This Day In Rock History

[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.

1949 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.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1974, The Faces, Mott The Hoople, Humble Pie, Greenslade, Lindisfarne, Man, Trapeze, and Chapman and Whitney all appeared at Buxton Pop Festival, Derbyshire, England.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th

1977 - Performing at Olympic Stadium in Montreal on the final stop of Pink Floyd's first stadium tour, Roger Waters spit on an unruly fan and criticized the crowd for setting off fireworks. The experience inspired their next album, The Wall.

2020 - American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels died age 83 of a hemorrhagic stroke. He is best known for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music and scored the 1979 number-one country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia.'


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1982: America released “You Can Do Magic” from tenth studio album, View from the Ground. The track was written and produced by Argent singer and guitarist Russ Ballard and went to #7 in the US.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


2024 Joe Egan, songwriting partner of Gerry Rafferty in Stealers Wheel, passed away at the age of 77. The band reached #6 in the US and #8 in the UK with "Stuck In The Middle With You" in 1973.


source: classicbands

 

[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

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



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[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."


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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


1970, The Who headline at the Tanglewood Music Amphitheater in Lenox, Massachusetts with Jethro Tull and It’s a Beautiful Day opening. It is one of The Who’s very best performances and is projected on a 15′ X 21′ television screen on the lawn outside the venue. The show is videotaped and intended for use on a Fillmore at Tanglewood television special that never airs. “Heaven and Hell”, “I Can’t Explain” and “Water” are later released on the first video edition of 30 Years Of Maximum R&B and the surviving section of the concert on YouTube in 2014.


source: internetfm