Add New Riders of the Purple Sage for Jerry Garcia!
On Thursday, 1 August 2013 17:01:58 UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> August 1 Born –
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> Morris Stoloff (1898) – film composer (The Jolson Story).
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> Lionel Bart (1930) – British songwriter ("Living Doll").
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> Ramblin' Jack Elliott (aka Eliot Asnopoz, 1931) – Folk singer.
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> Jerry Garcia (1942) – The Grateful Dead, The Jerry Garcia Band.
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> Denny Cordell (aka Dennis Cordell-Lavarack, 1943) – record producer.
>
> Raymond "Boz" Burrell (1946) – vocalist/bassist for King Crimson and Bad
> Company.
>
> Rick Coonce (1946) – drummer for The Grass Roots.
>
> Rick Anderson (1947) – bassist for The Tubes.
>
> Jim Carroll (1949) – punk musician, author/poet.
>
> Tim Bachman (1951) – guitarist/vocalist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
>
> Tommy Bolin (1951) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for Moxy, The James Gang,
> and Deep Purple.
>
> Robert Cray (1953) – Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist.
>
> Michael Penn (1958) – singer/songwriter.
>
> Rob Buck (1958) – guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs.
>
> Joe Elliott (1959) – singer for Def Leppard.
>
> Suzi Gardner (1960) – guitarist/vocalist for L7.
>
> Chuck D. (aka Carlton Ridenhour, 1960) – rapper with Public Enemy.
>
> Coolio (aka Artis Ivey, Jr., 1963) – rapper.
>
> Adam Duritz (1964) – vocalist for Counting Crows.
>
> Nick Sayer (1964) – guitarist for Transvision Vamp.
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> Dan Donegan (1968) – guitarist for Disturbed.
>
> Kenwyn House (1970) – guitarist for Reef.
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> Dhani Harrison (1978)
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>
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> August 1 R.I.P. –
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> Bill Buchanan (1996) – cancer. Age 66. Brill songwriter ("The Flying
> Saucer").
>
>
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> August 1 album releases –
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> Brenda Lee – Brenda Lee (1960)
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> Jethro Tull – Stand Up (1969) UK
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> The Bonzo Dog Band – Tadpoles (1969) UK
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> The Kinks – One For The Road (1980) UK
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> Aerosmith – Rock In A Hard Place (1982)
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> Bette Midler – No Frills (1983)
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> Neil Young – Everybody’s Rockin’ (1983)
>
> AFI – Answer That And Stay Fashionable (1995)
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> Jimmy Buffett – Barometer Soup (1995)
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> Pinetop Perkins – Got My Mojo Working (1995)
>
> Big L – The Big Picture (1974-1999) (2000)
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> DMX – Year Of The Dog… Again (2006) U.S.
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> Jimmy Buffett – Live At Wrigley Field (2006)
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>
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> August 1 events –
>
> 1942 – The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra records "Charleston Alley" for Decca
> Records.
>
> 1942 – The American Federation of Musicians goes on strike to protest
> non-payment of royalties from recordings and phonograph records. The strike
> does not include performing live.
>
> 1949 – Frankie Laine releases his single, "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls
> Around Heaven All Day)" b/w "I Get Sentimental" on Mercury Records.
>
> 1954 – Alan Freed presents his first Moondog Jubilee Of Stars Under The
> Stars revue at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, featuring Fats Domino, The
> Clovers, The Orioles, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter.
>
> 1958 – Johnny Cash signs with Columbia Records.
>
> 1958 – Tony Bennett records "Firefly" at CBS Studios in New York City.
>
> 1960 – The East German magazine, Young World, declares Elvis Presley
> "Public Enemy #1" for his embodiment of the decadent American culture.
>
> 1960 – 18-year old Aretha Franklin makes her first non-Gospel recordings,
> recording “Today I Sing The Blues” and three other demos for Columbia
> Records in New York City.
>
> 1960 – Chubby Checker's "The *Twist*" enters the Hot 100 at #49.
>
> 1960 – Billboard magazine reports on the findings of a survey by
> Seventeen Magazine which states, "The average teenage girl listens to the
> radio two hours and thirteen minutes a day and plays records two hours and
> twelve minutes a day."
>
> 1963 – The first issue of the Beatles Monthly magazine is published.
>
> 1964 – Billboard magazine reports that the harmonica is hip again, thanks
> to The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Little Stevie Wonder.
