Today is the 28th Anniversary of the 1983 US Festival. The US Festivals (US pronounced like the pronoun, not as initials) were two early 1980s music and culture festivals sponsored by Steve Wozniak, formerly of Apple Computer....
Bobbie Brown has posted a hand written biography on her facebook page written by her late ex-husband Jani Lane. Apparently dated July 2011, it was written just weeks before Jani’s death on August 11th, 2011. In the...
Rock Birthdays: August August 1 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Merle Saunders) – b. 1942...
Rock Birthdays: August August 1 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Merle Saunders) – b. 1942...
Read MoreJuly 1Willie Dixon – b. 1915 – d. 1/29/92Bobby Day (had the 1958 hit ‘Rockin Robin’, one half of the duo, Bob And Earl – recorded ‘Harlem Shuffle’ in 1963). b. 1928 – d. 7/27/90James Cotton (In...
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June 1Jim McCarty (Cactus, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles Express, The Rockets,...
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Rock Birthdays:May 1:Judy Collins – 80Jerry Weiss (Blood Sweat & Tears, Ambergris, Al...
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Rock Birthdays April 1 Adolph Rickenbacker – b. 1886 – d. 3/76 Johny Barbata (The...
Read MoreRock Birthdays – March March 1: Jerry Donald Fisher (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Jerry Fisher & the Music Company) – 76 Roger Daltrey (The Who, The RD Crusaders, No Plan B Band, solo + more) – 75 Mike D’Abo...
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