This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 21st


1967 - It was the Summer of Love: There was a free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park celebrating the Summer Solstice. The Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service all performed.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 21st


1973 The Soft Rock group Bread, led by David Gates, give their final concert in Salt Lake City. A truck accident earlier in the day had destroyed the band's equipment, so they had to play with borrowed instruments and amps.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 21st


A few albums that was released...


1968 ● John Mayall —— Bare Wires ► Blues-Rock

1969 ● Deep Purple —— Deep Purple ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— Daylight Again ► Folk-Rock

1985 ● Mötley Crüe —— Theatre Of Pain ► Heavy Metal

1994 ● John Mellencamp —— Dance Naked ► Roots Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 22nd


1948 Todd Rundgren is born outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the '70s, he becomes a top solo artist and one of the most celebrated producers in music, with Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell his biggest commercial success.

1957 INXS bass player Garry Beers is born in Manly, New South Wales, Australia.

1988 Robert Palmer releases "Simply Irresistible" in his native UK, where it peaks at #44. It fares much better in the US, where it lands at #2.

1990 Billy Joel becomes the first rock act to play at Yankee Stadium when he performs at the first of two sellout shows.

2018 Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul dies at 54.



source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 22nd


1971 The second Glastonbury Festival in England took place. Held over 5 days to coincide with the summer solstice, (the weather was, for a British 'summer' very good). Acts who appeared included: Melanie, Quintessence, David Bowie, The Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies, Terry Reid - with David Lyndley and Linda Lewis, Gong, Hawkwind, Arthur Brown, Brinsley Schwarz, Fairport Convention, Family and Traffic. Over 7,000 fans attended the event.

1971 Joni Mitchell released her fourth studio album Blue. The album is now generally regarded by music critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In July 2017, Blue was chosen by NPR as the greatest album of all time made by a woman.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 22nd


1998 - The Metallica single "Fuel" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 22nd


A few albums that was released....


1988 ● Robert Palmer —— Heavy Nova ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1998 ● Genesis —— Genesis Archive 1967-75 ► Prog Rock

2004 ● Heart —— Jupiters Darling ► Album Rock

2004 ● Motörhead —— Inferno ► Heavy Metal

2010 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Live From Freedom Hall ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 23rd


1965 Motown Records releases "Tracks Of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles. The song was written by the group, based on a riff that Miracles guitarist Marv Tarplin had come up with. Their version would reach number 16 on the US Pop charts, while Johnny Rivers' rendition would reach number 10 two years later.

1979 Supertramp's album, "Breakfast in America" rose to the top of the US album chart on the strength of three hit singles, "The Logical Song" (#6), "Goodbye Stranger" (#15), and "Take the Long Way Home" (#10). The LP would win two Grammys and sell in excess of 18 million copies worldwide.

1990 Actor Gary Busey, who played Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story, pays $237,419 for one of Holly's acoustic guitars at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The guitar came in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 23rd


1975, During his Welcome To My Nightmare tour in Vancouver, Canada, Alice Cooper fell from the stage and broke six ribs.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 23rd


1965 - The Kinks played a show in Springfield, Illinois that they later learned was organized by John Wayne Gacy, who later became a notorious serial killer.

1980 The Rolling Stones release Emotional Rescue.


source: thecurrent