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BIRTHDAYS 1952: Stewart Copeland (Curved Air / The Police) 1971: Edward Kowalczyk (Live) EVENTS 1966: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce & Eric Clapton announced the formation of Cream. 1969: The Beatles worked on two new George Harrison songs, “Here Comes the Sun” & “Something”. 1981: Death of singer / songwriter, Harry […]
BIRTHDAYS 1945: Peter Lewis (Moby Grape) 1946: Linda Ronstadt 1947: Peter Brockbanks a.k.a. Peter Banks (Yes / Flash) 1948: Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1949: Trevor Horn (The Buggles / Yes + Producer) 1952: John Genzale a.k.a. Johnny Thunders (The New York Dolls) 1956: Joe Satriani 1956: Ian Curtis (Joy Division) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1912: Woody Guthrie 1965: Igor Khoroshev (Yes) Happy 54th Birthday to gifted Russian keyboard player, Igor Khoroshev. He played for Yes (1997 to 2001) and can be heard on their albums ‘Open Your Eyes’ and ‘The Ladder’. Igor featured on tours for those albums, along with the ‘Masterworks’ shows […]
BIRTHDAYS 1942: Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) 1961: Lawrence Donegan (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions) EVENTS 1973: Queen released their self-titled debut album. 1985: ‘Live Aid’ concerts were staged around the world and broadcast live on television to over 2 billion viewers. 1990: Curtis Mayfield was badly injured when a lighting […]
BIRTHDAYS 1943: Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1947: Wilco Johnson (Dr. Feelgood) 1950: Eric Carr (Kiss) 1962: Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) EVENTS 1954: 19-year-old Elvis Presley signed a recording contract with Sun Records. He also gave in his notice at his day job at The Crown Electric Company. 1962: The Rolling […]
1953: Rik Emmett (Triumph) 1957: Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) 1959: Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1959: Susanne Vega EVENTS 1969: David Bowie released his “Space Oddity” single, which coincided with the recent moon landing. 1970: ‘Self Portrait’ gave Bob Dylan his fifth UK No.1 album. 2002: The funeral of The Who’s John […]
BIRTHDAYS 1942: Ronald Padavona a.k.a. Ronnie James Dio (Elf / Rainbow / Black Sabbath / Dio / Heaven & Hell) 1943: Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) 1947: Arlo Guthrie 1959: Sandy West (The Runaways) EVENTS 1968: Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break up after their current tour. 1968: The Nice […]
BIRTHDAYS 1929: Lee Hazlewood 1946: Bon Scott (AC/DC) 1947: John “Mitch” Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 1950: Gwen Guthrie 1959: Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) 1965: Frankie Bello (Anthrax) 1975: John Gillis a.k.a. Jack White (The White Stripes / The Dead Weather / The Raconteurs) EVENTS 1977: Elvis Costello quit his […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Jaimoe Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band) 1946: Pentti “Whitey” Glan (Lou Reed & Alice Cooper Bands) 1963: Joan Osborne 1970: Beck Campbell a.k.a. Beck 1971: Neil Mavers (The La’s) 1985: Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys) EVENTS 1967: The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as […]
BIRTHDAYS 1928: Mary Ford 1932: Joe Zawinul (Weather Report) 1940: Richard Starkey a.k.a. Ringo Starr (The Beatles) 1945: Jim Rodford (Argent) EVENTS 1968: The Yardbirds played their last gig, in Luton. 1977: Yes released the album ‘Going for the One’. 1977: Rainbow released their double live album, ‘On Stage’. 1980: […]
