According to Jackson's wife, an intruder made her answer the door and then threw her husband to the floor demanding money. Jackson was forced to lie face down and then was shot in the back five times. The identity of the culprit remains a mystery. Booker T had backed such artists as Otis Redding, Al Green and Sam and Dave.


source: thisdayinmusic