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Today in Rock (June 24)

• 1944 - Jeff Beck was born.
• 1947 - Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac - drummer) was born.
• 1948 - Patrick Moraz (Yes & Moody Blues) was born.
• 1957 - Astro (UB40) was born.
• 1957 - Jeff Cease (Black Crowes - guitarist) was born.
• 1961 - Curt Smith (Tears for Fears) was born.
• 1973 - Mario Claire (The Wallflowers - drummer) was born.
• 1995 - Not feeling well, Eddie Vedder steps out of a concert in San Fransisco. Neil Young covers for him to finish the show.
• 1999 - Eric Clapton auctions off 100 guitars including “Brownie“, the guitar used to record “Layla“, to raise $5 mil for the Crossroads Center, a drug rehab clinic.
• 2000 - Cub Koda (Brownsville Station - guitarist & vocals) died from “complications due to kidney failure”.
• 2006 - Frampton goes Classical. Peter Frampton performs his songs with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at the city’s Riverbend Music Center. “It’s every musician’s dream to stand up there in front of an orchestra one day,” says the guitarist.