BIRTHDAYS
1941: Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones)
1952: Pete Farndon (The Pretenders)
1955: Susan Thomas a.k.a. Micki Steele (The Runaways / The Bangles)
1962: Thor Eldon (The Sugarcubes)
1976: Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane)
1980: Fabrizio Moreti (The Strokes)
EVENTS
1964: The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut on ‘The Les Crane Show’.
1967: David Bowie released his debut album, ‘David Bowie’.
1979: Talking Heads played a concert at Regent Theatre, Dunedin ~ I was there!
There were no effects, gimmicks or anything like that ~ just David, Jerry, Tina & Chris playing under stark white lights. The performed songs off their first two albums, plus a couple from their soon-to-be-released, Eno produced third LP, ‘Fear of Music’. It was wonderful!
1984: Aerosmith played in Concord, New Hampshire for the first night of their 59-date North American ‘Back in the Saddle’ re-union Tour.
1987: Death of Spanish guitarist, Andres Segovia [aged 94].
2008: Death of American guitarist / singer, Ellas Bates a.k.a. Bo Diddley [aged 79].
Remembering the legend on his birthday… Ladies & Gentlemen, the one and only… Charlie Watts on drums! (2 June 1941 ~ 24 August 2021).