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BIRTHDAYS 1948: Rick Nielson (Cheap Trick) 1966: Danny Saber (Black Grape) 1968: Richard James Edwards (Manic Street Preachers) EVENTS 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Who, Tomorrow, The Animals, & Soft Machine performed at an all night festival at The Olympia, London. 1987: Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue […]
BIRTHDAYS 1940: Frank Zappa 1943: Albert Lee 1953: Bessie Norris a.k.a. Betty Wright 1964: Emmett Murphy (Dinosaur Jr) 1964: Patrick Murphy (The Lemonheads) EVENTS 1973: Sweet performed a concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London. Several of the songs recorded were later released as the live LP for their double album, […]
BIRTHDAYS 1947: Peter Crisscoula a.k.a. Peter Criss (Kiss) 1948: Alan Parsons 1948: Stevie Wright (The Easybeats) 1957: Stephen William Bragg a.k.a. Billy Bragg 1959: Jacqueline Fuchs a.k.a. Jackie Fox (The Runaways) 1961: Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa / Dweezil Zappa / Z / Mike Keneally Band / Steve Vai / Joe […]
BIRTHDAYS 1915: Edith Piaf 1918: Henry Byrd a.k.a. Professor Longhair 1940: Phil Ochs 1944: Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) 1944: Zal Yanovsky (The Lovin’ Spoonful) 1947: Jimmy Bain (Rainbow / Wild Horses / Dio / Last In Line) 1949: Lenny White (Return To Forever) 1951: Gerry McEvoy (Rory Gallagher Band) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1938: Bryan “Chas” Chandler (The Animals / Manager of Jimi Hendrix) 1943: Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) 1943: Robert “Bobby” Keys (The Rolling Stones) 1948: Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) 1950: Randy Castillo (Ozzy Osbourne Band) 1953: Elliot Shapiro a.k.a. Elliot Easton (The Cars) 1954: Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions […]
BIRTHDAYS 1926: Bill Black (Elvis Presley Band) 1937: Art Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1939: Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations) 1942: Paul Butterfield 1949: Paul Rodgers (Free / The Firm / Bad Company / Queen) 1958: Mike Mills (R.E.M.) 1969: Micky Quinn (Supergrass) EVENTS 1962: Bob Dylan arrived in England, the day […]
BIRTHDAYS 1770: Ludwig Van Beethoven 1949: Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) 1951: Robben Ford EVENTS 1966: The first Jimi Hendrix Experience single, “Hey Joe”, was released in the UK. 1971: Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ film opened at London’s Piccadilly Classic Cinema. 1974: Mott The Hoople announced their disbandment. 1983: The Who […]
BIRTHDAYS 1919: Max Yasgur (Owner of Woodstock farm) 1922: Alan Freed (Legendary DJ) 1946: Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge / Beck, Bogert & Appice / Rod Stewart Band / Blue Murder / King Kobra) 1955: Paul Simonon (The Clash) 1961: Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo / Steven Wilson / Steve Hackett / Iona […]
BIRTHDAYS 1503: Nostradamus 1911: Lindley “Spike” Jones 1949: Cliff Williams (AC/DC) 1953: Pat Torpey (Mr. Big) 1958: Mike Scott (The Waterboys) EVENTS: 1962: Bob Dylan released his first single, “Mixed Up Confusion” 1974: Mick Taylor quit The Rolling Stones. 1974: New Zealand bassist, Gary Thain played his last show with […]
BIRTHDAYS 1948: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (The Doobie Brothers / Steely Dan) 1949: Ted Nugent 1949: Tom Verlaine (Television) 1950: Davy O’List (The Nice) 1960: Trey Gunn (King Crimson) 1961: Iain “Woody” Wood (Tyrant) 1975: Tom DeLonge (Blink 182) 1981: Amy Lynn Lee (Evanescence) EVENTS 1961: The Beatles signed with manager, […]