This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: February 6th


2011 Irish guitarist and singer Gary Moore died aged 58 in his sleep of a heart attack in his hotel room while on holiday in Estepona, Spain. Moore had been a member of Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, and Colosseum II, before going solo, scoring the 1979 UK No.8 single 'Parisienne Walkways'. Moore's greatest influence in the early days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin. His 1990 album Still Got the Blues featured contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins, and George Harrison.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 6th


1998, American singer and guitarist Carl Wilson from The Beach Boys died aged 51 after a long battle with lung cancer, (Wilson was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer in early 1997). He sang lead vocal on 'God Only Knows', 'Good Vibrations,' and 'I Can Hear Music.' Wilson also sang backing vocals on Elton John's 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.'

2001, Guitarist Don Felder was fired from The Eagles. He would later launch a $50 million law suit against drummer Don Henley and guitarist Glen Frey, alleging wrongful termination and breach of implied-in-fact contract. Henley and Frey then countersued Felder for breach of contract, alleging that Felder had written and attempted to sell the rights to a "tell-all" book. Both parties settled out-of-court for an undisclosed amount.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 6th


1945 Bob Marley is born Nesta Robert Marley in Jamaica. His mother is a native of Jamaica and his father an officer in the British military.

1957 Simon Phillips (drummer for Toto) is born in London, England.

1962 Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose, Jr., is born in Lafayette, Indiana.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 6th


1987 - Joan Jett made her acting debut, co-starring with Michael J. Fox in the movie "Light Of Day". Jett and Fox play a sister and brother who perform in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland. In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and called out Jett's "most surprisingly good performance."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 6th


A few albums that was released.


1967 ● The Byrds —— Younger Than Yesterday ► Country-Rock

1978 ● Jefferson Starship —— Earth ► Arena Rock

1984 ● Simple Minds —— Sparkle In The Rain ► New Wave Alt. Pop

1989 ● Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead —— Dylan & The Dead ► Folk-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1979 - Stephen Stills became the first rock performer to record on digital equipment in Los Angeles' Record Plant Studio.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1948 Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboardist for Three Dog Night) is born in Los Angeles, California. His mother is silent movie actress Mary O'Brian.

1949 Alan Lancaster (bassist, vocalist for Status Quo) is born in Peckham, London, England.

1962 David Bryan (keyboardist for Bon Jovi) is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

2000 Dave Peverett (original lead vocalist for Foghat, guitarist for Savoy Brown) dies of cancer at age 56.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1959, Buddy Holly was buried in Lubbock, Texas. His tombstone reads "Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname and includes pictures of a guitar. On Feb 3rd 1959, after a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and the pilot, an infamous milestone in rock history known as The Day the Music Died.

1963, The first Beatles single 'Please Please Me' was released in the US on the Vee Jay label. Capitol Records, EMI's United States label, were offered the right to release the single in the US, but turned it down. Dick Biondi, a disc jockey on WLS in Chicago and a friend of Vee-Jay executive Ewart Abner, played the song on the radio from February 1963, thus becoming the first DJ to play a Beatles record in the United States.

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This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1980, After three weeks of full production rehearsals, Pink Floyd played the first of seven sold out shows performing The Wall at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. The first night’s show was halted during “What Shall We Do Now” while crew extinguished flames caused by the pyrotechnics that caught the stage drapes on fire.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1959 17-year-old Ritchie Valens is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery. His grave marker includes his real name, Richard Steven Valenzuela.

2018 Mickey Jones, drummer for The First Edition from 1967 to 1975, passed away after a long illness at the age of 76. After a music career that saw him play with Bob Dylan, The Band, Johnny Rivers and Trini Lopez, Jones went on to acting in several movies, including National Lampoon's Vacation and Sling Blade, and TV shows such as The Dukes of Hazzard, CHiPs, M*A*S*H, Step by Step and Home Improvement.


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