Friday 1 June 2018

Today in rock history 28th May

1910 – Born on this day, T- Bone Walker, US blues guitarist, influenced Albert Collins, BB King, Buddy Guy, Freddy King.
1917 – Born on this day, Papa John Creech – violinist with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna
1945 – John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is born in Berkeley, Calif.
1949 – Born on this day, Wendy O. Williams – singer with The Plasmatics
1963 – During a UK tour supporting Roy Orbison, The Beatles played at the Gaumont Cinema in Worcester.
1964 – The BBC received over 8,000 postal applications for tickets for The Rolling Stones appearance on Juke Box Jury.
1964 - Marianne Faithful records the Mick Jagger / Keith Richards tune "As Tears Go By", accompanied by future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass.
1969 – Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were arrested at their London home and charged with possession of cannabis, They were released on £50 ($85) bail.
1973 -  The Faces’ bassist Ronnie Lane departed from the group & formed a new group Slim Chance.
1976 -  The Allman Brothers Band broke up for the first time after Gregg Allman testified against a road manager accused of drug trafficking.
1977 – Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the first time when they performed as part of Mike Howletts band, Strontium 90 at the Circus Hippodroms, Paris.
1977  - Bruce Springsteen reached a settlement with former manager Mike Appel, which freed him to enter the recording studio. Their legal entanglements prevented him from recording.
1982 – Promoter Bill Graham staged a special Vietnam Veterans benefit concert in San Francisco starring The Jefferson Starship, The Grateful Dead and Country Joe.
1983 – The four day US Festival ’83’ took place in California, featuring The Clash, U2, David Bowie, The Pretenders, Van Halen, Stray Cats, Men At Work, Judas Priest, Stevie Nicks and Ozzy Osbourne. Over 750,000 fans attended the festival.
1988 – Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler married second wife Teresa Barrick in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1990 – Mitch Mitchell former drummer with Jimi Hendrix took out a High Court action against Private Eye magazine over an allegedly defamatory item.
1995 – Hootie & the Blowfish started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album charts with ‘Cracked Rear View’. The album went on to sell over 15m copies.
1996 – Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles after an apparent drug overdose.
2003 – Paul McCartney announces that he and his wife Heather Mills are expecting their first child later in the year.
2004 – Guitarist from 80’s glam band Enuff Z’ Nuff Derek Frigo died of a drug overdose aged 36
2007 – The Police kicked off their 152 show Reunion Tour at General Motors Place in Vancouver, Canada in front of 22,000 fans.
2012 – “Yellow Submarine” the animated Beatles movie was restored and re-released.

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