This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1987 - While on a plane en route from Miami to Boston, Ozzy Osbourne bought three rounds of drinks for everyone on the plane and sang "Crazy Train" over the PA system.

1990 - Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose married girlfriend Erin Everly, daughter of The Everly Brothers' Don Everly at the Cupid Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Their marriage was annulled in January 1991.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 28th


1980, Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injures from a jeep car crash in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. The thirty year-old was an original member of the band, and composed several of their songs and played bass, percussion, guitar, and contributed backup vocals.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: April 28th


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Chicago —— Chicago Transit Authority ► Jazz-Rock

1970 ● Smokey Robinson & The Miracles —— What Love Has…Joined Together ► Soul – Motown

1980 ● Alice Cooper —— Flush The Fashion ► Hard Rock

1980 ● Grateful Dead —— Go To Heaven ► Pop-Rock

1982 ● Marshall Crenshaw —— Marshall Crenshaw ► Power Pop

1997 ● Stratovarius —— Visions ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal

1998 ● Stevie Nicks —— Enchanted: The Works Of Stevie Nicks ► Pop-Rock

1998 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Live At The Fillmore East ► Psychedelic Rock

2009 ● The Black Crowes —— Warpaint Live ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 29th


1938 Klaus Voorman, bassist for Manfred Mann, is born. Voorman is better known as the artist who designed the cover for The Beatles “Revolver” album. A friend of The Beatles during their Hamburg residency, Voorman later joins the Plastic Ono Band and backs John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

1947 Tommy James (Thomas Gregory Jackson) is born in Dayton, OH. He is the leader of the Shondells who eventually become Tommy James & The Shondells.

2008 Mudcrutch's self-titled debut is out. The band is Tom Petty's pre-Heartbreakers unit. The album "has an edgy Country-Rock feel," says Petty.

source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 29th


2014 Atlanta Rhythm Section bassist Paul Goddard died of cancer at age 68.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 29th


1947 Rock drummer Joel Larson (of The Grass Roots) is born in San Francisco, California.

1968 Carnie Wilson (of Wilson Phillips) is born in Bel Air, California, to The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and his first wife, Marilyn Rovell.

1997 Lynyrd Skynyrd release the album Twenty, which is titled after the fact that it's being released 20 years after the plane crash that claimed the lives of three band members. It's their ninth studio album.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: April 29th


Willie Hugh Nelson was born on this day in 1933, making him 91 today. One of the most popular country figures of all time — especially in the "outlaw country" subgenre — he has released 100 studio albums (consisting of 74 solo studio albums and 26 collaborative studio albums), 14 live albums, 51 compilation albums, and 41 video albums. He has acted in more than 30 films, and he is widely known for his activism and political views — mainly supporting the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. He has won many, many awards in his lifetime; he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998. He's still going strong. He’s on the new Beyoncé album, and is set to play the Outlaw Music Festival at Somerset Amphitheater on Sept. 6.

1993 Mick Ronson died of cancer in England. The guitarist was David Bowie's right-hand man during the Ziggy Stardust days and had also worked with Ian Hunter, Bob Dylan and Morrissey.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 29th


1967 The 14-hour Technicolour Dream benefit party for The International Times was held at Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill in London. Seeing the event mentioned on TV, John Lennon called his driver and went to the show. Coincidentally, Yoko Ono was one of the performers. More than thirty acts appeared included The Move, The Pretty Things, Soft Machine, Tomorrow, The Flies, The Creation, Arthur Brown, and The Graham Bond Organisation. All the bands played for free. Members of Pink Floyd drove all night from an gig in The Netherlands arriving at 3 AM, and taking the stage at dawn. The entire event was documented by BBC Television.

1976 After a gig in Memphis, Bruce Springsteen took a cab to Elvis Presley’s Graceland home and proceeded to climb over the wall. A guard took him to be another crank fan and apprehended him.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 29th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● The Turtles —— Happy Together ► Pop-Rock

1977 ● Alice Cooper —— Lace And Whiskey ► Ballad

1981 ● Van Halen —— Fair Warning ► Hard Rock

1996 ● Black Sabbath —— The Sabbath Stones ► Hard Rock

1997 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Twenty ► Southern Rock

2001 ● Prince —— Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic ► Dance-Pop

2008 ● Kansas —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Kansas ► Prog/Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 30th


1970 Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager for the Allman Brothers Band, was arrested for murder after he stabbed a club manager during an argument over a contract. At the ensuing trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at the time of the incident and that touring with the Allman Brothers would drive anyone insane. Incredibly, Lyndon was acquitted.

1983 Blues guitarist Muddy Waters, born McKinley Morganfield, died of a heart attack at the age of 68. He is considered "the father of modern Chicago Blues" and was a major inspiration for the British Blues explosion in the 1960s. He has been ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time


source: classicbands