This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: December 25th


1944 Henry Vestine aka The Sunflower (guitarist for Canned Heat) is born in Takoma Park, Maryland.

1945 Noel Redding (bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience) is born David Noel Redding in Folkestone, Kent, England.

1948 Merry Clayton (named for Christmas) is born in New Orleans. A backup singer by trade, she is most famous for her incendiary vocal alongside Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter." She would later appear on the Coldplay song "Up & Up."

1969 16-year-old Robbie Bachman of Winnipeg, Canada, receives his first drum kit for Christmas and begins to play along with his older brother, guitarist Randy. Just three years later, Randy asks him to join his new band, named Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 25th


A few albums that was released....



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 26th


1946 Bob Carpenter (keyboardist, accordionist for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1951 Paul Quinn (guitarist for Saxon) is born in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1963 Lars Ulrich (drummer for Metallica) is born in Gentofte, Denmark. He becomes interested in music after seeing Deep Purple in concert at age 9.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 26th


A few albums that was released....


1980 ● Warren Zevon —— Stand In The Fire ► Pop-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 27th


1983 Walter Scott lead singer of Bob Kuban & The In-Men, who scored a 1966 US hit with ‘The Cheater’, was seen alive for the last time. On April 10th, 1987, his badly decomposed, bound body was found floating face down in a cistern, he’d been shot in the back. Scott's second wife, Jo Ann Calceterra, pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution in his murder and received a five-year sentence. Her boyfriend (whom she married in 1986), James H. Williams Sr. was found guilty of two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Walter Scott as well as his previous wife, Sharon Williams. James Williams received two life terms.

2008 Singer, songwriter, guitarist, Delaney Bramlett died in Los Angeles from complications after gall bladder surgery. Was a member of Delaney, Bonnie & Friends and worked with George Harrison, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, J.J. Cale, and Eric Clapton.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 27th


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

1941 Les Maguire (pianist for Gerry and the Pacemakers) is born in Wallasey, Cheshire, 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: December 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

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 28th


1968 The three day Miami Pop festival took place, the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the US, with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 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.

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: December 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: December 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