BIRTHDAYS
1875: Maurice Ravel
1943: Chris White (The Zombies / Argent)
1944: Townes Van Zandt
1945: Arthur Lee (Love)
1946: Peter Wolf (The J. Geils Band)
1946: Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)
1952: Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers)
EVENTS
1966: Tina Turner recorded her vocal on the Phil Spector produced “River Deep Mountain High”.
1975: David Bowie released his album, ‘Young Americans‘.
1987: The first five Beatles albums were released on Compact Disc.
2013: Death of guitarist, Peter Banks of The Syn, Yes and Flash [aged 65].
2019: Alice in Chains played a concert at Trusts Arena, Auckland ~ I was there! The show was much longer than the band usually play, with 5 or 6 extra songs added. Chad Smith & Josh Klinghoffer from Red Hot Chili Peppers guest performed on “Them Bones” & “Dam That River”.
Eleven years ago, we lost Peter Banks ~ original guitarist with Yes (and The Syn, with Chris Squire, prior to that), who went on to form Flash and pursue an interesting solo career. Peter can be heard on the first two LPs by Yes, pictured here in 1969 (L-R: Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Peter Banks). He thought of the name “Yes” and created their first logo, as shown on his guitar. This heartfelt tribute video is accompanied by a track from Peter’s ‘Reduction’ album, a guitar instrumental entitled “Fade to Blue”.
