This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 29th


1947 David Byron of Uriah Heep is born David Garrick in Epping, England.

1949 Tommy Ramone (drummer for Ramones) is born Tamas Erdelyi in Budapest, Hungary, but is raised in Queens, New York.

1961 Eddie Jackson (bassist for Queensryche) is born in Robstown, Texas.

2013 Kenneth Hodges (bass guitarist for Spanky & Our Gang) dies of pneumonia at age 76.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 29th


1992, American blues singer and guitarist Willie Dixon died of heart failure. He wrote the classic songs “You Shook Me,” “I Can’t Quit You Baby,” “Hoochie Coochie Man,” “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” and “Little Red Rooster.” Dixon was a major influence on The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.

2009, Singer-songwriter John Martyn died in the hospital in Ireland at the age of 60. The folk, blues and funk artist was widely regarded as one of the most soulful and innovative singer-songwriters of his generation and had been cited as an influence by artists as varied as U2, Portishead and Eric Clapton


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 29th


2021 Hilton Valentine, original guitarist and founding member of The Animals, died at the age of 77. In 1963 he was recruited to join The Animals alongside Chas Chandler, Alan Price and John Steel. He went on to play on classics like ‘Baby Let Me Take You Home’, ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, ‘We Gotta Get Out of This Place’, ‘It’s My Life’ and ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’, and on the band's landmark, trans-Atlantic number one cover of the traditional folk song ‘The House of the Rising Sun’.

2022 American drummer and vocalist Sam Lay died at the age of 86. He began recording and performing with prominent blues musicians, including Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Bo Diddley, Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters. In the mid-1960s, Lay joined the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Bob Dylan used Lay as his drummer when he introduced electric rock at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Lay also recorded with Dylan, notably on the album Highway 61 Revisited.


Born on this day

1950 Max Carl, American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the co-lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad and spent several years as the keyboardist and lead singer for the southern rock band 38 Special.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 29th


A few albums that was released....

1968 ● Steppenwolf —— Steppenwolf ► Proto-Metal

1982 ● Huey Lewis & The News —— Picture This ► Pop-Rock

1991 ● Chicago —— Twenty 1 ► Jazz-Rock

1998 ● Prince —— The Truth ► Soul-Funk

2016 ● Tedeschi Trucks Band —— Let Me Get By ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 30th


1942 Marty Balin (vocalist for Jefferson Airplane/Starship) is born Martyn Jerel Buchwald in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1947 Steve Marriott (frontman of The Small Faces, Humble Pie) is born in Manor Park, London, England.

1951 Phil Collins is born in Chiswick, London, England. Before embarking on a solo career in 1980, he is the drummer and lead singer for Genesis.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 30th


On this day in 1969, the Beatles' last public performance featuring Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr took place on the roof of Apple Records in London during recording sessions for Let It Be. With keyboardist Billy Preston, the group played multiple takes of “Get Back,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” “I’ve Got A Feeling,” “The One After 909,” and “Dig A Pony.” The impromptu concert was broken up by the police. Footage from the performance was central in the 2021 documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, and three tracks featured on Let It Be were recordings from this rooftop performance.

1973 - After recently changing their name from Wicked Lester, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss made their first appearance as KISS at the Popcorn Club in Queens.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 30th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● The Velvet Underground —— White Light/White Heat ► Alt. Rock

1969 ● Moby Grape —— Moby Grape ’69 ► Psychedelic Rock

1976 ● T. Rex —— Futuristic Dragon ► Glam Rock

2012 ● The Rolling Stones —— Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 31st


1969 Led Zeppelin played the first of two nights at The Fillmore East, New York City during the band's first North American tour. Porter's Popular Preachers opened the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage. It is alleged that Zeppelin's show was so powerful and got such an enthusiastic audience that headliners Iron Butterfly refused to follow them.

2017 English singer, bassist, and songwriter John Wetton died in his sleep at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK from colon cancer. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash. After his period with King Crimson, Wetton formed UK, and later he was the frontman and principal songwriter of the supergroup Asia. Their biggest hit 'Heat of the Moment', reached No. 4 in the US in 1982.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 31st


1946 Terry Kath, co-founder and guitarist of (Chicago), is born in Chicago, Illinois.

2009 Dewey Martin (drummer for Buffalo Springfield) dies at age 68. The cause of death is unknown, but he had been suffering from health problems for the last few years.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 31st


1998: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, & Southside Johnny performed at the Come Together benefit concert to benefit the family of Sgt. Patrick King, a police officer killed in the line of duty. This concert also turned into an impromptu E Street Band reunion.


Birthdays:
Adrian Vandenberg-guitarist for Whitesnake born in 1954


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