This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: September 2nd



1972 The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was held over three days on Bull Island, near Griffin, Indiana. The Promoters expected over 50,000 music fans, and over 200,000 attended the festival. Many bands pulled out as the festival drifted steadily into anarchy. Bands that did appear included Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, Black Oak Arkansas, Cheech and Chong, Foghat, Albert King, Brownsville Station, Canned heat, Flash, Ravi Shankar, Rory Gallagher, Lee Michaels and Frosty, the Eagles, The Amboy Dukes, and Gentle Giant. Three concert goers drowned in the Wabash River and as the festival ended, the remnants of the crowd burned down the music stand.

2012 Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist with Starship died of a heart attack aged 46. He collapsed following a concert in the US state of Nebraska where Starship had opened for fellow bands Survivor and Boston.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 2nd


A few albums that was released....

1977 ● Van Der Graaf —— The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome ► Prog Rock

1977 ● Thin Lizzy —— Bad Reputation ► Hard Rock

1983 ● The Moody Blues —— The Present ► Prog Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 3rd



1945 Mike Harrison (lead singer of Spooky Tooth) is born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Known for the 1969 song "Better By You, Better Than Me," later covered by Judas Priest.

1945 George Biondo (bass guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1947 Eric Bell (original guitarist for Thin Lizzy) is born in East Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1948 ****** Brewer (drummer and co-lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad) is born in Flint, Michigan.




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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 3rd


1970 Alan Wilson guitarist and songwriter with Canned Heat was found dead at fellow band-members Bob Hite's garden in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles aged 27. With Canned Heat, Wilson performed at two prominent concerts of the 1960s era, The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. Canned Heat appeared in the film Woodstock, and the band's 'Going Up the Country,' which Wilson sang, has been referred to as the festival's unofficial theme song. Wilson also wrote 'On the Road Again,' arguably Canned Heat's second-most familiar song.


1982 The three day US Festival in San Bernardino, California took place featuring, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, The Cars, Talking Heads, The Kinks, Ramones, B52's, The English Beat, Gang Of Four, Grateful Dead, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne. Apple Computers founder Steven Wozniak bankrolled the festival.

2010 Mike Edwards a founding member of ELO was killed in a freak accident when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van. The 62 year-old cellist died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road. Edwards played cello with ELO, the seven-piece band led by Jeff Lynne, from their first live gig in 1972 until he left in January 1975. He quit the band in 1975 to become a Buddhist, changing his name to Deva Pramada and making his living by teaching the cello.

2017 Walter Becker, co-founder and guitarist for the US band Steely Dan died aged 67. Steely Dan - named after a s-e-x toy in the book N-a-k-e-d- Lunch by William Burroughs - released its first album Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972 and had the 1973 US No.11 single 'Reeling In The Years' and nine other US Top 30 hits. Steely Dan's 'Two Against Nature' won a Grammy in 2001 for Album of the year. Becker had produced records for Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 3rd


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Future Games ► Blues-Rock

1984 ● Iron Maiden —— Powerslave ► Heavy Metal

1990 ● Judas Priest —— Painkiller ► Heavy Metal

1991 ● Rush —— Roll The Bones ► Arena Rock

2007 ● Yes —— Live At Montreux 2003 ► Prog Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 4th


1944 Gene Parsons (multi-instrumentalist for The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers) is born in Morongo Valley in California's Mojave Desert.

1970 The Rolling Stones release Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 4th


1965 The Who had their van stolen containing over £5000 worth of equipment outside the Battersea Dogs Home. The band were inside the home at the time buying a guard dog. The van was later recovered.

2000 American bassist David Brown died due to liver and kidney failure. He was the primary bass player with Santana from 1966 until 1971 and played in Santana at Woodstock and at Altamont festival in 1969 and on the band's first three studio albums.


Born on this day....

1946 Gary Duncan guitar, US acid rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service.

1951 Martin Chambers, drummer with English-American rock band The Pretenders, who had the 1980 UK No.1 single with ‘Brass In Pocket’ and the 1983 US No.5 single, 'Back On The Chain Gang'.

1971 Ty Longley, guitarist, singer, Great White. Had the 1989 hit with a cover of Ian Hunter's 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'. Longley died on 20th February 2003 along with 100 fans after pyrotechnics ignited a club during a Great White gig in West Warwick, Rhode Island.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 4th


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Trooper —— Flying Colors ► Hard Rock

1981 ● Meat Loaf —— Dead Ringer ► Arena Rock

1982 ● The Who —— It’s Hard ► British Rock

1990 ● Rush —— Chronicles ► Arena Rock

2001 ● April Wine —— Back To The Mansion ► Arena Rock

2015 ● Iron Maiden —— The Book Of Souls ► Heavy Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 5th


1946 Rock drummer Buddy Miles (of The Electric Flag and Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys) is born George Allen Miles Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. His grandmother calls him "Buddy" after jazz drummer Buddy Rich.

1946 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar (a set of islands off the coast of Africa).

1949 Rock guitarist Dave "Clem" Clempson (of Humble Pie) is born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.



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