This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1969 - On this day in 1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at Mile High Stadium in Denver in what was to be their final gig together. The group formed in Westminster, London, in September 1966. They released three studio albums - Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold as Love (1967) and Electric Ladyland (1968), all featured in the top 100 of the Rolling Stone list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", at positions 15, 82 and 54 respectively. In 1992, the Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2000 - The casket holding Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt is stolen from its mausoleum in Jacksonville, Florida, but left after vandals are unable to open it. The ashes of Steve Gaines, the band's guitarist who died in the same plane crash that killed Van Zandt, are spilled from his urn, which is also stolen.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 29th


1984 1984: During the first show of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. Tour in Saint Paul, Minnesota, singer Patti Scialfa and guitarist Nils Lofgren made their debut as members of the E Street Band. Lofgren replaced Steven Van Zandt, who had temporarily departed the group.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 29th


A few albums that was released....

1999 ● Styx —— Brave New World ► Prog/Art Rock

1999 ● Mötley Crüe —— Supersonic And Demonic Reloics ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Mötley Crüe —— Supersonic And Demonic Reloics9 ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Rush —— Feedback ► Prog/Art Rock



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 30th


1986 - Steve Winwood released "Back in the High Life."


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 30th


1973 Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Skweeze Me Pleeze Me', the group's fifth UK No.1 and second single to enter the chart at No.1.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 30th


1943 Florence Ballard (of The Supremes) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1944 Little River Band lead singer Glenn Shorrock is born in Chatham, Kent, England. He moves with his family to Adelaide, Australia, when he is 10.

1949 Andy Scott (lead guitarist for Sweet) is born in Wrexham, Wales.

1953 Hal Lindes (guitarist for Dire Straits from 1980-1985) is born in Monterey, California.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 30th


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● The Beach Boys —— Good Vibrations – Best Of The Beach Boys ► Pop-Rock

1977 ● Kiss —— Love Gun ► Hard Rock

1980 ● Queen —— The Game ► Glam Rock

2009 ● Jefferson Airplane —— The Woodstock Experience ► Psychedelic Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1981 Rushton Moreve bassist with Steppenwolf, was killed in motorcycle accident in Santa Barbara, California, aged 32. He co-wrote their hit 'Magic Carpet Ride' with lead singer John Kay; Steppenwolf also had the 1968 US No.2 single 'Born To Be Wild'. Moreve left the band in late 1968 when he refused to fly back to California at that time, fearing it would sink into the Pacific Ocean after an imminent earthquake.

1995 DJ Wolfman Jack died of a heart attack. He was the master of ceremonies for the rock 'n' roll generation of the '60s on radio, and later on television during the '70s.

2008 Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley, died at the age of 60 from cancer of the oesophagus. Galley also played with Trapeze, Glenn Hughes, Cozy Powell and the Blue Jays.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1939 Delaney Bramlett, who co-fronted the early-'70s rock/soul ensemble Delaney & Bonnie with then-wife Bonnie Bramlett, is born in Pontotoc, Mississippi.

1945 Deborah Ann Harry (lead singer of Blondie) is born in Miami, Florida, but will be raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

1978 The Texxas Jam takes place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, with Aerosmith, Van Halen, Journey and Ted Nugent performing. 80,000 fans brave the 100 degree heat, cooled down by fire hoses brought in by the organizers. For Aerosmith, it marks a low point in their career as drug use and infighting are about to break up the band, and their performance suffers.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1967 Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic masterpiece "White Rabbit" entered the Billboard chart, where it eventually reached #8. The song became one of the first records to sneak drug references past radio censors. It uses imagery found in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass, such as changing size after taking pills.


source: classicbands