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Animals is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released…
The Who Have Issued A Super Deluxe Edition Of 1978’s “Who Are You”
The Who have issued a Super Deluxe Edition of 1978’s Who Are You, the band’s eighth studio album…
Rock And Roll Birthdays In November
November 1st 1940 - Barry Sadler ("Ballad of The Green Berets") 1945 - Rick Gretch - bassist for Blind Faith ("Had To Cry Today") 1950 - Dan Peek - guitar / vocals for America ("A Horse With No Name") November 2nd 1944 - Keith Emerson - keyboards for Emerson, Lake and...
Recent Deaths in the Classic Rock and Roll adjacent world in 2025
Recent Deaths in the Classic Rock and Roll-adjacent world in 2025 as of October 17th
Dylan Denied Entrance To His Own Concert
On October 16, 2001, Bob Dylan is turned away by security guards at his own concert at the Jackson County Exposition Center in Oregon because he doesn't have any credentials. The guards were under orders from Dylan's security director not to let anyone through without...
Musicians That Died in 2024
Musicians That Died in 2024 include:
Musicians That Died In 2023
Musicians That Died In 2023
December Important Dates In Rock History
• December 1 - John Densmore Born Billy Paul Born Gilbert O'Sullivan Born Lou Rawls Born • December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne Born Rubber Soul Released • December 4 - Fire At The Casino Montreux inspires Deep Purple‘s "Smoke on the Water" Dennis Wilson Born Chris Hillman Born...
July Important Dates In Rock History
• July 1 - Delaney Bramlett Born• July 3 -Jim Morrison DiesBrian Jones Dies• July 4 - Alan Wilson BornJeremy Spencer BornBill Withers Born• July 5 -Robbie Robertson Born• July 7 -Ringo Starr Born• July 8 -Jai Johnny Johnson Born• July 10 -Arlo Guthrie...
May Important Dates In Rock History
• May 1 - Judy Collins Born Rita Coolidge Born Elvis and Priscilla Presley Married • May 3 - James Brown Born Mary Hopkin Born Pete Seeger Born • May 4 - Ed Cassidy Born • May 5 - Bill Ward Born • May 8 - Ricky Nelson Born Gary Glitter Born • May 9 - Richie Fury Born...
Music Celebrities We Lost In 2022
2022 was a bad year for celebrity musicians. So far 2023 is not looking any better with the deaths…
Artists on Tour in 2023
For details, visit https://concertful.com/tour-dates/2023Artists on Tour in 2023 Include:Eagles has 5 concert datesMetallica has 16 concertsElton John has 63 concertsJourney has 40 concertsRed Hot Chili Peppers has 9 concertsRod Stewart has 35 concertsDef...
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As a Roadmaps Roadie, you will be the first to know of new additions to the website as well as new…
November Important Dates In Rock History
Important dates in Rock N Roll History for the month of November. See who was born and who…
October Important Dates In Rock History
Important dates in Rock N Roll History for the month of October. See who was born and who…
Topanga Canyon Rock ’n Roll History
In 1952 Woody Guthrie was one of the early American musicians who moved to the Topanga area…
August Important Dates In Rock N’ Roll History
August had a significant amount of Rock N’ Roll events happen, some of them births and some deaths…
Did You Know That Cass Elliot And Keith Moon Died In the Same Place?
Strangely enough, both Mama Cass and Keith Moon died in the same London flat that was at the time of both their deaths owned by Harry Nilsson located at Curzon St. in London, England. On July 29, 1974 Cass died in her sleep at this flat. It had been...
The REAL Story Behind “For What It’s Worth” By Buffalo Springfield
“For What It’s Worth” is often considered an anti-war song, in actuality, Stephen Stills was…
The Wrecking Crew…. The Most Famous Group Of Musicians You Never Heard Of.
The Wrecking Crew was a collective of Los Angeles-based session musicians who appeared on a…
An Introduction To Your Author
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, specifically Woodland Hills and what is now known as West Hills…
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