This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at Mile High Stadium in Denver in what was to be their final gig together. The group formed in Westminster, London, in September 1966. They released three studio albums - Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold as Love (1967) and Electric Ladyland (1968), all featured in the top 100 of the Rolling Stone list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", at positions 15, 82 and 54 respectively. In 1992, the Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2000 - The casket holding Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt is stolen from its mausoleum in Jacksonville, Florida, but left after vandals are unable to open it. The ashes of Steve Gaines, the band's guitarist who died in the same plane crash that killed Van Zandt, are spilled from his urn, which is also stolen.


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This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1968 A free concert was held in London's Hyde Park with Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Roy Harper. This afternoon concert was the first free festival to be held in Hyde Park. The concert was held to coincide with the release of Pink Floyd's second album, A Saucerful of Secrets.

1979 American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lowell George died of a heart attack. The Little Feat front man was found dead at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. George joined Zappa's Mothers of Invention as rhythm guitarist in 1968, played guitar on John Cale's 1973 album Paris 1919, Harry Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson album and Jackson Browne's The Pretender.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1973 Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple at the conclusion of their show in Osaka, Japan. Graham Bonnet will briefly take his place before David Coverdale comes on board.

2019 Gary Duncan, guitarist and vocalist for the influential San Francisco Psychedelic Rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service, passed away at the age of 72. Never known for hit singles, the band still placed eight albums on the Billboard 200 between 1968 and 1975.

2021 Former Uriah Heep vocalist John Lawton passed away at the age of 74. Lawton joined the band in 1976, replacing original lead singer David Byron just as the band was working on its 10th album, "Firefly". A year later, the LP "Innocent Victim" would produce the huge, international hit, "Free Me". Though Lawton would leave the band in 1979, he remained on good terms with his former bandmates.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1948: Deep Purple drummer and only member who has played in every lineup since their debut in 1968, Ian Paice, was born in Nottingham, England. He's considered to be one of the greatest drummers in rock history and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a Deep Purple member in 2016.

1974: Neil Peart officially joined Rush, replacing John Rutsey as the band's drummer. This kicked off the band's rise to stardom, with their legacy cemented by their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2013.


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Music History Today Podcast June 29

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 29th


A few albums that was released....

1999 ● Styx —— Brave New World ► Prog/Art Rock

1999 ● Mötley Crüe —— Supersonic And Demonic Reloics ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969 – 1999 ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Rush —— Feedback ► Prog/Art Rock



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