Jeez Sreve no mention of Warren Haynes birthday...I mean c'mon Doc, you introduced me to the guy's playing? Happy 53rd Warren! Covering Robert Palmer's SSTTA! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2jRvtElync
On Saturday, 6 April 2013 16:18:06 UTC+1, Eidem wrote: > April 6 Born – > Vernon Dalhart (1883) – Country singer/songwriter (“The Prisoner’s > Song”). > "Pappy" Wade Ray (1916) – Country/rockabilly fiddler. > Big Walter Horton (1917) – Blues harmonica player. > Paula Kelly (1919) – big band singer, The Modernaires. > Dorothy Donegan (1922) – swing jazz/boogie-woogie pianist with Cab > Calloway. > Gerry Mulligan (1927) – Jazz saxophonist with Stan Kenton and Miles > Davis. > André Previn (aka Andreas Priwin, 1929) – composer/pianist. > Merle Haggard (1937) – Country music singer/songwriter. > John Stax (1944) – bassist for The Pretty Things. > Tony Connor (1947) – drummer for Hot Chocolate. > Ralph Cooper (1951) – drummer for Air Supply. > Christopher Franke (1953) – Tangerine Dream. > Frank Black (aka Black Francis aka Charles Thomson IV, 1965) – singer/ > guitarist for The Pixies. > > April 6 R.I.P. – > Igor Stravinsky (1971) – Age 88. Russian composer/pianist. > Ral Donner (1984) – lung cancer. Age 41. Early rock musician/singer. > Tammy Wynette (1998) – died in her sleep on her couch. Age 55. > Wendy O. Williams (1998) – suicide. Age 48. The Plasmatics. > Red Norvo (1999) – Age 91. Jazz vibraphonist for Dizzy Gillespie. > Niki Sullivan (2004) – heart attack. Age 66. The Crickets. > Coyote McCloud (2011) – cirrhosis of the liver. Age 68. Nashville DJ, > songwriter (“Where’s The Beef”). > > April 6 album releases – > Cilla Black – ‘Sher-oo!’ (1968) > John Denver – Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971) > Beck, Bogert & Appice – Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) UK > J.J. Burnel – Euroman Cometh (1979) > Roger Taylor – Fun In Space (1981) > The Cult – Electric (1987) > Annie Lennox – Diva (1992) > The Dandy Warhols – Dandys Rule, OK? (1995) > Big Sugar – Heated (1999) > > April 6 events – > 1925 – Eddie Cantor records his signature song, "If You Knew Susie." > 1946 – Roy Acuff quits the Grand Ole Opry in a salary dispute over > being required to appear every Saturday night of the year and be paid > $15 when he could earn $100 a night touring. > 1956 – The Capitol Records tower in Hollywood opens its doors. > 1956 – Elvis Presley signs a seven-year movie deal with Hal Wallis and > Paramount Pictures. > 1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays the Public Hall in Cleveland, > featuring Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Danny and The > Juniors and many others. > 1960 – The Everly Brothers begin their first tour of the UK in London > at the New Victoria Theatre, with the remaining members of The > Crickets as their backing band. > 1963 – Fats Dominos leaves Imperial Records after almost 14 years and > signs with ABC-Paramount. > 1963 – The Kingsmen record both sides of their single, "Louie Louie" > and "Haunted Castle" at Northwestern Incorporated Motion Pictures and > Recording in Portland, Oregon. > 1963 – Bobby Darin records “18 Yellow Roses” at Capitol Studios in > Hollywood. > 1965 – Five years after recording the song, Elvis Presley releases his > single, “Crying In The Chapel” b/w “I Believe In The Man In The Sky.” > 1965 – Brian Wilson records the backing track for "California Girls" > at Western in Hollywood. > 1966 – The Beatles record "Mark I," a track that will soon become > "Tomorrow Never Knows." > 1967 – George Martin and Geoff Emerick sequence Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely > Hearts Club Band for the first time, with Side 1’s songs in a > different running order: “Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “With > A Little Help From My Friends,” “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite,” > “Fixing A Hole,” “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” “Getting Better” and > “She's Leaving Home.” > 