This Day In Rock History: September 9th
1946 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1945 Doug Ingle (vocalist/organist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1947 Freddy Weller (guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders) is born Wilton Frederick Weller in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-wrote Tommy Roe's 1970 hit, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight."
1948 Pamela Des Barres, perhaps the most famous groupie of all time, is born. She boasts liaisons with Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Keith Moon, and even joins a band made up of groupies, The GTO's, in 1969. In 2013 she starts her own fashion label: "Groupie Couture."
1950 John McFee (guitarist, violinist for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Santa Cruz, California.
2007 Rock guitarist Hughie Thomasson (of The Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) dies of a heart attack in Brooksville, Florida, at age 55.
source: calendarsongfacts
1946 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1945 Doug Ingle (vocalist/organist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1947 Freddy Weller (guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders) is born Wilton Frederick Weller in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-wrote Tommy Roe's 1970 hit, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight."
1948 Pamela Des Barres, perhaps the most famous groupie of all time, is born. She boasts liaisons with Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Keith Moon, and even joins a band made up of groupies, The GTO's, in 1969. In 2013 she starts her own fashion label: "Groupie Couture."
1950 John McFee (guitarist, violinist for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Santa Cruz, California.
2007 Rock guitarist Hughie Thomasson (of The Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) dies of a heart attack in Brooksville, Florida, at age 55.
source: calendarsongfacts