This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 5th


1972 The first day of the three day Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England, with Grateful Dead, Dr John, Donovan, The Kinks, Captain Beefheart, Hawkwind, America, Family, Country Joe MacDonald, Wishbone Ash, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Brinsley Schwarz and the Flamin Groovies.

2015 American rock bassist Craig Gruber died of prostate cancer in Florida aged 63. He is best known as the original bassist in Rainbow and also played in Elf with vocalist Ronnie James Dio and worked with guitarist Gary Moore.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 5th


1973, At Tampa Stadium in Florida, 56,800 Led Zeppelin fans see Led Zeppelin. The band grossed $309,000. At the time the show set a record for the largest paying crowd at an American rock concert. The band played for two and a half hours without an intermission. Tickets were $5.00.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 5th


1948 Bill Ward (drummer for Black Sabbath) is born in Aston, Birmingham, England.

1959 Ian McCulloch (frontman for Echo & The Bunnymen) is born in Liverpool, England.

1962 Kevin Mooney (bass player for Adam & The Ants) is born in Greenwich, London, England.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 5th


1969 - The Beatles single "Get Back" had its U.S. release. In 1980, John Lennon claimed, "There's some underlying thing about Yoko in there," suggesting that Paul McCartney looked at Yoko Ono in the studio every time he sang, "Get back to where you once belonged."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 5th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● The Rascals —— Peaceful World ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1975 ● The James Gang —— Newborn ► Blues-Rock

1978 ● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Stranger In Town ► Heartland Rock

1981 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Hard Promises ► Album Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 6th


2009 Donald "Ean" Evans, the bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, died of cancer at the age of 48. He joined the band in 2001 following the passing of Leon Wilkeson and remained with them until his death.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 6th


1942 Colin Earl (pianist for Foghat, Mungo Jerry) is born Hampton Court, London, England.

1945 Bob Seger is born in Lincoln Park, Michigan.

1951 Guitarist Davey Johnstone, a longtime member of Elton John's band, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1967 Mark Bryan (lead guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish) is born in Silver Spring, Maryland.

1971 Chris Shiflett (lead guitarist for Foo Fighters) is born in Santa Barbara, California.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 6th



1972 The Tyrannosaurus Rex double album 'Prophets, Seers And Sages And The Angels Of The Ages / My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now Their Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows' went to No.1 in the UK. The longest title of an album ever at the time!

2002 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen was voted the UK's favourite single of all time in a poll by the Guinness Hit Singles book. 'Imagine' by John Lennon was voted in at No.2 and ‘Hey Jude’, The Beatles No.3, 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA was fourth and Madonna 'Like A Prayer' was in fifth place.

2020 English rock singer Brian Howe died of cardiac arrest age 66. He is best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 6th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Poco —— Poco ► Country-Rock

1982 ● Camel —— The Single Factor ► Prog Rock

1997 ● Rush —— Retrospective I ► Prog/Art Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 7th


1978 - Bob Dylan sold 90,000 tickets in less than eight hours for upcoming concerts at London's Wembley Empire Pool.


source: onthisday