>
> 1964 – Roy Orbison records "Oh, Pretty Woman" at the Fred Foster Sound
> Studio in Nashville.
>
> 1964 – The Rolling Stones play the London Palladium with opening acts The
> Walker Brothers, The Fourmost, and Steampacket, featuring 19-year old
> singer Rod Stewart.
>
> 1965 – Marianne *Faithfull collapses* during a performance in Lancashire,
> and is taken to a hospital, canceling the remainder of her tour.
>
> 1966 – Birmingham, Alabama, radio station WACI calls for the first
> "Beatles Burn-In:" a bonfire of Beatles records to protest John Lennon's
> recently published comments that his group was "bigger than Jesus."
>
> 1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience performs at City Park Stadium in New
> Orleans on their second U.S. tour.
>
> 1969 – Beach Boy Carl Wilson is indicted in Los Angeles for failing to
> perform his required community service hours, which were imposed upon him
> after he refused to be drafted as a conscientious objector.
>
> 1969 – The Beatles record "Because:" the last time all four would begin
> recording a song together.
>
> 1969 – The first day of the three-day Atlantic City Pop Festival is held
> at the Atlantic City racetrack. Festival acts include The Byrds, Canned
> Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Procol Harum, Janis Joplin, Santana, Creedence
> Clearwater Revival, Buddy Miles, Dr. John, Iron Butterfly, Chicago Transit
> Authority, Joe Cocker, Tim Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Lighthouse, The Chambers
> Brothers, Cass Elliott and others.
>
> 1970 – After being shelved for almost two years, the Mick Jagger movie,
> Performance, premieres in London.
>
> 1971 – George Harrison's Concert For Bangla Desh is held at Madison Square
> Garden, with two shows. Artists performing with Harrison include Ringo
> Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Badfinger, Jim Keltner, Leon Russell, Jesse
> Ed Davis, Klaus Voorman, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston and others. Both shows
> are recorded and filmed.
>
> 1971 – The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour debuts on CBS.
>
> 1972 – Elvis Presley releases his single, "Burning Love" b/w "It's A
> Matter Of Time."
>
> 1972 – The Eagles release their single, "Witchy Woman" b/w "Early Bird."
>
> 1977 – The Red and Sonny West tell-all book, Elvis: What Happened?, hits
> bookstore shelves two weeks before the singer's death.
>
> 1978 – George Harrison and bride-to-be, Olivia Trinidad Arias, announce
> the birth of their first and only child, Dhani.
>
> 1980 – *Def Leppard* makes their U.S. stage debut at The Palladium in New
> York City as the opening act for AC/DC.
>
> 1980 – George Harrison forms his own movie production company, Handmade
> Films.
>
> 1981 – MTV debuts on cable television in the U.S. with “Video Killed The
> Radio Star” by The Buggles.
>
> 1984 – Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson appear and sing two duets on
> the CBS soap opera As The World Turns.
>
> 1987 – Eurythmic's Dave Stewart marries Bananarama founding member,
> Siobhan Fahey. They stay married for nine years.
>
> 1987 – MTV Europe is launched from
> Amsterdam<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam>
> , Netherlands <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands>, with a live
> performance by Elton John <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John> and
> the Dire Straits video “Money For Nothing.”
>
> 1988 – Cincinnati AM radio station, WCVG, becomes the first U.S. station
> to go "all Elvis." It doesn't last a year.
>
> 1990 – The band UB40 and two of their technicians are arrested for
> possession of marijuana and are deported from the Republic of Seychelles.
>
> 1994 – The Rolling Stones begin their Voodoo Lounge Tour at RFK Stadium in
> Washington DC. While in town, they are invited to play at the Clinton White
> House, but politely refuse.
>
> 1994 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley officially confirm the
> rumors that they are married.
>
> 2000 – AC/DC kicks off their 140-date Stiff Upper Lip Tour at the Van
> Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
>
> 2007 – Rapper Eminem sues Apple Computers for $75,000 for copyright
> infringement for allowing downloads of his music on iTunes without his
> permission.
>
> 2007 – Prince kicks off his 21 Nights In London Tour at the O2 Arena.
>
> 2007 – John Lennon's sunglasses, worn on The Beatles' 1966 U.S. tour, are
> sold at an auction for an undisclosed price.
>
> 2007 – The Police play the first of two sold-out nights at Madison Square
> Garden in New York City on their Reunion tour.
>
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