Tuesday, June 29, 2010

June 29

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 29
Ian Paice of Deep Purple is 62; Don Dokken of Dokken is 57; Colin Hay of Men At Work is 57;

ON THIS DATE

1967 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was found guilty for allowing his home to be used for smoking marijuana and sentenced to a year in jail. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was sentenced to 3 months in jail for possession of drugs. Both sentences were later dropped
1968 A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd is released
1969 The Jimi Hendrix Experience play their last concert at the final day of the Denver Pop Festival
1973 Ian Gillian quits Deep Purple
1974 Neil Peart joins Rush
1998 George Harrison announced that he had undergone treatment of cancer due to smoking
2000 The graves of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd are vandalized
2000 Live At The Greek by the Black Crowes and Jimmy Page is released

IN CONCERT

Wednesday, June 30 TED NUGENT/PAT TRAVERS Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater
Sunday, September 26 JOHN CAFFERTY Venue to be announced Tampa
Sunday, Rocktober 10 PAT TRAVERS Sanford Bikefest at Fort Mellon Park Sanford

IN THE NEWS
Vince Neil Arrested On DUI Charge In Las Vegas
Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Jeff Beck Rock Crossroads Fest
The Edge, Thom Yorke Surprise Fans at Glastonbury

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, June 30 ROBBY KRIEGER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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