This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


1975 Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Steve Miller and Roy Harper all appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England, tickets cost £3.50. Pink Floyd premiered their new album Wish You Were Here with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage.

1995 More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


1969, The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London’s Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier. Mick Jagger read an extract from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Adonais and released 3,500 butterflies. The event was also guitarist’s Mick Taylor’s debut with the Stones. King Crimson, Family, The Third Ear Band, Screw and Alexis Korner’s New Church also appeared on the day.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows ► Psychedelic Folk

1994 ● Hootie & The Blowfish —— Cracked Rear View ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● The Who —— Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B ► British Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1925 Bill Haley is born in Highland Park, Michigan.

1931 Della Reese is born Delloreese Patricia Early in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.

1945 Rik Elswit (lead guitarist for Dr. Hook) is born in California.

Mike Shrieve (drummer for Santana) is born in San Francisco, California.

2003 Skip Battin (bassist for The Byrds, NRPS, Flying Burrito Brothers) dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 69.

2020 Charlie Daniels dies at 83 after suffering a s.t.r.o.k.e.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1963, James Brown went to No.2 on the US album chart with 'Live At The Apollo'. Recorded on the night of October 24, 1962 at Brown's own expense, it spent 66 weeks on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2003, the album was ranked No.24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

1968, Woburn Music Festival, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire took place. A two-day affair featuring Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, Family, Taste, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett and Tyrannosaurus Rex, two-day tickets were priced at £2.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1973 - Queen released their first single, "Keep Yourself Alive."

1978 - Eddie Mahoney changed his name to Eddie Money.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 6th


A few albums that was released....


1972 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Trilogy ► Prog Rock

1981 ● Pat Benatar —— Precious Time ► Hard Rock

1986 ● Quiet Riot —— QR III ► Heavy Metal

1987 ● Grateful Dead —— In The Dark ► Pop-Rock

1993 ● Todd Rundgren —— No World Order ► Art Rock

1999 ● Dokken —— The Very Best Of Dokken ► Heavy Metal



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 7th


1980, Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert with drummer John Bonham when they appeared at Eissporthalle, West Berlin at the end of a European tour. The set included: 'Black Dog', 'The Rain Song', 'Hot Dog', 'All My Love', 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Since I’ve Been Loving You', 'Kashmir', 'Stairway To Heaven' and 'Rock And Roll'. They finished the show with a 17-minute version of 'Whole Lotta Love'.

2006, Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes aged 60. The singer, songwriter, guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. Barrett released two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.

2007, The Live Earth concerts took place around the world with The Police closing the days events in New Jersey. The concerts were organised by former US Vice-President Al Gore, as part of his campaign to "heal the planet". Rock stars from around the world performed to hundreds of thousands of fans to highlight climate change. Concerts were held in Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. Madonna brought London's Live Earth concert to a close, playing a song she had written for the event. Other major acts who appeared included; Snow Patrol, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, The Beastie Boys, James Blunt, The Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, UB40, Snoop Dogg, Enrique Iglesias, Crowded House & Joss Stone.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 7th


1940 Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is born Richard Starkey in Dingle, Liverpool, England.

1941 Jim Rodford (bass guitarist for Argent, The Kinks) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

1944 Warren Entner (guitarist for The Grass Roots) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1948 Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Florida.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 7th


1977 - Styx released the album "The Grand Illusion."

1992 - Dream Theater released the album "Images And Words."


source: onthisday