Music history today.....October 20th 1953, Born on this day, musician and singer-songwriter Tom Petty. Front man of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He is also a founding member of the late 1980’s super-group the Traveling Wilburys. 1964, The Rolling Stones perform their first live concert in France; there are 150 arrests. 1971, Born on this day, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. Better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg. 1977, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd were all killed along with manager Dean Kilpatrick and two pilots when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a densely wooded area in the middle of a swamp in Gillsburg, Missouri. The crash seriously injured the rest of the band and crew who were due to play at Louisiana University that evening. 1978, The Police made their US debut at CBGB’s, New York. The trio had flown on cheap tickets from the UK, even carrying their instruments as hand luggage. also... 2011, US photographer Barry Feinstein, best known for taking enduring pictures of musicians such as Bob Dylan and George Harrison, died aged 80. Feinstein was responsible for capturing more than 500 record sleeves, including Harrisons All Things Must Pass album and the cover photograph for Dylans album The Times They Are A-Changin.’ The Rolling Stones sleeve for Beggars Banquet,’ shot in a graffiti-covered toilet, was also Feinsteins work.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:14:26 +0000
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