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Today in Rock History – December 3

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1964, The Rolling Stones had their second UK number one single with their version of “Little Red Rooster.” The Stones had recorded the song at Chess Studios in Chicago, the same studios where Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Little Walter had recorded their blues classics.

1965, Rolling Stone Keith Richards was knocked unconscious by an electric shock on stage at the Memorial Hall In Sacramento, California, when his guitar made contact with his microphone.

1965, The Beatles set out on what would be their last ever UK tour at Glasgow’s Odeon Cinema. Also on the bill, The Moody Blues, The Koobas, and Beryl Marsden. The last show was at Cardiff”s Capitol Cinema on  December 12th.

1966, British act The New Vaudeville Band started a three-week run at number one on the singles chart with “Winchester Cathedral.” It was a number four hit in the UK.

1966, Ray Charles was given a five year suspended prison sentence and a $10,000 (£6,250) fine after being convicted of possessing heroin and marijuana.

1966, The Monkees made their live debut at the International Arena, Honolulu.

1967, Pink Floyd performed two shows at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham, England. Syd Barrett missed the first show, and Davy O’List of the The Nice stepped in and ad-libbed with the Floyd before Barrett arrived in time for the second performance.

1969, The Rolling Stones recorded “Brown Sugar” at Muscle Shoals studios. The single went on to be number one. The song was written by Mick Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind. Hunt was Jagger’s secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis.

1971, Yes played at the Civic Auditorium in Akron, Ohio.

1972, Pink Floyd appeared at the Palais des Sports, Caen, France as part of the Dark Side of the Moon tour.

1973, The Beach Boys and Billy Joel appeared at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.

1974, the first of three nights of Pink Floyd concerts at the Hippodrome in Birmingham, England. The setlist at all three performances was Shine on You Crazy Diamond / Raving and Drooling / Gotta Be Crazy // Dark Side of the Moon/ encore: Echoes.

1975, Ronnie Wood’s wife Krisse was arrested for alleged possession of cannabis and cocaine after a raid on the couple’s house in Richmond. Krissie’s friend Audrey Burgon was also arrested, newspapers reported that the two women were found sleeping together.

1976, A giant forty foot inflatable pig could be seen floating above London, England after breaking free from its moorings. The pig, nicknamed Algie, was being photographed for the forthcoming Pink Floyd Animals album cover. The Civil Aviation Authority issued a warning to all pilots that a flying pig was on the run, and the pig eventually crashed into a barn in Godmersham, Kent, where the farmer complained of his cows being scared by the incident.

1976, An attempt was made on Bob Marley’s life when seven gunmen burst into his Kingston home injuring Marley his wife Rita and manager Don Taylor, the attack was believed to be politically motivated.

1977, Wings started a nine-week run at number one with “Mull Of Kintyre.” The first single to sell over 2 million copies in the UK.  It was co-written by Denny Laine who sold his rights to the song when he became bankrupt.

1978, The Philadelphia Furies, a soccer team co-owned by Peter Frampton, Paul Simon, and Mick Jagger, lost their first match in the North American League, 3-0 to the Washington Diplomats.

1979, A concert by The Who at The Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, turned to disaster when eleven members of the audience were trampled to death after a stampede to claim unreserved seats. Another 26 fans were injured. The concert was using “festival seating” where seats are available on a first come-first served basis. When the waiting fans outside the Coliseum heard the band performing a late sound check, they thought that the concert was beginning and tried to rush into the still-closed doors.

1980, Frank Zappa appeared at the Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1981, Black Sabbath played at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland.

1982, Rush performed at Madison Square Garden, New York.

1983, Duran Duran scored their first UK number one album with their third release, Seven And The Ragged Tiger, which also peaked at number eight on the US chart.

1994, Boyz II Men knocked themselves off the No.1 position on the US singles chart when “On Bended Knee” started a six week run at number one. The group’s “I’ll Make Love To You” had been at number one for a record breaking 14 weeks.

2001, American session guitarist Grady Martin died aged 72. He was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team, playing guitar on hits ranging from Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman,” Marty Robbins’ “El Paso,” and Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” During a 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Joan Baez and JJ Cale.

2008, Composer, keyboardist and arranger Derek Wadsworth died in Oxfordshire, England. As a musician he worked with Georgie Fame, Alan Price, George Harrison, Mike Oldfield, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Simply Red. Arranger for David Essex, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Judy Garland, Kate Bush, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, The Small Faces, The Rolling Stones and Manfred Mann.

Born on December 3: Andy Williams (1928); John Cale, Velvet Underground (1940); Ozzy Osbourne (1948); Mickey Thomas, Jefferson Starship (1949); and Duane Roland, guitar, Molly Hatchet (1952)

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Today in Rock History – November 30

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beatles-with-the-beatles1963, The Beatles second album With The Beatles became the first million selling album by a group in the UK.

1968, Glen Campbell started a five-week run at number one on the album chart with “Wichita Lineman.” The song was written by Jimmy Webb, who’s inspiration for the lyrics came while driving through Washita County in northern Oklahoma.

1969, Pink Floyd performed at the Lyceum Ballroom along the Strand in London. Supported by Audience and Cub’s Blues Band.

