Thursday, June 19, 2014

June 19, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
GLENN FREY...The Allnighter
Released: 30 years ago today, June 19, 1984
Highest Chart Position: #22 U.S. Billboard album Charts
Track Highlights: Smuggler's Blues, Sexy Girl, The Allnighter
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 19
Ann Wilson of Heart is 64; Simon Wright, who has been in AC/DC and Dio and currently with Geoff Tate, is 51; Brian Vander Ark of Verve Pipe is 48; Brian "Head" Welch of KoRn is 44;

ON THIS DATE
2006 Duane Roland of Molly Hatchet dies of natural causes at the age of 53 in St. Augustine, Florida
2012 Rickey Charles Goodrich, a former executive with Pearl Jam's management company, is arrested in Seattle on 25 counts of first-degree theft and eight counts of second-degree theft as he is alleged to have swindled $380,000 from Pearl Jam between ‘06 and ’10 for his personal use 
2013 Black Sabbath have their first Billboard number 1 album with "13"

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