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BIRTHDAYS 1915: Brownie McGhee 1943: Leo Lyons (Ten Years After) 1945: Roger Glover (Deep Purple) 1949: Terry Reid 1953: David Sancious (The E Street Band) 1955: William Broad a.k.a. Billy Idol 1957: John Ashton (Psychedelic Furs) 1957: Richard Barbieri (Japan / Porcupine Tree) 1959: Cherie Currie (Runaways) EVENTS 1963: ‘With […]
BIRTHDAYS 1945: Paul Raymond (UFO / Michael Schenker Group / Chicken Shack / Savoy Brown / Waysted & more) 1962: Gary “Mani” Mounfield (The Stone Roses) 1964: Diana Krall 1965: David Kushner (Velvet Revolver) EVENTS 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Electric […]
BIRTHDAYS 1942: John Hammond 1949: Roger Steen (The Tubes) 1979: Nicolai Fraiture (The Strokes) EVENTS 1968: Rolling Stone, Brian Jones bought ‘Cotchford Farm’ in Sussex, previously owned by author, A.A. Milne. 1970: Trapeze released their album, ‘Medusa’. 1971: Santana scored their second US No.1 album with ‘Santana III’. 1975: Deep […]
BIRTHDAYS 1951: David Coverdale (Deep Purple / Whitesnake) 1953: Gary Holton (Heavy Metal Kids) 1956: Doug Wimbish (Tackhead / Living Colour) 1957: Nick Cave 1958: Joan Larkin a.k.a. Joan Jett (The Runaways) 1965: Adam Cairns (Therapy) 1998: Arahi Whaanga (Suzy Blue / Arahi / Te Tokotoru) EVENTS 1981: King Crimson […]
BIRTHDAYS 1904: William James “Count” Basie 1941: Tom Coster (Santana) 1952: John Mellor a.k.a. Joe Strummer (The Clash) Strummer played hard and worked hard, leaving a remarkable legacy, especially in the ten years that he fronted The Clash. He passed away on 22nd of December, 2002 [aged only 50]. 1951: […]
BIRTHDAYS 1939: Peter “Ginger” Baker (Cream) 1940: Roger Cook (Blue Mink) 1945: Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) 1951: John Deacon (Queen) EVENTS 1964: The first American tour by The Beatles began in San Francisco, CA. The tour covered 26 cities. 1980: 1,400 people rioted in Toronto, when Alice Cooper cancelled a […]
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 1943: Roger Spear (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) 1945: Little Eva 1948: Ian Paice (Deep Purple) 1953: Don Dokken 1953: Colin Hay (Men at Work) EVENTS 1964: Death of saxophonist / flautist, Eric Dolphy [aged 36]. 1967: Rolling Stones Keith Richards & Mick Jagger were fined and sentenced to […]
BIRTHDAYS 1891: Cole Porter 1915: Les Paul 1929: Johnny Ace 1934: Jackie Wilson 1941: Jon Lord (Deep Purple) 1947: Mick Box (Uriah Heep) 1949: Francis Monkman (Curved Air / 801 / Sky) 1950: Trevor Bolder (The Spiders From Mars / Wishbone Ash / Uriah Heep) 1954: Paul “Tonka” Chapman (Skid […]
BIRTHDAYS 1903: Bing Crosby 1919: Pete Seeger 1933: James Brown 1944: Peter Staples (The Troggs) 1950: Mary Hopkin 1951: Christopher Geppert a.k.a. Chris Cross 1953: Gary Young (Pavement) 1969: Jay Darlington (Kula Shaker) EVENTS 1968: Jimi Hendrix and friends recorded “Voodoo Chile” for the ‘Electric Ladyland’ album. 1972: Death of […]
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