Posted on Jun 29, 2009 under Today in Rock |
- 1888 - First musical recording in UK made at Crystal Palace on the occasion of Handel Festival, using Edison equipment.
- 1948 - Ian Paice (Deep Purple / Whitesnake - drummer) was born.
- 1953 - Colin Hay (Men at Work) was born.
- 1968 - Pink Floyd appear with Roy Harper and Jethro Tull at the first Hyde Park free concert.
- 1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays the final date on its last American tour at the Denver Pop Festival. At the height of its popularity, the group breaks up.
- 1973 - Singer Ian Gillian quits Deep Purple after less than four years with the group. However, he sings on the group’s most memorable songs including “Smoke On The Water“. Gillan bails at the end of a tour of Japan (in Osaka) citing exhaustion. That would have been a good time to pull the plug but instead Gillan is eventually replaced by David Coverdale.
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