BIRTHDAYS
1926: Charles “Chuck” Berry
1947: Alex Napier (Spice / Uriah Heep)
1947: Laura Nyro
1949: Joe Egan (Stealers Wheel)
1949: Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon)
1951: Nic Potter (Van der Graaf Generator)
1952: Keith Knudson (The Doobie Brothers)
1958: Denise Dufort (Girlschool)
1977: Simon Rix (Kaiser Chiefs)
EVENTS
1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first gig as a band, at the Paris Olympia in France.
1995: Infectious Grooves performed a concert at The Powerstation, Auckland — I was there!
2016: Death of Phil Chess [aged 95]. He was a record producer / company executive and co-founder of Chess Records, with his brother Leonard.
2017: Death of guitarist, Phil Miller of Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave & In Cahoots [aged 68].
2023: Death of singer / songwriter / musician / producer, Dwight Twilley [aged 72].
Happy Birthday to Chuck Berry ~ he would have been 97 today! Keith Richards stole all of his riffs, Jimmy Page nicked his duck walk… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Rock ‘n’ Roll owes Chuck, big time! Respect to the great music man, who passed away on 18th of March, 2017.
Here’s a smash Chuck Berry song that has been covered by Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Judas Priest, Peter Tosh and just about every pub band in the world!
