BIRTHDAYS
1947: Jennifer Warnes
1947: Derek “Blue” Weaver (Amen Corner / The Strawbs)
1948: Terence “Snowy” White (Pink Floyd / Thin Lizzy / Roger Waters Band)
1953: Robyn Hitchcock
EVENTS
1966: Neil Young, Stephen Stills & Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles.
1969: Led Zeppelin recorded their first BBC Radio 1 session at Playhouse Theatre in London.
1986: Metallica released their highly influential third album, ‘Master of Puppets’.
1993: Death of Spanish flamenco guitarist, Carlos Montoya [aged 89].
2008: Death of British singer / songwriter / producer, Norman “Hurricane” Smith [aged 85].
2012: Death of guitarist, Ronnie Montrose [aged 64].
2016: Death of guitarist, John Thomas of Budgie [aged 63].
2017: Death of singer, Valerie Carter [aged 64].
2017: Death of bassist, Lyle Ritz, who played with The Wrecking Crew, The Beach Boys, Herb Alpert & Others. [aged 87].
2023: Death of guitarist / multi-instrumentalist / songwriter / singer, David Lindley [aged 78]. Apart from over 20 of his own albums, David appeared on a multitude of other records by Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Crosby & Nash, Terry Reid, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, Warren Zevon, Leonard Cohen, Youngbloods, America, Dolly Parton, Karla Bonoff, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Barnes, Tanita Tikaram, Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones & More!
2024: Death of drummer, Brit Turner, of Blackberry Smoke [aged 57].
12 years ago, hot shot guitarist, Ronnie Montrose ended his life. He certainly deserved a lot more recognition than he got, being a major inspiration for Van Halen and others. In fact, Eddie even recruited Ronnie’s original singer, Sammy Hagar ~ as seen in this ripping 1974 live version of “Bad Motor Scooter”!
