Today in music history 9-28

[johnnie]

Sorry people, I dug and dug and pickin's were slim today.



1934 - Happy birthday to Brigitte Bardot. She has nothing to do with music, but I get to post her picture. :)




1928 - UK passed Dangerous Drugs Act (1925) - outlawing cannabis. Trust me, this has a LOT to do with music.

Below, Syd Barrett



1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life. Have you ever seen Stevie Wonder's wife? Neither has he. I know... :spank:




1991 - Miles Davis dies from a stroke, pneumonia, AIDS or whatever one you want to believe. Not much I can say about this man.




1995 - Outside a Boston bar, a gunman opens fire on Bobby Brown's car. The shooter is never caught, but is described as a skinny, tall, whacked-out looking black woman screaming something about rocks.




1991 - Guns N' Roses releases 'Use Your Illusion I' and 'Use Your Illusion II'. During this time, band members Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Dizzy fire drummer Steven for "having a stupid name".





2001 - Courtney Love files a claim against Geffen Records and two musicians from her late husband's band, Nirvana. The suit was aimed at invalidating a 1997 agreement over the group's body of work. Love claimed that she signed the deal while she was distressed while others claim she is just a talentless idiot. You be the judge.





2002 - Madonna is voted the greatest female singer of all-time by 750,000 music fans in a VH1 poll. Damn, I can't think of anything to say that is funnier than the results of that poll.




2000 - Barbra Streisand sings her farewell concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. By the way, Babs is currently on tour.




1912 - The publication of William Christopher Handy's "Memphis Blues" changed the course of American popular song. Handy introduced an African-American folk tradition, the blues, into mainstream music. By the 1960s, the blues sound had significantly influenced the development of jazz and rock and roll, quintessential American musical forms.

In the years to come, guitar greats such as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Robert Cray, Jimmy Page Jimi Hendricks learn the same three blues licks and go on to become rock legends.





1976 - Jerry Lee Lewis accidentally shoots bass player Norman "Butch" Owens in the chest. Instead of apologizing for getting in the way of Lewis' gun, Owens later sues Lewis — accusing the singer of drinking as he tried to shoot a soft-drink bottle.

[johnnie]

1. Night kick

I know this one is pretty boring, but I'll kick it for the night people.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear johnnie!

I'm sorry I missed this one earlier!

And I don't think it's boring at all......

I think it's a riot!

Thanks.........

:rofl:

[johnnie]

4. Lol, thanks Peggy

Seriously, I looked all over this morning to find anything that was good, and it ended up being that it wasn't a very interesting day for music history. :)

[Sugar Smack]

3. Oh, Courtney.

Stop getting your silly ass thrown in jail and finish writing that damn book of yours so I can read it.

:grr: :nuke: Honestly!!