BIRTHDAYS
1945: Jose Feliciano
1949: Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull)
1950: Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
1950: Don Powell (Slade)
1955: Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson)
1956: Johnny “Fingers” Moylett (The Boomtown Rats)
1966: Robin Goodridge (Bush)
1984: Matthew Followill (Kings of Leon)
EVENTS
1962: The BBC banned Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & Crypt Kickers “offensive” single “Monster Mash”.
1966; The Beatles began a 6-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Revolver’.
1974: The New York Dolls split up.
1991: Nirvana’s single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was released in America.
1994: Sepultura & Sacred Reich played a concert at Auckland Town Hall ~ I was there!
2001: Yes released their nineteenth studio album, ‘Magnification’.
2005: “A Day in the Life” by The Beatles was voted “Best British song of all time” by music experts.
2005: Death of blues guitarist / singer / songwriter, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown [aged 81].
2016: Death of Chris Stone, founder of The Record Plant recording studios [aged 81]. The first album to be recorded at The Record Plant was ‘Electric Ladyland’, by Jimi Hendrix. Other albums include Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ and Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Rumours’.
2021: Death of bassist, Roger Newell [aged 73]. Mainly known for his work with Rick Wakeman’s Rock Ensemble, Roger also played with Rainbow Ffolly and Wildcats, amongst others. He was the first musician to play the Wal triple neck bass, in 1976. Roger was also deputy editor of Bassist magazine and writer for Guitarist magazine.
2024: Death of New Zealand singer / sound engineer / manager / promoter, Doug Hood. He was greatly involved in the careers of many Flying Nun bands, including The Enemy, Toy Love, The Chills, The Verlaines and Sneaky Feelings. Doug later went on to promote gigs for Iggy Pop, New Order, Violent Femmes, Billy Bragg, John Cale and brought The Big Day Out to NZ.
Happy 74th Birthday to Joe Perry of Aerosmith. A mean guitarist, Joe co-wrote many of their classic songs, including this one. From my favourite Aerosmith LP, ‘Rocks’, this is “Back in the Saddle”!
