BIRTHDAYS
1927: Ronnie Scott
1943: Dick Taylor (The Pretty Things)
1945: Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)
1951: William Nelson (Funkadelic)
1963: Dan Spitz (Anthrax)
1968: Sarah McLachlan
EVENTS
1978: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ album went to No.1 on the UK & US charts.
1983: Rose Bayonet performed on the main stage at Sweetwaters Festival.
1983: Death of singer, Ronald Wycherley a.k.a. Billy Fury [aged 42].
1986: Black Sabbath released the album, ‘Seventh Star’.
2005: Death of drummer, Jim Capaldi of Traffic [aged 60].
2016: Death of singer / songwriter / guitarist, Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane [aged 74].
2017: Death of keyboard player, Geoff Nicholls of Black Sabbath & Quartz [aged 68].
2019: Death of drummer, Paul Whaley of Blue Cheer [aged 72].
2023: Death of singer / songwriter / musician / producer, Tom Verlaine of Television [aged 73].
Biggest crowd I have ever sang for ~ around 35,000 people at Sweetwaters Festival, 41 years ago… I will never forget how it felt, what an awesome experience! Rose Bayonet followed Midnight Oil, played a 40-minute set and we were blown away that the crowd were calling for an encore! Organisers would not allow it ~ the next band on got loads of beer cans thrown at them! Apparently there was a guy up front filming us… sure hope that footage surfaces one day!
Plenty about Sweetwaters at audioculture.co.nz
