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On this day 40 years ago 2 weeks shy of his 30th Birthday the God of Glam was killed in an automobile accident. Strangely he wouldn't learn to drive because he feared dying in an automobile accident. Poor Gloria Jones... I remember I was at my guitar lesson at Mr B's for music in the Penninsula Center in Palos Verdes and a guy ran in shouting to Steve my teacher. "Steve, T-Rex is dead"... everyone just looked at each other "Fuck!" #T-Rex #rip #remembering #marcbolan #futuristicdragon #September16 #1977 #t-rexforever #allthingsmusicplus From All Things Music Plus ON THIS DATE (40 YEARS AGO) September 16, 1977 - Marc Bolan (Tyrannosaurus Rex, T.Rex, John's Children) (b. September 30, 1947) died in a car accident, two weeks before his 30th birthday. He was a passenger in a purple Mini 1275GT (registration FOX 661L) driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Mortons drinking club and restaurant in Berkeley Square. Jones lost control of the car and it struck a sycamore tree after failing to negotiate a small humpback bridge near Gipsy Lane on Queens Ride, Barnes, southwest London. Richard Madeley of daytime TV fame informed fans that it was low tyre pressure that contributed to the fatal crash. Bolan was killed instantly, while Jones suffered a broken arm and broken jaw and spent time in hospital; she did not learn of Bolan's death until the day of his funeral. Bolan's home, which was less than a mile away at 142 Upper Richmond Road West in East Sheen, was quickly looted. Fans quickly turned the site of the crash into a shrine and in 2007 the site was officially recognised as Bolan's Rock Shrine. https://youtu.be/3nnGz64X1V4

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ON THIS DATE (42 YEARS AGO) December 13, 1975 - Patti Smith: Horses is released. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 5/5 # Allmusic 5/5 # Billboard (original review below) Horses is the debut album by American musician Patti Smith, released on December 13, 1975. The record was a key factor and major influence on the New York punk rock scene. At the time she recorded Horses, Patti Smith and her band were favorites in the New York club scene along with Blondie and The Ramones. The former's influence can be best heard in the track "Gloria", a radical retake on the Them song. "Birdland", in particular, owed more to the jazz which Smith's mother enjoyed than to the influence of punk. When recording this song, which was improvised by the band in Electric Lady Studios, Smith has said she imagined the spirit of Jimi Hendrix watching her. The lyrics of "Birdland" are based upon A Book of Dreams, a 1973 memoir of Wilhelm Reich by his son Peter. Several of the album's songs — "Redondo Beach", "Free Money", "Kimberly" — were inspired by moments with members of Smith's family, while others — "Break It Up", "Elegie" — were written about her idols. "Land" was already a live favorite and featured the first verse of Chris Kenner's "Land of a Thousand Dances" and contains a tribute to her long-time idol Arthur Rimbaud." Guest musicians included Tom Verlaine of Television and Allen Lanier of Blue Öyster Cult. "Horses" is often cited as one of the greatest albums in music history. In 2003, the album was ranked number 44 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. NME named the album number 1 in its list "20 Near-as-Damn-It Perfect Initial Efforts". According to a list released by Time magazine in 2006, Horses is one of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums. Smith has been called an early pioneer of death metal. Allmusic's William Ruhlman said that it "isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on Horses" while David Antrobus from PopMatters chose Horses as his favorite album and considered it a life-changing @allthingsmusicplus #allthingsmusicplus #poet #rockstar #punkeock #newyorkcity

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On this day 40 years ago 2 weeks shy of his 30th Birthday the God of Glam was killed in an automobile accident. Strangely he wouldn't learn to drive because he feared dying in an automobile accident. Poor Gloria Jones... I remember I was at my guitar lesson at Mr B's for music in the Penninsula Center in Palos Verdes and a guy ran in shouting to Steve my teacher. "Steve, T-Rex is dead"... everyone just looked at each other "Fuck!" #T-Rex #rip #remembering #marcbolan #futuristicdragon #September16 #1977 #t-rexforever #allthingsmusicplus From All Things Music Plus ON THIS DATE (40 YEARS AGO) September 16, 1977 - Marc Bolan (Tyrannosaurus Rex, T.Rex, John's Children) (b. September 30, 1947) died in a car accident, two weeks before his 30th birthday. He was a passenger in a purple Mini 1275GT (registration FOX 661L) driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Mortons drinking club and restaurant in Berkeley Square. Jones lost control of the car and it struck a sycamore tree after failing to negotiate a small humpback bridge near Gipsy Lane on Queens Ride, Barnes, southwest London. Richard Madeley of daytime TV fame informed fans that it was low tyre pressure that contributed to the fatal crash. Bolan was killed instantly, while Jones suffered a broken arm and broken jaw and spent time in hospital; she did not learn of Bolan's death until the day of his funeral. Bolan's home, which was less than a mile away at 142 Upper Richmond Road West in East Sheen, was quickly looted. Fans quickly turned the site of the crash into a shrine and in 2007 the site was officially recognised as Bolan's Rock Shrine. https://youtu.be/3nnGz64X1V4