Today in Rock History – 27th OCTOBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1939: John Cleese
1949: Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band)
1951: Ken “KK” Downing (Judas Priest)
1967: Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
1978: Vanessa-Mae
1984: Kelly Osbourne

EVENTS
1962: The Rolling Stones recorded their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London.
1969: Muddy Waters was seriously injured and three people were killed in a car crash in Illinois.
1970: Black Sabbath played their first live show in the US at Glassboro State College.
1979: Elton John collapsed on stage, due to exhaustion, at Hollywood’s Universal Amphitheatre.
1980: Death of Stephen Porter a.k.a. Steve Peregrin Took of Tyrranosaurus Rex [aged 31].
2002: Death of record producer, Tom Dowd [aged 77].
2013: Death of singer / songwriter / poet / musician, Lou Reed [aged 71].

The Stones keep on Rolling! Hard to believe that they recorded their first demo 62 years ago today! Check out the young lads in the 1963 photo above (Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman). And this classic Rock ‘n’ Rolling Stones footage is 59 years old! Chuck Berry’s “Around and Around”…