BIRTHDAYS
1933: Yoko Ono
1947: Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
1952: Randy Crawford
1953: Robbie Bachman (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
1954: John Travolta
1955: Brian James (The Damned)
EVENTS
1969: The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
1980: Bill Wyman announced that he would be leaving The Rolling Stones in 1982, on their 20th anniversary. He eventually quit the group in 1993.
1995: Death of guitarist, Bob Stinson of The Replacements [aged 35].
1997: Pretenders played a concert at Aotea Centre, Auckland ~ I was there!
2013: Death of singer / songwriter / guitarist, Kevin Ayers of Soft Machine [aged 68].
2017: Death of Clyde Stubblefield, the “Funky Drummer” for James Brown / Funkmasters [aged 73].
2018: Death of violinist, Didier Lockwood of Magma [aged 62].
‘ay up ~ Yoko Ono is 91 today! She has already lived well over twice as long as John did. Here she is, photographed with David Bowie & John Lennon at the Grammy Awards on 1st March, 1975.
The video below is with John in Toronto in December 1969, performing “Cold Turkey”. This is one of the songs where she wasn’t wailing in a bag… there is a bit of wailing though. Future Yes drummer, Alan White can be heard holding it all together.