Today in Rock History – 10th NOVEMBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1928: Ennio Morricone
1940: David “Screamin’ Lord” Sutch
1947: Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)
1947: Greg Lake (King Crimson / Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

EVENTS
1975: Ritchie Blackmore’s new group, Rainbow played their first gig, at The Forum Concert Bowl in Montreal, Canada.
1979: Fleetwood Mac scored their second UK No.1 album with ‘Tusk’.
1997: Death of session guitarist, Tommy Tedesco [aged 67].
2002: Death of Motown keyboard player, Johnny Griffith [aged 66].
2014: YES played a concert at ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland ~ I was there ~ and met them (again) after the show!
2015: Death of musician / composer / producer, Allen Toussaint [aged 77].
2022: Death of saxophonist / flautist / songwriter, Nik Turner, of Hawkwind [aged 82].

Let’s pay tribute to Greg Lake… He would have been 77 today, but sadly we lost him on 7th of December, 2016. A fine singer / songwriter / bassist / guitarist, Greg contributed greatly to many classic songs from the legendary groups King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.