Today in Rock History – 7th AUGUST:

BIRTHDAYS
1937: Morris Holt a.k.a. Magic Slim
1942: Billy Joe “B.J.” Thomas
1950: Rodney Crowell
1951: Pete Way (UFO)
1952: Andy Fraser (Free)
1952: Alexis Sayle
1958: Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Happy 66th Birthday to Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden! Apart from being a great singer and songwriter, Bruce is also an airline pilot, champion fencer and author.

1966: Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses)

EVENTS
1967: Frank Zappa released his debut solo album, ‘Lumpy Gravy’ (having previously released two albums with The Mothers of Invention).
1974: Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band) & Faye Dunaway were married. They divorced in 1979.
1987: A Los Angeles judge threw out a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The lawsuit had been filed by the parents of a teenager who had committed suicide while listening to Ozzy’s song, “Suicide Solution”.
2019: Death of musician / singer / poet / cartoonist, David Berman, of Silver Jews & Purple Mountain [aged 52].

Bassist / guitarist / pianist / singer / songwriter, Andy Fraser was born on this day in 1952. Sadly, Andy died on 16th of March, 2015. He was primarily known as the amazing young bassist in Free, joining the band in 1968, when he was only 15. Check out his bass playing in this classic Free number, “Mr. Big”.