Today in Rock History – 21st AUGUST:

BIRTHDAYS
1904: William James “Count” Basie
1941: Tom Coster (Santana)
1952: John Mellor a.k.a. Joe Strummer (The Clash)
Strummer played hard and worked hard, leaving a remarkable legacy, especially in the ten years that he fronted The Clash. He passed away on 22nd of December, 2002 [aged only 50].

1951: Glenn Hughes (Trapeze / Deep Purple / Hughes-Thrall / Black Country Communion)
1954: Steve Smith (Journey)
1957: Peter Clarke a.k.a. Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
1971: Liam Howlett (The Prodigy)

EVENTS
1965: The Rolling Stones started a 3-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Out of Our Heads’.
1976: Knebworth Festival featured Rolling Stones, 10cc, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Utopia & Hot Tuna.
1997: Oasis’ third album ‘Be Here Now’, became one of the fastest selling albums ever, shifting over a million copies on the first day of release.
2005: Death of Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesizer [aged 71].
2021: Death of singer Don Everly, of The Everly Brothers [aged 84].

Happy Birthday, Glenn Hughes ~ unbelievably, he’s 73 today! The golden voiced, super bassist, of Trapeze and Deep Purple fame, blends funk and hard rock into a Stevie Wonder meets Led Zeppelin style tour de force ~ what a dude! He co-wrote this great song with David Coverdale in 1975 and it’s the last track on the only Deep Purple album to feature Tommy Bolin on guitar, with the late great Jon Lord (keyboards) and Ian Paice on drums. From ‘Come Taste the Band’ LP, here’s “You Keep on Moving”…