ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 8Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band is 63; Warren Cuccurullo of Duran Duran is 54; Phil Collen of Def Leppard is 53; Marty Friedman formerly with Megadeth is 48; Ryan Newell of Sister Hazel is 38;
ON THIS DATE
1943 Jim Morrison of the Doors is born in Melbourne, Florida. Morrison died in 1971
1968 Graham Nash announces the formation of Crosby, Stills And Nash
1969 Jimi Hendrix is found not guilty for possession of hashish and heroin in a Toronto courtroom
1976 Hotel California by the Eagles is released
1980 John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman, an apparently deranged fan
2000 On the 20th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder in New York, a statue of Lennon is unveiled in Havana
2003 Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors attend a memorial at Jim Morrison’s gravesite in Paris on his 60th birthday
2003 An ATV accident on his U.K. estate sends Ozzy Osbourne to the hospital with a broken collarbone and six broken ribs
2004 "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, 38, an influential heavy metal guitarist, was fatally shot with three other people during a performance in Columbus, Ohio; the gunman was then shot dead by a police officer
2007 Chris Cornell of Audioslave and Soundgarden loses $30,000 worth of personal belongings when a flood hits the Buenos Aires, Argentina, hotel where he is staying
2008 On what would have been Jim Morrison's 65th birthday Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger attend a plaque unveiling at a restraunt in Los Angeles Barney's Beanery, where Morrison had urinated on the bar
2009 Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate by Puddle Of Mudd is released
2009 Soundscan reports that The Beatles were second only to Eminem in album sales between 2000-2009
30 YEARS
30 years ago today...where were you? Do you remember? (Click on the comment button below and let us know) I was watching Monday Night Football. Howard Cossell told me. Just a few moments earlier a friend of mine called me and told me he had just heard that Lennon had been shot earlier that day and that he was fine. I hung up the phone, walked back to the TV and a few seconds later it was announced. He was only 40, just got back into the music business, had a new fabulous album out with Double Fantasy, this could not be the case. Instantly I felt as if I had lost a family member or a very close friend. In a strange sort of way John was our friend. That day was December 8, 1980, when I was a mere 16 years old. BOOM, he was...gone, so violently, so quickly...so unnecessarily. I prayed to God to be with John's wife and kids. I asked Him why? 30 years later I still ask God why. No words could I put here today that would be a fitting tribute, no words that could make it easier to absorb or understand, no words that can bring back the 30 years, no words that can stop what happened. I must admit this is probably the second saddest anniversary of his death I've ever felt, the first being the first anniversary. I've often looked at how many albums both Ringo and Paul have put out over the years and wondered would John have released so many albums, too? I like to think so. Using song titles of John's is how I would like to close this: Imagine Giving Peace A Chance, with Love, Across The Universe, we could Come Together and Help each other One Day (At A Time)
CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Friday, April 8 LEESBURG BIKEFEST with SLAUGHTER Downtown Leesburg
IN THE NEWS
John Lennon Celebrated at New York's Strawberry Fields
Backstage with Mellencamp at Letterman
Culture and honesty died with Lennon
ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, December 8 GARY HOEY in Concert 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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