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....
June 1Jim McCarty (Cactus, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles Express, The Rockets,...
Rock Birthdays Feb. 1: Jimmy Carl Black (Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart) – b. 1938 –...
Rock Birthdays Feb. 1: Jimmy Carl Black (Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart) – b. 1938 –...
Read MoreRock BirthdaysJan. 1Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe and the Fish) – 78Morgan Fisher (Mott The Hoople, Love Affair, Hybrid Kids, Morgan) – 70David Wayne (Metal Church, Reverend, Wayne, Intrinsic) – b. 1958...
Read MoreRock Birthdays Dec. 1 Sandy Nelson (session drummer on such tunes as the Teddy Bears’ ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him,’ he releases a string of Top 40 instrumental hits, including ‘Teen Beat’ at #4 in...
Read MoreRock Birthdays: November 1 Ric Grech (Family, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Traffic, KGB, Gram Parsons, The Crickets) – b. 1946 – d. 3/17/90 Jim Steinman (Producer, composer, lyricist, Meat Loaf)...
Read MoreOctober 1 Albert Collins – b. 1932 – d. 11/24/93 Jerri Martini (Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Rubicon + more) – 76 Michael “Cub” Koda (Brownsville Station, solo) – b....
Read MoreSeptember Rock Birthdays September 1 Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & His Comets, The Jodimars) – b. 1933 – d. 5/25/13 Greg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone, Weather Report, David Bowie, Santana, Grateful Dead, Jerry...
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