May 19

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 19
Pete Townshend of The Who is 65; Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 61; Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 56;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Steve Currie of T. Rex was born in Lincolnshire, England. Currie passed away in 1981 in a car crash
1951 Joey Ramone of the Ramones is born in Queens, New York. Ramone died in 2001
1965 Mick Avory of the Kinks hits Dave Davies over the head with a cymbal during a Kinks concert
1976 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones crashes his car after falling asleep and police find drug paraphernalia, cocaine and marijuana
1979 Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd. Harrison, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney are among the musicians who perform at the wedding reception
2000 The Allman Brothers announce that founding guitarist Dickey Betts will not be a part of their summer tour