BIRTHDAYS
1945: John Lodge (Moody Blues)
1947: Carlos Santana
1956: Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols)
1964: Chris Cornell (Soundgarden / Temple of the Dog / Audioslave)
1966: Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam / Green River / Mother Love Bone / Temple of the Dog / Brad)
EVENTS
1968: Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Wheels of Fire’.
2017: Death of Roi / Roy Colbert, Dunedin music writer / journalist and owner of legendary “Records Records” shop [aged 67]. I visited Roy’s vinyl store in Stuart Street many, many times in the late 70s / early 80s (and still have most of the LPs I bought there).
2017: Death of singer, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park & Stone Temple Pilots [aged 41].
2024: Death of guitarist / singer / songwriter, Jerry Miller of Moby Grape [aged 81].
Birthday thoughts go out for singer, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (who would have been 60 today) & guitarist, Stone (yes, that is his real name) Gossard, who is 58 today. They are both shown in the photo above, as bandmates in Temple of the Dog, but Stone has been in many other cool bands (Pearl Jam, Green River, Mother Love Bone & Brad). I always loved the Temple of the Dog album! C.C. R.I.P.
