Today in Rock History – 28th OCTOBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1927: Clementina Campbell a.k.a. Cleo Laine
1941: Brian Rankin a.k.a. Hank Marvin
1969: Ben Harper

EVENTS
1977: Queen released their sixth album, ‘New Of The World’.
1977: The Sex Pistols released their only studio album, ‘Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols’.
1996: Yes released their album, ‘Keys to Ascension’.
2009: Lloyd Cole played a concert at The Cabana, Napier ~ I was there.
2022: Death of legendary rock and roll pianist / singer / songwriter, Jerry Lee Lewis [aged 87].
2022: Death of drummer, Darren Henley a.k.a. D.H. Peligro [aged 63]. Drummer for The Dead Kennedys, Peligro had a brief stint with Red Hot Chili Peppers and played for several punk bands, including The Hellations, Jungle Studs, Nailbomb, The Feederz and Lock-Up.

Happy Birthday to Ben Harper ~ he’s 55 today. If you ever get the chance, check out Ben live in concert, for some pure musicianship. Play that Weissenborn slide, man!