1968 – Syd Barrett quits Pink Floyd. > 1968 – The Beatles' Apple Corps offices open in London. > 1968 – Caravan plays their first ever gig at the Beehive Club in > Canterbury. > 1969 – Pete Quaife quits The Kinks. > 1969 – Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Shirley Verrett and Duke Ellington and > His Orchestra appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. > 1971 – The Rolling Stones launch Rolling Stones Records and their > infamous lips and tongue logo, with Atlantic Records being the > distributor of the new label. > 1971 – Carly Simon opens for Cat Stevens at The Troubadour in L.A., > and meets James Taylor backstage after the show. > 1972 – Elvis Presley appears at Olympic Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. > 1972 – Micky Dolenz appears as himself in the "Barbara Lost" episode > of My Three Sons. > 1973 – In Federal court, The Smothers Brothers win more than $750,000 > from CBS Television in their lawsuit over the cancellation of their TV > show. > 1974 – The first California Jam takes place at the Ontario Motor > Speedway in California. Acts include Rare Earth, The Eagles, Earth, > Wind & Fire, Seals & Crofts, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath, Deep > Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. > 1974 – Billy Joel's "Piano Man" enters the Top 40. > 1974 – ABBA become stars overnight when their composition "Waterloo" > wins the annual Eurovision Song Contest. > 1975 – Labelle performs "Lady Marmalade" on Cher on CBS. > 1978 – Peter Frampton appears as Peter Buckley, and Elvis Presley > associate Red West appears as Sgt. Micklin in the “A Little Bit Of > England” episode of NBC’s Black Sheep Squadron. > 1979 – Rod Stewart marries George Hamilton's ex-wife, Alana, in > Beverly Hills. They will stay married for five years. > 1984 – E Street Band guitarist "Miami" Steve Van Zandt announces he's > leaving the group. He will be replaced by Nils Lofgren in June. > 1985 – Gilbert O'Sullivan is awarded $2 million in a lawsuit against > his former manager for unpaid royalties for the song "Alone Again > (Naturally)." > 1987 - Roger Waters' lawyers issue the statement that Roger is the > creative force behind Pink Floyd, and will contest the use of the name > by anyone, including former members of the band. > 1992 – George Harrison plays a benefit concert for the Natural Law > Party at the Royal Albert Hall. > 1997 – Disneyland closes Michael Jackson's 3-D film/ride, Captain E/O. > 1998 – Chubby Checker, Fabian, Lesley Gore and Dick Clark all appear > as themselves in the "Opus One" episode of Murphy Brown. > 1999 – The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Micky Hart perform at a > benefit for Presidential candidate Al Gore, with Gore's notoriously > anti-rock music wife, Tipper, playing congas. > 1999 – An all-star tribute to Johnny Cash is held at the Hammerstein > Ballroom in New York City, featuring Sheryl Crow, Chris Isaak, Willie > Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, U2 and others. > 2000 – Visage vocalist Steve Strange is arrested after stealing a £10 > Teletubbies doll in Bridgend, South Wales, while on a shoplifting > spree, also stealing cosmetics and clothes from High Street stores. > Strange was already on bail for stealing a £15 ladies' jacket from > Marks and Spencer in Cardiff when he was arrested. > 2000 – An all-star tribute to Joni Mitchell is held at the Hammerstein > Ballroom in New York City, featuring Elton John, Richard Thompson, > James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper and others. > 2006 – Eminem divorces his wife Kim for the second time, after re- > marrying three months earlier on January 14. > 2009 – The Temptations sing the National Anthem at the NCAA Men's > Final Four Championship Game in Detroit. > 2009 – Meatloaf appears as Eddie Novack in the “Simple Explanation” > episode of House MD on FOX. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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