Wednesday, March 27, 2013

March 20, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
SON VOLT...Honky Tonk (2013)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 20
Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 63; Jimmie Vaughan is 62; Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats is 52; Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is 37;

ON THIS DATE
1968 Eric Clapton along with Buffalo Springfield members Neil Young, Jim Messina and Richie Furay are all arrested for marijuana possession
1969 John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1970 David Bowie marries Angela Barnett
1977 The last concert ever by T. Rex is performed in Portsmouth, England
1984 On his 23rd birthday Slim Jim Phantom marries Britt Ekland
1990 CBS loses their lawsuit against Tom Scholz of Boston, claiming that the band did not meet their contract terms of 10 albums in 5 years. They still haven't put out 10 albums, makes one wonder how CBS lost
1991 Eric Clapton's son dies tragically at the age of 4 after falling out an apartment window in New York City
2007 Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship is sued by Grace Slick and an ex-manager for breach of contract after Kanter signed a lucrative sponsorship deal involving Microsoft
2009 It is announced that Jimmy Chamberlin is leaving the Smashing Pumpkins

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