This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 19th


1974, The Ozark Music Festival was held over three days on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. One of the largest music festivals ever held, some estimates have put the crowd count at 350,000 people. Acts who appeared included, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Blue Öyster Cult, The Eagles, America, Marshall Tucker Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Boz Scaggs, Ted Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Electric Flag, Joe Walsh, Aerosmith and Spirit.

1976, Deep Purple split up at the end of an UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic line up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy Bolin put together his own band, (but would die before the end of the year).

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 19th


1969 - The Spencer Davis group broke up.

1975 - Orleans' "Dance With Me" was released.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 19th



1947 Brian May (lead guitarist for Queen) is born in Hampton, Middlesex, England.

1947 Bernie Leadon (guitarist, vocalist for Eagles) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1948 Keith Godchaux (keyboardist for Grateful Dead throughout the '70s) is born in Seattle, Washington, but will grow up in Concord, California.

1952 Allen Collins (guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born Larkin Allen Collins Jr. in Jacksonville, Florida.

1965 The Beatles release "Help!" b/w "I'm Down."

1994 The Rolling Stones release Voodoo Lounge.

2013 Pearl Jam play a sold-out show at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the first American stop touring behind their 10th studio album, Lightning Bolt. Seven songs in, the show is delayed by... lightning. After midnight, the band returns to the stage and plays a rousing set, as the place is still packed.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 19th


1944 - Commander Cody (George Frayne), leader of Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, is born. The group's claim to fame is the '72 hit "Hot Rod Lincoln."

1969 - The Rolling Stones release one of their biggest hits "Honky Tonk Women." The song is nearly banned due to lyrical content but a quick thinking promo guy claims Jagger sang "played a divorcee" not "laid a divorcee."

2001 - Original Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Leon Wilkenson becomes a free bird (passes away). Wilkenson, 49, survived the '77 plane crash that took Skynyrd's lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.

2006 - Guns N' Roses exit the stage abruptly at their concert in Newcastle, England. Singer Axl Rose is hit twice by objects thrown from the crowd. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed calls the show "one of the best gigs of the entire tour," and says the early ending was due to "two morons who obviously don't know how to behave at a Rock concert."

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 20th


1968, Iron Butterfly's second album, 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida', entered the US album chart for the first time. The album contained the 17-minute title track that filled the second side of the LP which went on sell over four million copies in the US alone.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 20th


1965 - Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" was released.

1975 - Steve Van Zandt (also known as Little Steven) performed for the first time in concert as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 20th


1943 John Lodge (bass guitarist for The Moody Blues) in Erdington, Birmingham, England.

1947 Carlos Santana (of Santana) is born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico.

1963 Lesley Gore releases "Judy's Turn To Cry."

1964 The Beatles release Something New.

1964 Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden, Audioslave) is born Christopher John Boyle in Seattle, Washington.

1965 The Lovin' Spoonful release "Do You Believe In Magic?"

1966 Stone Gossard (rhythm guitarist for Pearl Jam) is born in Seattle, Washington.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 20th


Birthdays

Jay Jay French-guitarist for Twisted Sister born in 1952
Paul Cook-drummer for The Sex Pistols born in 1956


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1980: Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) was injured in a car accident. He died two days later.

1998: Eagle-Eye Cherry released his debut “Desireless.”

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1973, Canned Heat, Nazareth, Edgar Broughton Band, Groundhogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, all appeared at Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England. Hell's Angels arrived in force and proceeded to drink the site dry. Initially they paid for the booze, but when the money ran out a deputation was sent into the audience to collect donations of 10p per person. About 20 minutes into his set Chuck Berry was showing one of the Angels how to do his duck-walk properly. He did one from one end of the stage to the other and disappeared into the wings. The band played on, the Angels bopped, and Chuck legged it to his car and drove off at high speed, never to return.

1987, Guns N’ Roses released their debut album on Geffen Records: Appetite For Destruction featured the singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Sweet Child o' Mine', and 'Paradise City'. The album now has worldwide sales in excess of 28 million, 18 million of which are in the US, making it the best-selling debut album of all time there.

1990, Roger Waters' The Wall took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier. Over 350,000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor and others took part.

source: thisdayinmusic