March 28

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 28
John Evans formerly with Jethro Tull is 61;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis sets his piano on fire at a concert in Brooklyn, New York after he was told that Chuck Berry would be closing Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show
1964 London’s Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum announce that the first rock band to be cast in wax will be the Beatles
1982 David Crosby is arrested in Los Angeles for possession of quaaludes, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
1994 Kurt Cobain enters rehad at SoCal Exodus Recovery Center, but he wals out 3 days later
1996 Phil Collins announcves that he is leaving Genesis
2000 Ministry magazine pays Jimmy Page an undisclosed amount of money and offers Page an apology after the mag announced that Page contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham by satanic rituals
2008 The Allman Brothers Band cancel some shows because Gregg Allman is having treatments for Heapatitis C

CONCERT NEWS
Sunday, March 29 TODD RUNDGREN The Plaza Theatre Orlando