This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 16th


2017 Blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter James Cotton died from pneumonia aged 81. Cotton worked in Howlin' Wolf's band in the early 1950s. In 1955, he was recruited by Muddy Waters to come to Chicago and join his band. In 2006, Cotton was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 16th


A few albums that was released....

1973 ● T. Rex —— Tanx ► Glam Rock

1978 ● REO Speedwagon —— You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish ► Arena Rock

1981 ● The Who —— Face Dances ► British Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 17th


1951 Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy, Supertramp) is born in Glendale, California.

1958 "Tequila" by The Champs hits #1 in America, becoming one of the most popular saxophone instrumentals of all time.

1990 Ric Grech, bass player in Traffic and Blind Faith, dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 43.

2010 Big Star lead singer Alex Chilton dies of a heart attack at age 59. Three days later, the group's scheduled performance at SXSW is turned into a tribute to Chilton.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 17th


Born on this day:

1941 American guitarist, singer and songwriter Paul Kantner from Jefferson Airplane. He was known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, the leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship. With Jefferson Airplane, Kantner was among the performers at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 and the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74 on Jan 28, 2016 due to multiple organ failure and septic shock after he suffered a heart attack days earlier.


1944 American singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist, and autoharpist, John Sebastian who is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful. They had the 1966 UK No.2 single 'Daydream', and 1966 US No.1 single 'Summer in The City' and Sebastian scored the solo 1976 US No.1 single 'Welcome Back'. In August 1969, Sebastian made a memorable, albeit unscheduled appearance at Woodstock. He was not on the performance bill and traveled to the festival as a spectator, but he was asked to appear when the organisers suddenly needed an acoustic performer after a rain break.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 17th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● Grateful Dead —— The Grateful Dead ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO)

1969 ● The Rascals —— Freedom Suite ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1979 ● Bad Company —— Desolation Angels ► Hard Rock

1990 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Just Say Ozzy ► Hard Rock

1992 ● Twisted Sister —— Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister ► Hair Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 18th



1950 John Hartman (original drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Falls Church, Virginia.

1963 Jeff LaBar (guitarist for Cinderella) is born in Darby, Pennsylvania.

1966 Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell is born in Tacoma, Washington.

1972 Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold," with backing vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, goes to #1 in the US.

1978 Cal Jam II takes place at Ontario Motor Speedway outside of Los Angeles. The largest festival of the late '70s, performers include Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Foreigner, Santana and Heart. An estimated 350,000 fans attend; the Los Angeles Times reports that 700 of them were treated for overdoses of Angel Dust.

2014 Joe Lala (drummer for The Blues Image) dies of lung cancer at age 66.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 18th


2001 American singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of heart failure aged 65. His first band, The Journeymen, were a folk trio, Mamas and The Papas had the US No.1 'Monday, Monday'. Phillips was married to Michelle Gilliam, they had one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the 1990s pop trio Wilson Phillips. His second solo album was released on Rolling Stones records and featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood.


2017 Chuck Berry died aged 90. The American guitarist, singer and songwriter was one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as 'Maybellene' (1955), 'Roll Over Beethoven' (1956), 'Rock and Roll Music' (1957) and 'Johnny B. Goode' (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 18th


A few albums that was released....


1978 ● Big Star —— Third/Sister Lovers ► Pop-Rock

1997 ● Aerosmith —— Nine Lives ► Hard Rock

2003 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Hittin’ The Note ► Southern Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1982 Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and former Quiet Riot member Randy Rhoads was killed when the plane he was riding in crashed. After driving much of the night, the band had stopped near a small airstrip. The tour bus driver, Andrew Aycock, talked the band's keyboardist, Don Airey, into taking a test flight in a '55 Beechcraft Bonanza, the joyride ended, and the plane landed safely. Then Aycock took Rhoads and Rachel Youngblood on another flight and attempts were made to 'buzz' the tour bus. The left wing clipped the bus, which sent the plane spiralling into a nearby house and bursting into flames. All three bodies were burned beyond recognition, and were identified by dental records.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1946 Paul Atkinson (guitarist for The Zombies) is born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England.

1951 Derek Longmuir (drummer for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1975 Kiss release their third studio album, Dressed to Kill.

1990 Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone, dies of a ****** overdose at age 24. Members of the band go on to form Pearl Jam.


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