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BIRTHDAYS 1945: Linda Thompson 1946: Keith Moon (The Who) 1949: Rick Springfield 1951: Jimi Jamison (Survivor) 1961: Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots / Talk Show / Army of Anyone) 1962: Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays / Black Grape) 1970: River Phoenix EVENTS 1970: Lou Reed’s final appearance with The Velvet Underground […]
BIRTHDAYS 1935: Doc Pomus 1944: Bruce Johnson (The Beach Boys) 1958: Lisa Germano 1961: Margo Timmins (The Cowboy Junkies) 1970: Laurence Colbert (Ride) EVENTS 1966: Frank Zappa released his first album, ‘Freak Out!’, with The Mothers of Invention. It was the first double LP debut in the history of rock […]
BIRTHDAYS 1941: Lamont Dozier (Motown songwriter) 1946: Ian Matthews (Fairport Convention) 1953: Ian Mosley (Marillion) 1954: Gerry Roberts (The Boomtown Rats) EVENTS 1967: The 3-day Monterey Pop Festival began, featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon & Garfunkel, Buffalo Springfield and many others. […]
BIRTHDAYS 1938: Brian “Herbie” Flowers (Blue Mink, Rumplestiltskin, CCS, T. Rex, The Daisies, Sky, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Elton John, Camel, Roy Harper, David Essex, Al Kooper, Bryan Ferry, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jeff Wayne & more) 1945: Pete Townshend (The Who) 1949: Joe […]
BIRTHDAYS 1893: Ivor Novello 1909: Gene Krupa 1941: Donald Van Vleit a.k.a. Captain Beefheart 1948: Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1951: Peter “Biff” Byford (Saxon) 1951: Martha Davis (The Motels) 1959: Peter Trewavas (Marillion) 1961: Damian O’Neill (The Undertones) 1965: Adam Jones (Tool) EVENTS 1965: The Who released their first […]