Rock and Roll Roadmaps specializes in covering the history of both American and Canadian Rock & Roll. In addition to finding the locations where Rock Artists played, stayed, lived, and died. Visitors to the site can view hundreds of artists and bands alphabetically from the link “Rock Artists” found in the top navigation on the website.
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Marc Harris, senior editor.
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…
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...
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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