Today in Rock History – 14th DECEMBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1503: Nostradamus
1911: Lindley “Spike” Jones
1949: Cliff Williams (AC/DC)
1953: Pat Torpey (Mr. Big)
1958: Mike Scott (The Waterboys)

EVENTS:
1962: Bob Dylan released his first single, “Mixed Up Confusion”
1974: Mick Taylor quit The Rolling Stones.
1974: New Zealand bassist, Gary Thain played his last show with Uriah Heep, in Oxford. He passed away one year later, on 8th December, 1975.
2006: Death of music industry mogul / Atlantic Records founder, Ahmet Ertegun [aged 83].
2016: Death of New Zealand singer, Bunny Walters [aged 63].
2018: Death of bassist, Joe Osborne, of session band Wrecking Crew [aged 81]. Joe played on hundreds of songs including hits for Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & The Papas, Neil Young and many more.
2021: Death of bassist, Phil Chen. A session musician, Phil played on recordings with Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, Desmond Dekker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Jackson Browne, Dave Edmunds, Linda Lewis and many more.

Happy 75th Birthday to bassist, Cliff Williams, a member of AC/DC for 46  of those years. Let’s celebrate Cliff’s special day with some live Acca Dacca ~ “Back in Black”!