Gary Rossington was also in the short-lived Rossington-Collins Band Two LPs and a tour What I didn't know is that Billy Powell and Leon Wilkerson were also in the band. It was basically Skynyrd without all of the dead people and no Artemus Pyle on drums.
On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 8:23:54 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote: > December 4 Born – > > Eddie Heywood (1915) – Jazz pianist (“Canadian Sunset”). > > Tommy Morgan (1932) – session harmonica player. > > Freddy Cannon (aka Frederick Picariello, Jr., 1939) – singer (“Palisades > Park”). > > Bob Mosley (1942) – bassist for Moby Grape. > > Chris Hillman (1944) – The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Souther > Hillman Furay Band. > > Dennis Wilson (1944) – The Beach Boys. > > Anna McGarrigle (1944) – singer/songwriter. > > Terry Woods (1947) – The Pogues. > > Southside Johnny (aka John Lyon, 1948) – The Asbury Jukes. > > Gary Rossington (1951) – guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. > > Bob Griffin (1959) – bassist for The Bo Deans. > > Vinnie Dombroski (1962) – vocalist for Sponge. > > Adamski (aka Adam Tinley, 1967) – record producer. > > Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter, 1969) – rapper/producer/record label executive. > > Justin Welch (1972) – drummer for Elastica. > > Kate Rusby (1973) – British folk singer/songwriter. > > > December 4 R.I.P. – > > Tommy Bolin (1976) – heroin overdose. Age 25. Moxy, James Gang and Deep > Purple. > > Benjamin Britten (1976) – heart failure. Age 63. British classical > composer. > > Frank Zappa (1993) – prostate cancer. Age 52. The Mothers Of Invention. > > Bernie Dwyer (2002) – lung cancer. Age 62. Drummer for Freddie and The > Dreamers. > > Hubert Sumlin (2011) – heart failure. Age 80. Blues guitarist for Howlin’ > Wolf. > > > December 4 album releases – > > The Beatles – Beatles For Sale (1964) UK > > The Yardbirds – Five Live Yardbirds (1964) UK > > The Rolling Stones – December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) U.S. > > Robert Wyatt – End Of An Ear (1970) > > Wishbone Ash – Wishbone Ash (1970) > > Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills Live (1975) > > Scorpions – Taken By Force (1977) UK, Europe > > Foreigner – Inside Information (1987) > > Brand Nubian – One For All (1990) > > Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits (2001) > > Limp Bizkit – New Old Songs (2001) > > > December 4 events – > > 1927 – Duke Ellington’s newly-expanded big band begins a three-and-a-half > year residency at Harlem’s Cotton Club. > > 1944 – Eddy Arnold and The Plowboys record four songs, including "Cattle > Call," at Arnold’s first recording session at WSM Radio studios in > Nashville. > > 1953 – Tony Bennett records “There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight” at CBS > Studios in New York City. > > 1954 – Billboard magazine announces that DJ Alan Freed can no longer use > the moniker “Moondog” after Supreme Court Justice Carroll G. Walter rules > in favor of New York street musician Louis T. Hardin, who claims ownership > of the name. > > 1956 – Elvis Presley arrives at Sun Studios unannounced, interrupting a > Carl Perkins session featuring Jerry Lee Lewis on piano. A short time > later, Johnny Cash arrives at the studio, and the four musicians gather > around the piano and sing songs familiar to them all. Sam Phillips records > the “group,” who will be dubbed the “Million Dollar Quartet” the following > day in the Memphis Press-Scimitar. > > 1957 – DJ Allen Brooks of radio station CKWS in Kingston, Ontario, > Canada, plays Elvis Presley's new Christmas album in its entirety and > invites listeners to call in their opinion, since many radio stations have > banned the album because of the implied impropriety of “Elvis the Pelvis” > singing religious songs. Of 800 callers, all but 56 approve of Presley's > album. > > 1957 – Danny and The Juniors and Jimmy Dee and The Offbeats appear on > American Bandstand. > > 1958 – At the request of Dick Clark, Lloyd Price re-records “Stagger Lee,” > as well as a version of “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Where Were You (On Our > Wedding Day)?” at Bell Sound Studio in New York City. > > 1959 – Henry Mancini and His Orchestra begin recording the album, Music > From Mr. Lucky, at RCA Studios in Hollywood, after his CBS-TV theme song > “Mr. Lucky” hit # 21 on the singles chart. > > 1960 – Jackie Wilson makes his debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, > performing “Lonely Teardrops,” “To Be Loved” and “Alone At Last.” Other > musical guests include Jane Morgan, violinist Joyce Flissler, and 10-year > old Spanish singer, Joselito. > > 1961 – Gene Chandler releases his single, “Duke Of Earl” b/w “Kissin’ In > The Kitchen.” > > 1962 – The Beatles make their London television debut on the children’s > program Tuesday Rendezvous. Filmed in Studio 4 at Wembley Studios, the > group lip-synchs to “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You.” > > 1965 – Singer/songwriter Jacques Brel makes his American stage debut in > concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. > > 1965 – The Animals, The Moody Blues and The Brian Auger Trinity, featuring > Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll, all