Happening today in music history.....October 29th 1944, Guitarist Denny Laine is born Brian Hines. He would become a founding member of The Moody Blues and also the band Wings with Paul McCartney. 1971, Guitarist Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on a Macon, Georgia street while trying to swerve to avoid a tractor-trailer. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday. 1987, Rolling Stones guitarist and occasional painter Ron Wood gets his first public presentation, ‘Decades,’ in London, featuring mostly portraits of Woods famous friends over the past two decades. 1993, Tim Burtons animated musical ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ hits US theaters. The film features music composed by Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo; Elfman also sings the vocal parts of protagonist Jack Skellington. Elfman is also known for creating The Simpsons Main Theme as well as many other Burton directed movies including Beetlejuice. also... 2007, Walk the Line, the film about the life of singer Johnny Cash, was voted the greatest music biopic of all time. The film starred Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Cash and his wife June Carter, which won the actress an Oscar.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:52:06 +0000
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