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• Today we remember the passing of the great Richard William « Rick » Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008)

  14 septembre 2020

• March 10th 1947, Born on this day, Tom Scholz, guitar, keyboards, Boston, (1977 UK No.23 single 'More Than A Feeling', 1986 US No.1 single 'Amanda').

  09 mars 2020

• March 10th 1950, Born on this day, Ted McKenna, drummer, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, (1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah').

  09 mars 2020

• March 9th 1948, Born on this day, Chris Thompson, vocals, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, (1976 UK No.6 single 'Blinded By The Light', a US No.1 in 1977).

  08 mars 2020

• March 9th 1945, Born on this day, Robin Trower, guitarist, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 single & US No.5 ' 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'' & three top 20 solo albums).

  08 mars 2020

• March 8th 1946, Born on this day, Randy Meisner, guitarist with US group Poco who later joined The Eagles who had the 1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Hotel California'. He quit The Eagles in 1977.

  07 mars 2020

• 6 MARCH 2013 Alvin Lee (lead vocalist, guitarist for Ten Years After) dies at age 68 from complications after a routine surgery.

  05 mars 2020

• March 6th 1946, Born on this day, David Gilmour: guitarist, singer and songwriter, who joined Pink Floyd in 1968.

  05 mars 2020

• Happy birthday Walter Trout (born March 6, 1951, Ocean City, New Jersey, United States) an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

  05 mars 2020

• March 5th 1946, Born on this day, Murray Head, UK singer who had the 1984 UK No.12 & 1985 US No.3 single, 'One Night In Bangkok'.

  04 mars 2020

• March 5th 1948, Born on this day, Eddy Grant, singer with The Equals who had the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Baby Come Back', and as a solo artist scored the 1982 UK No.1 single 'I Don't Wanna Dance'.

  04 mars 2020

• March 5th 1952, Born on this day, Alan Clark, keyboard player with Dire Straits who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Money For Nothing' and the 1986 UK No.2 single 'Walk Of Life'

  04 mars 2020

• March 5th 1970, Born on this day, John Frusciante, guitarist with Red Hot Chili Peppers who had the 1992 UK No.26 single with ‘Under The Bridge’, the 1991 US No.3 albumBlood Sugar Sex Magik and a 2002 UK No.1 album By The Way.

  04 mars 2020

• Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist.

  04 mars 2020

• March 3rd 1947, Born on this day, Jennifer Warnes, singer, (1982 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Up Where We Belong' with Joe Cocker).

  02 mars 2020

• September 17th 1991, Rob Tyner lead singer with the American hard rock band MC5 died after he suffered a heart attack in the seat of his parked car in his hometown of Berkley, Michigan. MC5, (shortened from the Motor City Five), formed in Detroit, in 1965, they released their first album, ‘Kick Out the Jams’ in 1969.

  16 septembre 2020

• March 2nd 1948, Born on this day, Rory Gallagher, Irish blues guitarist, who had a 1970 UK No.18 album with 'On The Boards/Taste'. Gallagher died on June 14th 1995.

  01 mars 2020

• March 2nd 1943, Born on this day, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, (1968 'White Light, White Heat'), solo, (1973 UK No.10 & US No.16 single 'Walk On The Wildside', 1997 UK No.1 charity single 'Perfect Day'). Reed died on 27th Oct 2013 aged 71.

  01 mars 2020

• March 2nd 1949, Born on this day, Eddie Money, (former policeman Edward Mahoney), US singer, (1978 US No.11 single 'Baby Hold On').

  01 mars 2020

• 2nd March 2008, Canadian guitarist, singer, Jeff Healey, died of cancer.

  01 mars 2020

• March 2nd 1991, French singer Serge Gainsbourg died of a heart attack. Famous for his 1969 UK No.1 duet with Jane Birkin on 'Je t'aime... Moi non plus.' During his career, he wrote the soundtracks for more than 40 films.

  01 mars 2020

• Happy birthday Mark Whitmore Evans (born 2 March 1956) an Australian bass guitarist who was an early member of hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977.

  01 mars 2020

• Happy birthday John Cowsill (born March 2, 1956 in Newport, Rhode Island) an American musician, best known for his work as a singer and drummer with his siblings’ band, The Cowsills.

  01 mars 2020

• Happy birthday to Roger Daltrey

  29 février 2020

• February 29th 1976, 10cc kicked off a 30-date UK tour at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon promoting their new album 'How Dare You'. Also this week 10CC member Eric Stewart had been nominated for a Grammy award in America for his work on the 'Original Soundtrack' album.

  28 février 2020