This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th


1935 Latin jazz percussionist Pete Escovedo (of Santana) is born in Pittsburg, California.

1942 Stephen Bladd (drummer for The J. Geils Band) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1942 Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is born in Chicago, Illinois.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th



1985: Live Aid, spearheaded by Bob Geldof to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia was held in London’s Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium. Performers included Sting, U2, Dire Straits, Queen, David Bowie, The Who, Elton John, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Bryan Adams, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin.


Birthdays:
Roger McGuinn-singer & guitarist for The Byrds born in 1942
Mark Mendoza-bassist for Twisted Sister born in 1955


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th


2004 Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass player with The New York Dolls, died aged 55 after checking himself in to a Los Angeles emergency room, complaining of fatigue. He was quickly diagnosed with leukaemia, and died within two hours. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 'New York Dolls' and 1974 'Too Much Too Soon'. His estranged wife wanted to honour her late husband's wishes and bury him next to former Dolls stars Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan in Mount St Mary's cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, but officials at the morgue refused to release his body for burial because his remains were so decomposed. (His body had laid in a morgue for over a month).

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th


1985 At 12.01 Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza, held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. The cream of the world’s biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event, raising over $60 million (£40million.) TV pictures beamed to over 1.5 billion people in 160 countries made it the biggest live broadcast ever known. Artists who appeared included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Who, U2, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Queen, Tina Turner, The Cars, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Led Zeppelin.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th

1968 Black Sabbath played their first gig at a small back street Blues club in Birmingham, England. The group would develop into one of the biggest Heavy Metal bands of the 1970s with such albums as "Paranoid", "Masters of Reality" and "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath".


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 13th


A few albums that was released....


1964 ● The Beach Boys —— All Summer Long ► Sunshine Pop

1973 ● Bob Dylan —— Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid ► Folk-Rock

1973 ● Grateful Dead —— History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear’s Choice) ► Country-Rock

1973 ● Queen —— Queen [UK] ► Prog Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 14th


1953 Bebe Buell is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Though she later rejects the description, she becomes one of the most famous "groupies" of all time, hooking up with a host of stars including Todd Rundgren, to whom she is married from 1972 to 1979. Rundgren brings up her daughter Liv - later revealed to be the biological child of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.

1965 Igor Khoroshev (keyboardist for Yes) is born in Moscow, Russia (then part of the Soviet Union).

1973 Bluegrass/country guitarist Clarence White (of The Byrds) dies at 29 after being hit by a drunk driver. He was loading equipment into his car after a gig in Palmdale, California, when he was struck.

2014 Johnny Winter plays the Cahors Blues Festival in France. It's his last performance, as he dies two days later.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 14th


1969, At the Mississippi River Rock Festival, The Band find themselves upstaged when their boss, Bob Dylan, joins them on stage for three songs. He’s introduced as “Elmer Johnson.”


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 14th


A few albums that was released....


1986 ● Bob Dylan —— Knocked Out Loaded ► Folk-Rock

1992 ● Megadeth —— Countdown To Extinction ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 15th


1947 Guitarist Peter Banks, a founding member of Yes who is with the band until 1970, is born Peter William Brockbanks in Chipping Barnet, North London, England.

1948 Thomas Delmer Pyle is born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1974, under the name Artimus Pyle, he joins the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His musical career with Skynyrd earns him induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

1952 David Pack (frontman for Ambrosia) is born in Huntington Park, California.

1952 Jeff Carlisi (guitarist for .38 Special) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1956 Joe Satriani is born in Westbury, New York.

2018 "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses becomes the first '90s video to pass a billion views on YouTube. The next closest '90s video is "Zombie" by The Cranberries, at 739 million.


source: calendarsongfacts