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Here is what happened on this day (July 22nd) in Rock History:
July 22nd 1940: George Clinton, the visionary leader of the Parliament-Funkadelic empire, is born in Kannapolis, North Carolina
July 22nd 1947: Drummer Don Henley of the Eagles is born in Gilmer, Texas.
July 22nd 1967: Vanilla Fudge plays its debut concert in New York City.
July 22nd 1995: The Ramones release their fourteenth and final studio album, 'Adios Amigos.
Here is what happened on this day (July 21st) in Rock History:
July 21st 1947: Cat Stevens (Steven Georgiou) is born in London. He later changes his name to Yusuf Islam after converting to the Muslim faith.
July 21st 1956: Johnny Cash goes to No. 1 on the country chart with “I Walk the Line.”
July 21st 1969: The Who release their single “I’m Free” from Tommy. It goes to No. 37.
July 21st 2005: British R&B artist “Long John” Baldry dies in Vancouver after battling a chest infection for four months. He is 64.
Here is what happened on this day (July 20th) in Rock History:
July 20th 1945: John Lodge, bassist and songwriter for the Moody Blues, is born in Birmingham, England.
July 20th 1947: Carlos Santana is born in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico.
July 20th 1954: In Memphis, a young Elvis Presley gives his first concert using a flatbed truck as a stage.
July 20th 1974: The Ramones decide to make their drummer Joey Ramone the lead vocalist.
Here is what happened on this day (July 10th) in Rock History:
July 10th 1947: Arlo Guthrie is born in Coney Island, N.Y., Arlo is the son of famed folk singer Woody Guthrie.
July 10th 1949: Metal Master, Ronnie James Dio is born in Portsmouth, NH.
July 10th 1969: Rolling Stone Brian Jones is buried in the Priory Road Cemetery in Cheltenham, England.
July 10th 1989 – The Monkees are awarded a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
Here is what happened on this day (July 9th) in Rock History:
July 9th 1946: Bon (Ronald Belford) Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, is born in Kirriemuir, Scotland.
July 9th 1971: Jim Morrison is buried in Paris’ Pere Lachaise Cemetery, his family having disowned him. The often-vandalized grave becomes a shrine for fans.
July 9th 1975: Jack White is born in Detroit, Michigan.
July 9th 1977: With rock stardom beckoning, a young Declan McManus, aka Elvis Costello, quits his job as a computer programmer.
Here is what happened on this day (July 8th) in Rock History:
July 8th 1970: Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck.
July 8th 1998: Nancy Sinatra makes the announcement at a press conference in the capital that the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., have worked out an agreement to be the repository of the late Frank Sinatra’s music and movie archives.
July 8th 2000: Halfway into the first song of the band’s encore for their Mannheim, Germany show, Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers falls losing his footing and plunges 10-feet off the front of the stage and into the photographers’ pit. Gers is rushed to the hospital where he receives six stitches to a gash in his forehead.
July 8th 2007: Prince was forced off stage by police halfway through his set at the First Avenue nightclub during a late-night gig in his home town of Minneapolis. The club was only allowed to stay open until 3.am but Prince took to the stage at 2.45am. Prince had already played two concerts in Minneapolis before his late-night club appearance
Killer-Q is asking for your help designing our new website!
We are currently in the process of designing a new website. A web site that will be visually interesting while be clear and easy to navigate. If you would take a moment to follow this link, it will lead you to a video on the Killer-Q YouTube page. The animated video shows an overview of the ordering process we intend for the new Killer-Q. Please have a look and simply “like” the video if you feel inclined or leave a comment as to what you would like to see improved, changed or included (if we missed something). If you would like to comment privately, you may, of course e-mail me directly at [email protected] Your feedback will be instrumental in our creating a site we hope you will want to visit frequently. Please keep your ideas as concise as possible and all ideas are welcome.
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Killer-Q would like to wish Ringo Starr a very Happy Birthday. Ringo is not only one of the greatest drummers in rock history, but a wonderful soul and beautiful human being. So, Happy Birthday, Ringo... Peace, Love and please, keep on rockin'. Thanks for everything.
Here is what happened on this day (July 7th) in Rock History:
July 7th 1940: Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) is born in Liverpool, England.
July 7th 1956: Johnny Cash makes his first appearance on “Grand Ole Opry.” He later becomes a regular member of the cast.
July 7th 1968 – The Yardbirds finally call it quits. Jimmy Page forms the New Yardbirds to fulfill tour commitments. The group features: Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones… or, Led Zeppelin.
July 7th 2006: Pink Floyd co-founder Roger “Syd” Barrett dies in Cambridge, England at the age of 60, due to complications from diabetes.
Here is what happened on this day (July 6th) in Rock History:
July 6th 1954: Sam Phillips gives Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips (no relation) an acetate of Elvis Presley’s “That’s All Right (Mama)” to play on his radio show.
July 6th 1956: Paul McCartney Meets John Lennon of The Quarry Men It was Saturday, July 6th, 1956 and John Lennon’s skiffle group, The Quarry Men, were playing Woolton Village Church Garden Fete.
July 6th 1971: Trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, dies. He had turned 71 two days earlier.
July 6th 1973: Queen release their debut single in the U.K., “Keep Yourself Alive.”
July 6, 1957
The day John met Paul.
