Today in Rock History – 22nd APRIL:

BIRTHDAYS
1922: Charles Mingus
1936: Glen Campbell
1937: Jack Nitzche (Producer / Songwriter)
1950: Peter Frampton
1951: Paul Carrack (Ace / Mike & The Mechanics)
1955? Alastair Riddell (Space Waltz)
1956: Kenny Lyons (The Lemonheads)
1974: Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down)
1979: Daniel Johns (Silverchair)

EVENTS
1972: Deep Purple scored their second UK No.1 album with ‘Machine Head’.
1977: The Jam released their first single “In the City”, which peaked at No. 40 in the UK charts.
2003: Death of songwriter, Felice Bryant [aged 77].

Fantastic guitarist / singer / songwriter, Peter Frampton is 74 today! Aside from his great work with Humble Pie and Bowie, he has released loads of really good albums of his own. I keep going back to ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’, of course. Saw his brilliant concert at Aotea Centre, Ak in 2005. Happy Birthday, Peter!

Also, let’s pay respect to Glen Campbell who was born on this day in 1936. Apart from everything else, Glen was one hell of a guitar player!