appear on Part 1 of > Shindig Goes To London. > > 1966 – Diana Ross and The Supremes and Gary Lewis and The Playboys appear > on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is singer Lainie Kazan. > > 1967 – The 16-date UK package tour, featuring The Jimi Hendrix > Experience, The Move, The Nice, Pink Floyd, The Eire Apparent, The Outer > Limits and Amen Corner, comes to a close, playing their final two shows at > City Hall in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. > > 1969 – President Richard Nixon, Vice-President Agnew and 40 U.S. governors > view "simulated acid trip" films and listen to rock music in an attempt to > comprehend the generation gap. > > 1969 – The Rolling Stones wrap up three days of recording sessions at > Muscle Shoals in Alabama, completing the tracks “Brown Sugar,” “Wild > Horses” and “You Gotta Move” for their next album. > > 1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland burns down during a concert by > Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, after a fan sets the venue on > fire with a flare gun. The fire becomes the subject of the Deep Purple > song “Smoke On The Water.” > > 1971 – Don McLean’s “American Pie” enters Billboard’s Hot 100. > > 1976 – EMI record plant packers go on strike, refusing to package The Sex > Pistols’ single “Anarchy In The UK.” > > 1977 – Queen braves blizzard conditions to appear at the University Arena > in Dayton, Ohio. > > 1979 – U2 appears at the Hope and Anchor in Islington, London. Mistakenly > called “The U2s,” they play to only nine people and the show ends abruptly > when The Edge breaks a guitar string. > > 1980 – Prince plays the first night of his 30-date Dirty Mind Tour at > Shea’s in Buffalo, New York. The tour is the first to feature Lisa Coleman > on keyboards. > > 1980 – Led Zeppelin officially calls it quits in a press release, which > reads: "We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the > deep respect we have for his family, together with the deep sense of > undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide > that we could not continue as we were. – Led Zeppelin” > > 1985 – Singer Connie Francis is arrested aboard a Delta airliner for > smoking four cigarettes while the No Smoking sign is on during a re-fueling > stop in Atlanta. As she is escorted off the plane, she kicks the police > officer, incurring another charge of battery. She is booked and released on > $1,100 bail. > > 1987 – Madonna files for divorce from actor Sean Penn. She changes her > mind the following week, and then changes it again - this time for good - > in January 1988. > > 1988 – Roy Orbison makes his last concert appearance at the Front Row > Theater in Highland Heights, Ohio. > > 1991 – Country music act The Judds play their final concert together at > the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The concert is filmed for a > television special. > > 1991 – Paula Abdul receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. > > 1995 – Michael Jackson and French pantomime artist Marcel Marceau begin > rehearsals for the upcoming HBO special, Michael Jackson: One Night Only, > at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. > > 1999 – Rapper Jay-Z is released from jail on $50,000 bail after a stabbing > incident at a party in New York City the previous night. > > 2001 – KISS’ Gene Simmons releases his book, KISS And Make-Up. In the > evening, the group is one of the honorees at the National Academy of > Recording Arts and Sciences Heroes Award ceremony in New York City. > > 2001 – England’s Q magazine publishes their Greatest Female Rock and Pop > Artist of All Time fan poll, with P.J. Harvey taking the top spot, followed > by Madonna, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Björk. > > 2002 – In an interview with Diane Sawyer on the ABC news program > Primetime, Whitney Houston admits that drink and drugs nearly killed her, > and that she is addicted to sex. Houston also tells Sawyer that her > business is sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and that she got into the > lifestyle after missing out on partying when her career took off when she > was 18. > > 2004 – Michael Jackson provides his DNA to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s > Department following a second raid on his Neverland Ranch. > > 2006 – Christie’s in New York holds another rock ‘n’ roll auction, selling > Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” for > $192,000 to a Texas bookstore owner. Also auctioned off is a guitar owned > by Jimi Hendrix, a notebook of lyrics written by Bob Marley, and a poem > written by Jim Morrison. > > 2010 – A-ha plays their last concert together at the Spektrum in Oslo, > Norway: the final date of their Ending On A High Note Tour. > > 2012 – Vocalist for the U.S. metal band Lamb of God, Randy Blythe, is > charged with manslaughter in the death of a fan at a concert in Prague in > the Czech Republic in 2010. The singer is accused of pushing the fan off > the stage during a show, after which the fan hit his head on the concrete > floor when he fell, and died of his injuries 14 days later. The 41-year-old > singer, who faces five to ten years in a Czech prison if convicted, will be > acquitted in March 2013. > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