1969, The Monkees made what would be their last live appearance for fifteen years when they played at The Oakland Coliseum, California.

1969, David Bowie, The Graham Bond Organisation and Dusty Springfield all performed at a fund raising show in London for youth magazine Rave.

1969, Simon & Garfunkel appear in their first TV special. They screen footage of Bobby Kennedy’s funeral and the Vietnam War, which causes original sponsor AT&T to dissociate itself from the program.

1969, The Rolling Stones played the final night on a 17-date North American tour at the International Raceway Festival, West Palm Beach, Florida. Also appearing, The Moody Blues, Ten Years After, King Crimson, Janis Joplin, The Band, Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly.

1971, Sly And The Family Stone were at number one on the singles chart with “Family Affair.”

wings-hi-hi-hi1973, Wings release their single “Hi, Hi, Hi.” However, the BBC bans the record because it declares the lyrics “unsuitable” for broadcast.

1974, Elton John started a ten-week run at number one on the US album chart with his Greatest Hits.

1979, The Grateful Dead appeared at Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1982, Michael Jackson’s Thriller album was released. It spent 190 weeks on the UK album chart, becoming the biggest selling pop album of all time, with sales over 50 million copies. Seven singles were released from the album, including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It,” which featured guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather of Toto.

1985, Phil Collins had his fifth number one with “Separate Lives.” The song was taken from the film White Nights.

1989, Manchester bands The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses both made their debut appearance on UK TV music show Top Of The Pops. The Mondays performed “Hellelujah,” and the Stone Roses played “Fools Gold.”

1997, Metallica were at number one on the US album chart with Reload, the band’s third US chart topping album.

1999, Don “Sugarcane” Harris was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment at the age of 61. The American guitarist and violinist was part of the ’50s duo Don & Dewey. He also worked with Little Richard, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, John Lee Hooker and Johnny Otis.

2003, A block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. It is the block where Joey once lived with band mate Dee Dee Ramone, and is near the music club CBGB, where the Ramones played their first gigs. In 2010, it was reported that “Joey Ramone Place,” was New York City’s most stolen sign. The sign had to be moved to 20 feet above ground level.

2006, The sale of Syd Barrett’s final belongings were sold by Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge, England. The sale of the 77 items raised £119,890 ($233,786). Ten paintings alone raised over £55,000 ($88,000) and two bicycles over £10,000 ($16,000.) The sale included such things as the armchair he used to sit in, his home-made bread bin, tools, notebooks and binders, and books. The sale catalog described Barrett, who was fired from Pink Floyd in 1968, as a man with a “total disinterest in materialism.”

Born on November 30: Allan Sherman, parody singer (1924); Johnny Horton, singer, and  Dick Clark (1929); Paul Stookey, vocals, Peter Paul and Mary (1937); Rob Grill, Grass Roots (1944); Roger Glover, bass, Deep Purple (1945); George McArdale, Little River Band (1954); Billy Idol (1955); and John Ashton, guitar, Psychedelic Furs (1957)

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Song Of The Day – “Requiem For John Hurt” by John Fahey

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rainbowrecordsjohnfaheyrequiaI buy most of my music these days on line. I either purchase from Amazon where I can take advantage of free shipping, eBay where I can score clean copies of used records or directly from record labels like Polyvinyl and Third Man Records.

Earlier today I got a rush and went down to a small independent record store in Barrington, Illinois called Rainbow Records with my friend. I had been to Rainbow once before on Black Friday Record Store Day and thought the store was pretty cool, so I made a mental note to come back again sometime.
Rainbow Records is owned by a fellow record geek named John Thominet, who is the fifth owner of the store that began in the 1970s. While there, I picked up a few used records including Tim Buckley’s first album (which I’ve never owned on vinyl) and a 1970 live double album by The Butterfield Blues Band. I also purchased The Rolling Stones’ “Some Girls Live” (Houston Texas 1978) which is seeing its first release on vinyl, and a reissue of John Fahey’s 1968 album “Requia and other compositions for guitar solo.”

I had been interested in the Fahey album, because I love his solo guitar playing and it also includes an experimental four-part piece called “Requiem For Molly” which takes up most of side two and is not unlike The Beatles’ “Revolution No. 9” with solo guitar interspersed throughout the montage. Today’s Song Of The Day is the album’s lead-off track that pays tribute to Mississippi John Hurt, who had at the time recently passed away. John Fahey on this track: “He was in his quiet way, a very great man, and I deeply mourn our loss of him. So, I wrote this requiem for him, about him, but I play it the way Charley Patton would have played it.”

But I got a lot more than records during my visit to the store…I got a great atmosphere and the feeling of community (similar to that of our weekly vinyl gathering at a local bar), but in a record store setting with people of all ages. There were a couple of teenagers at the store who were buying records that I generally take for granted because I’ve had them for so long. Through their eyes, records like an original pressing of Steely Dan’s “Can’t Buy A Thrill” and The Clash’s “Sandinista” were real finds. I really dug the genuine enthusiasm coming from these young record collectors…they reminded me of…well, me…

With the store’s owner and my buddy John also chiming in on the conversation, we were having a great time together. And with prices that are comparable to what I normally spend on eBay for records, that feeling of community, my friends, is something you can’t possibly get on line.