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BIRTHDAYS 1933: John Mayall 1944: John Alder a.k.a. Twink (The Fairies / The In Crowd / Tomorrow / Santa Barbara Machine Head / Pretty Things / Pink Fairies / Stars / Hawkwind / Fallen Angels / The Rings) 1947: Ronnie Montrose 1951: Barry Goudreau (Boston) EVENTS 1969: The Beatles scored […]
BIRTHDAYS 1939: Annie Mae Bullock a.k.a. Tina Turner 1945: John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1946: Burt Reiter (Focus) 1970: Ron Jones (The Flaming Lips) EVENTS 1968: Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, with Yes & Taste as support. 1976: Kevin Godley & Lol Creme left 10cc to […]
BIRTHDAYS 1935: Art Pepper 1946: Greg Errico (Sly & The Family Stone) 1955: Bruce Foxton (The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers) Bruce’s energised bass playing was an integral part of The Jam sound and they had a run of great albums from 1978 to 1982! 1957: Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García […]
BIRTHDAYS 1928: Andy Warhol 1938: Isaac Hayes 1946: Allan Holdsworth (Tempest / Soft Machine / Bruford / UK). A brilliant, unique guitarist, Allan incorporated a vast array of complex chord progressions and intricate solos into his playing. He passed away on 15th of April, 2017. 1969: Elliott Smith EVENTS 1965: […]
BIRTHDAYS 1924: Chet Atkins 1928: Eric Dolphy 1942: Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) 1954: Michael Anthony (Van Halen / Chickenfoot) 1958: Kelly Johnson (Girlschool) EVENTS 1969: David Bowie recorded “Space Oddity” at Trident Studios, London. 1969: JImi Hendrix received an unprecedented US$125,000 for his performance at Newport Festival. 1974: Van Morrison, […]
BIRTHDAYS 1899: Duke Ellington 1931: Lonnie Donegan 1934: Otis Rush 1938: Klaus Voorman (Manfred Mann / Plastic Ono Band) 1947: Tommy James (The Shondells) 1960: Phil King (Lush) 1973: Mike Hogan (The Cranberries) 1981: Tom Smith (Editors) EVENTS 1963: Publicist Andrew Oldham & agent Eric Easton singed a management deal […]
BIRTHDAYS 1888: Huddie Ledbetter a.k. a. Lead Belly 1910: Jean-Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt 1921: Murray Marbeck 1953: Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) EVENTS 1971: George Harrison became the first solo Beatle to have a No.1 with “My Sweet Lord”. 1973: Rick Wakeman released his album, ‘The Six Wives of Henry VIII’. 1976: […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Jim Stafford 1945: Ronnie Milsap 1959: Helen Folasade Adu a.k.a. Sade 1962: Paul Webb (Talk Talk) 1971: Jon “Juano” Davison (Sky Cries Mary / Glass Hammer / Yes) 1974: Kate Moss 1981: Nick Valensi (The Strokes) EVENTS 1957: The Cavern Club opened in Liverpool. 1971: ZZ Top released […]
Hard to believe that David died, EIGHT YEARS ago today. This was the tribute I wrote for Bowie, just a few days after he passed away. It was published in my column ‘Rockin’ the Bay’ on 20th January, 2016. Rest in Peace, David ~ the world can never be the same […]
BIRTHDAYS 1927: Johnnie Ray 1935: Ronnie “The Hawk” Hawkins 1945: Rod Stewart 1945: Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash) 1946: Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa Band, Journey, Whitesnake) 1946: Neal Smith (Alice Cooper Band) 1948: Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) 1948: Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1953: Patricia Benatar 1955: Michael Schenker (Scorpions / […]
