Saturday, December 12, 2009

December 12

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 12
Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band is 66; Bruce Kulick formerly with Kiss is 56; Cy Curnin of the Fixx is 52; Eric Schenkman of the Spin Doctors is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1957 Jerry Lee Lewis marries his 13 year old second cousin Myra Gale Brown, in Hernando, Mississippi, a move that ultimately hurt his career. Lewis was still married to his second wife at the time, that divorce didn't come until May 1958

1967 A British court commutes Rolling Stone guitarist Brian Jones’ nine-month prison sentence for cannabis possession
1974 Mick Taylor quits the Rolling Stones
2007 Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver is formally charged with driving under the influence of drugs stemming from a car crash he had in Los Angeles on November 11, 2007

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