Today in Rock History – 29th JANUARY:

BIRTHDAYS
1938: James Jamerson (The Funk Brothers)
1947: David Garrick a.k.a. David Byron (Uriah Heep)

1952: Thomas Erdelyi a.k.a. Tommy Ramone
1953: Louie Perez (Los Lobos)
1961: Eddie Jackson (Queensryche)
1981: Jon Langseth Jr. a.k.a. Jonny Lang

EVENTS
1978: Deep Purple singer, David Coverdale announced the formation of his new group, Whitesnake.
1979: Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced that they had disbanded.
1992: Death of singer / songwriter / blues musician, Willie Dixon [aged 76].
2007: Roger Waters performed his ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ concert at North Shore Stadium, Auckland ~ I was there!
2009: Death of singer / songwriter / guitarist, John Martyn [aged 60].
2010: Them Crooked Vultures played a concert at TSB Arena, Wellington ~ I was there!
2021: Death of guitarist / songwriter, Hilton Valentine of The Animals [aged 77].
2023: Death of singer / songwriter / musician, Barrett Strong [aged 81]. Barrett wrote lyrics for classic Motown songs, including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, “War”, “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)”, “Ball of Confusion”, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” & many more.

Has it really been 14 years since Them Crooked Vultures played here? What a wicked gig that was!! Here is some top quality footage of TCV in action. We can only hope that John, Josh & Dave get back together and tour again one day.