The Quarrymen played at the garden fete of St Peter’s Church, Woolton, Liverpool.
The performance took place on a stage in a field behind the church. In the band were John Lennon (vocals, guitar), Eric Griffiths (guitar), Colin Hanton (drums), Rod Davies (banjo), Pete Shotton (washboard) and Len Garry (tea chest bass).
That evening the group was due to play again, minus Colin Hanton, this time at the Grand Dance in the church hall on the other side of the road. They were due on stage at 8pm, and admission to the show, in which the Quarrymen alternated on stage with the George Edwards Band, was two shillings.
While setting up their equipment to play, the Quarrymen’s sometime tea-chest bass player, Ivan Vaughan, introduced the band to one of his classmates from Liverpool Institute, the 15-year-old Paul McCartney.
McCartney wore a white jacket with silver flecks, and a pair of black drainpipe trousers.
Lennon was decked out in a checked shirt, tight pants (“Drainies”) and his hair was slicked-up in the fashion of his supreme idol, Elvis Presley.
The pair chatted for a few minutes, and McCartney showed Lennon how to tune a guitar - the instruments owned by John and Griffiths were in G banjo tuning. Paul then sang Eddie Cochran’s Twenty Flight Rock and Gene Vincent’s Be-Bop-A-Lula, along with a medley of songs by Little Richard.
“I remember I was amazed and thought, ‘Oh great’, because I was obviously into the music. I remember John singing a song called Come Go With Me. He’d heard it on the radio. He didn’t really know the verses, but he knew the chorus. The rest he just made up himself. I just thought, ‘Well, he looks good, he’s singing well and he seems like a great lead singer to me.’ Of course, he had his glasses off, so he really looked suave. I remember John was good. He was really the only outstanding member, all the rest kind of slipped away.” -Paul McCartney.
Lennon was equally impressed with McCartney, who showed natural talent for singing songs that The Quarrymen worked hard to accomplish.
“I dug him.”, as John recalled. So much so that John asked Paul to join his band the next day. John stated that he made the momentous decision somewhat begrudgingly. “I was the kingpin”, John said; far more talented than his fellow bandmates. With Paul’s obvious talent and personality, his agreed-upon and unquestioned position as the group’s “leader” would be in jeopardy, or at least, lessened to a degree. “I had to decide whether to make myself stronger or make the group stronger”, John said. Fortunately, Lennon decided to “make the group stronger” and asked McCartney to join.
Since that moment, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, without realizing it, created the most important duo in the history. Without Ivan Vaughn, Paul and John would have never met. Thank you to everything that made those two boys meet each other. It was exactly 58 years ago today. In 2015, we are still grateful to know such amazing persons. They will forever be alive. Maybe not physically, but all they”ll always be in our hearts.
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Here is what happened on this day (July 2nd) in Rock History:
July 2nd 1964: Paul McCartney is at the piano as Liverpudlian diva Cilla Black records the Beatles’ “It’s for you.”
July 2nd 1981: Bruce Springsteen plays his first show at New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Arena. He sold out six shows at the venue in the space of an hour.
July 2nd 1982: Clash drummer Topper Headon is charged with stealing a bus stop sign.
July 2nd 1987: Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones emerges from retirement to begin producing the Mission’s Children.
We'll be closed for the 4th but don't sweat it... we're leaving pug drone on watch. Stay safe people.
(Killer-Q does not advocate the endangerment of animals in anyway... but since some goober already shot the pic and I have evidence that the pug landed safely... here we are. It's funny... and you never cut funny.)
Here is what happened on this day (July 1st) in Rock History:
July 1st 1945: Deborah Harry is born in Miami.
July 1st 1951: Fred Schneider of the B-52s is born in Georgia.
July 1st 1969: Sam Phillips, the man who first recorded Elvis, sells his label Sun Records.
July 1st 1995: Gravel-voiced DJ Wolfman Jack dies of a heart attack in Belvidere, N.C., at age 57
Here is what happened on this day (June 30th) in Rock History:
June 30th 1917: Singer Lena Horne is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
June 30th 1963: Yngwie Malmsteen is born in Stockholm Sweden
June 30th 1989: The surviving Beatles sue for an injunction against Dave Clark, formerly of the Dave Clark Five, banning him from selling copies of the old Ready Steady Go! TV show featuring the Beatles. The case is later settled out of court.
June 30th 2001: Country legend Chet Atkins, one of the most influential and widely recorded instrumentalists ever, dies of cancer at his home in Nashville. He is 77.
Killer-Q is saddened to mark the passing of YES, Bassist, Chris Squire after a prolonged illness. Squire had a long and storied career and over the course of 46 years, has cemented himself into the pantheon of musical greats. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and fans. If you would like to know more details, please click the link. http://www.guitarworld.com/chris-squire-founding-yes-bassist-dead-67
Here is what happened on this day (June 29th) in Rock History:
June 29th 1948: Drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple is born in Nottingham, England.
June 29th 1953: Singer Colin Hay of Men at Work is born today.
June 29th 1994: Oasis made their debut on BBC TV’s ‘Top Of The Pops’ performing their new single ‘Shakermaker’.
June 29th 2000: Vandals pull Ronnie Van Zant’s casket out of the Lynyrd Skynyrd mausoleum, but are unable to open it. Steve Gaines’ ashes are also spilled during the rampage.
