BIRTHDAYS
1949: Kerry Livgren (Kansas)
1952: Douglas Colvin a.k.a. Dee Dee Ramone
1957: Emily Remler
EVENTS
1970: Death of James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix [aged 27].
1970: Black Sabbath released their second album, ‘Paranoid‘.
On the same day as Jimi died, Black Sabbath released their second LP, ‘Paranoid’. A number one album for the Sabs, it is a groundbreaking, quintessential record from the masters of heavy rock, featuring “War Pigs”, “Paranoid”, “Iron Man” and other doom-laden classics!
1971: Pink Floyd performed ‘Atom Heart Mother’ at the Classical Music Festival in Montreaux, Switzerland.
1971: The Who scored their first and only UK No.1 album with ‘Who’s Next’.
1976: Boston released the single “More Than a Feeling”.
1999: Bassist D’Arcy Wretzky announced that she had quit The Smashing Pumpkins.
Jimi Hendrix ~ Like a psychedelic fireball of sound, Jimi shone very brightly, but was only on Earth for a brief time. He left us some of the greatest music and guitar playing ever! His Haze was so Purple…
