Today in Rock History – 15th APRIL:

BIRTHDAYS
1944: Dave Edmunds (Rockpile)
1948: Phil Mogg (UFO)
1955: Jeff Golub (Avenue Blue / Billy Squier / Rod Stewart)
1965: Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
1968: Edward John O’Brien (Radiohead)
1980: Patrick “Chilli Con” Carney (The Black Keys)

EVENTS
1966: Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens & Engelbert Humperdink all performed on the same bill for a concert at Blackpool Odeon.
1966: The Rolling Stones released their fourth album, ‘Aftermath’.
1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd released their sophomore album, ‘Second Helping’.
2008: Death of drummer, Brian Davison of The Nice & Refugee [aged 65].
2001: Death of guitarist / singer, Joey Ramone of The Ramones [aged 49].
2013: Death of guitarist / singer / songwriter, Dave McArtney of Hello Sailor [aged 62].
2014: Death of guitarist, Shane Gibson of Korn [aged 35].
2017: Death of guitarist, Allan Holdsworth of Tempest, Soft Machine, Gong, Bruford & UK [aged 70].

Singer, Phil Mogg is 76 today! He retired in 2020, but rocked hard with UFO  for over 50 of those years ~ what a great band! This “Let It Roll” clip is taken from their primo double live album, ‘Strangers in the Night’ ~ when guitar prodigy, Michael Schenker was in the band.