This Day In Rock History

[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.

1978 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 Rock History: March 18th


2011 Terence "Jet" Harris, bass guitarist for The Shadows, died from throat cancer at the age of 71. Jet played on the hit "Apache" and during their days as Cliff Richard's backing band, performed on the chart-topper "Living Doll". In 1962 he left the group and had solo hits with "Besame Mucho" and "The Man With The Golden Arm".


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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.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th



1974 Jefferson Airplane changes their name to Jefferson Starship. The new line-up includes Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, drummer Johnny Barbata, David Freiberg, Peter Kaukonen, Cragi Chaquico and 56 year old violinist, Papa John Creach.

1976 Former Free guitarist, 26 year old Paul Kossoff died of heart failure while on a flight across the US. He had been troubled with heart disease most of his life. Free is most often remembered for their hit, "All Right Now". Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to form Bad Company with Free drummer Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell (from King Crimson) and Mick Ralphs (of Mott the Hoople).

2015 Michael Brown, keyboardist for The Left Banke, died of heart failure at the age of 65. Brown co-wrote the band's 1966, #14 hit "Walk Away Renee" and composed the follow-up, "Pretty Ballerina", which rose to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100.


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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 h.e.r.o.i.n. overdose at age 24. Members of the band go on to form Pearl Jam.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th



1971: Jethro Tull released Aqualung, which went on to become their most successful album selling three million copies in the U.S. alone.

Birthdays:
Billy Sheehan-bassist for Mr. Big, David Lee Roth & Steve Vai born in 1953

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 19th


A few albums that was released....



1974 ● Cat Stevens —— Buddha And The Chocolate Box ► Folk-Pop

1975 ● America —— Hearts ► Folk-Rock

1976 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Takin’ It To The Streets ► Pop-Rock

1987 ● Ozzy Osbourne And Randy Rhoads —— Tribute ► Hard Rock

1990 ● Robert Plant —— Manic Nirvana ► Hard Rock

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 20th


1977 T-Rex played their farewell gig when they appeared at The Locarno in Portsmouth, England. As pioneers of Glam Rock, the band placed eleven singles in the British Top Ten between 1970 and 1973.

2020 Kenny Rogers, the Country/Pop superstar who placed 28 songs on the Billboard Top 40 chart between 1968 and 2000, died of natural causes at the age of 81. During the course of his career, Rogers achieved 30 number one singles on the Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary charts. He also won three Grammys, six CMA awards, and eight ACM awards, along with inclusion in the Country Music Hall of Fame

source: classicbands