BIRTHDAYS
1944: Booker T. Jones
1945: Neil Young
1947: Donald Roeser a.k.a. Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult)
1953: Callum MacDonald (Runrig)
1964: David Ellefson (Megadeth)
EVENTS
1965; The Velvet Underground made their live debut at Summit High School, New Jersey.
1968: Neil Young released his self-titled debut album.
1977: The Sex Pistols went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP.
1979: Guitarist, Snowy White joined Thin Lizzy.
2003: Death of Tony Thompson, drummer of Chic & Power Station [aged 48].
2004: The funeral of DJ John Peel took place at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
2008: Death of Mitch Mitchell, drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience [aged 61].
2018: I attended the concert by Steven Wilson at Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland.
The one and only NEIL YOUNG is 79 today! The prolific musician has written some of the finest songs of the last five decades, from beautiful acoustic solo pieces, to soaring, powerful rock classics with Crazy Horse. I don’t need to list them… you should know them ALL and be playing one right now, on Neil’s preferred music format ~ Vinyl! Happy Birthday, Neil.
