Today in Rock History – 29th OCTOBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1944: Denny Laine (The Moody Blues / Wings)
1944: Robbie van Leeuwen (Shocking Blue)
1946: Peter Greenbaum a.k.a. Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
1955: Roger O’Donnell (The Cure)

EVENTS
1971: Death of guitarist / singer / songwriter, Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers [aged 24].
1983: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ became the longest chart-listed album in history after 491 weeks on the US chart!
1984: Deep Purple released their ‘Perfect Strangers’ album, having reformed earlier that year. It was the first time that the Mk II line-up (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice) had played together since 1973.
1990: Led Zeppelin released their self-titled, re-mastered 4CD boxed set.
1992: Red Hot Chili Peppers played a concert at Mt. Smart Supertop, Auckland — I was there!
1996: The Stone Roses announced their disbandment.
2018: Death of singer / songwriter, Jimmy Farrar of Molly Hatchet [aged 67].

Today would have been the 78th Birthday of Peter Green! Not only a truly original blues guitarist with pure tone, but also a brilliant songwriter! Here’s some vintage footage of Peter performing one of his own numbers, “Oh Well” from 1969, with the group he formed in 1968, Fleetwood Mac. Rest in Peace, Peter Green:  29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020