Monday, April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BOB DYLAN...Bob Dylan At Budokan  (1979)
Bob Dylan At Budokan was released 35 years ago in April 1979. It reached number 13 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 14
Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow is 69; John Bell of Widespread Panic is 53; Vinnie Moore of UFO is 50; Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees and Mad Season is 47; Martyn Le Noble of Porno For Pyros is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1974  Ladies And Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert movie filmed during the band's 1972 North American Tour, premieres at the Ziegfield Theater in New York
1980 A bill is introduced to make the New Jersey state song "Born To Run" by Bruce Springsteen
1983 Pete Farndon of the Pretenders dies of a drug overdose in his home at the age of 30
2008 At the Country Music Television Awards Robert Plant and Alison Krauss win the Wide Open Country Video of the Year for "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)", Bon Jovi and Leann Rimes win the Collaborative Video trophy for "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore"
2009 George Harrison's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is unveiled
2012   Guns N’ Roses, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Small Faces/Faces are inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland

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