This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 13th



1971 Brewer and Shipley entered the US singles chart with 'One Toke Over The Line'. The song, which featured Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia on steel guitar, peaked at No.10 despite being banned by 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.'

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 13th


A few albums that was released....


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

2001 ● Eric Clapton —— Reptile ► Blues-Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 14th


1933 Quincy Jones is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1943 Jim Pons (bassist for The Turtles, Mothers Of Invention) is born in Santa Monica, California.

1945 Walter Parazaider (of Chicago) is born in Maywood, Illinois.

1969 Michael Bland (drummer for Prince, Soul Asylum) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 14th


2011 Ronnie Hammond, the lead singer of The Atlanta Rhythm Section, died of heart failure at the age of 60. He led the band to two Billboard Top Ten hits, 'So Into You' in 1977 and 'Imaginary Lover' in 1978.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 14th


A few albums that was released....


1980 ● Def Leppard —— On Through The Night ► Hard Rock

2000 ● Poison —— Crack A Smile…And More! ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal

2000 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— All Time Greatest Hits ► Southern Rock

2006 ● Black Sabbath —— Greatest Hits 1970-1978 ► Hard Rock

2011 ● Queen —— Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973-1976) ► Glam Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 15th


1940 Phil Lesh (bass guitarist for The Grateful Dead) is born in Berkeley, California.

1943 Sly Stone (frontman for Sly & the Family Stone) is born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas.

1955 Dee Snider (lead singer of Twisted Sister) is born in Astoria, Queens, New York.

1963 Bret Michaels (lead singer of Poison) is born Bret Michael Sychak in Butler, Pennsylvania.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 15th


2015 Mike Porcaro bassist with Toto died following a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was the middle brother of Toto members Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro. Toto who formed in 1978 are best known for such classic rock hits as 'Hold the Line,' 'Rosanna' and 'Africa' and won an Album of the Year Grammy for 1982's Toto IV.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 15th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Kiss —— Destroyer ► Hard Rock

1977 ● The Band —— Islands ► Folk-Rock

1994 ● Sammy Hagar —— Unboxed ► Hard Rock

1994 ● Mötley Crüe —— Mötley Crüe ► Heavy Metal

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 16th



1970 Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumour at the age of 24. She had collapsed onstage on October 14, 1967 into Marvin Gaye's arms during a concert in Hampton, Virginia. Initially Terrell recorded solo, but from 1967 onwards she recorded a series of duets with Marvin Gaye, including the 1967 US No.5 'Your Precious Love' and the 1968, ‘Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing’. Marvin Gaye reacted to her death by taking a four year hiatus from concert performance and went into self-isolation.

2015 Andy Fraser songwriter and bass guitarist with Free died of a heart attack caused by Atherosclerosis in California aged 62. The London-born musician became a founding member of the British group when he was just 15 and went on to write most of the material with lead singer Paul Rodgers, including Free's 1970 hit 'All Right Now', 'My Brother Jake' and 'The Stealer'. Fraser also penned 'Every Kinda People', a hit for Robert Palmer as well as songs for Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Rod Stewart and Paul Young.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 16th



2005 Jakson Spires, drummer and founding member of Blackfoot, died at the age of 53 after suffering a brain aneurysm. The band reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August, 1979 with "Highway Song".

source: classicbands