Monday, May 12, 2014

May 12, 2014

R.I.P.:  Original Foreigner bassist Ed Gagliardi Dies at 62
Original Foreigner Bassist Ed Gagliardi Dies at 62

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Original Foreigner Bassist Ed Gagliardi Dies at 62

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JEFFERSON STARSHIP...Nuclear Furniture (1984)
Nuclear Furniture was released 30 years ago in May 1984.  It reched number 28 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 12
Ian McLagan of the Small Faces and the Faces is 69; Steve Winwood is 66; Billy Squier is 64; Eric Singer of Kiss is 56; Billy Duffy formerly of the Cult is 53;

ON THIS DATE
1959 Ray Gillen, who toured with Black Sabbath in 1986, was born in New York City. Gillen died in 1993
1963 Bob Dylan is invited to appear on TV’s 'Ed Sullivan Show' but refuses when he is forbidden to sing “Talking John Birch Society Blues.”
1967 Pink Floyd stages the first-ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall in England
1971 Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez-Mora marry in St. Tropez, France
1972 Exile On Main Street by the Rolling Stones is released
1992 Rob Halford of Judas Priest holds a press conference to announce that he does not have AIDS
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots enters a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail to begin serving his sentence for a DUI conviction stemming from an arrest the previous November. He’s in custody for 10 hours but only spends 14 minutes behind bars before he’s released

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