This Day in Music: June 21st. :: Brought to you by ThisDayinMusic.com Born on this day: 1944, Ray Davies, The Kinks 1948, Joey Molland, Badfinger 1950, Joey Kramer,Aerosmith 1953, Nils Lofgren, guitarist, 1981, Brandon Flowers, The Killers 1955, Elvis Presley played two shows in Beaumont, Texas, with bassist Bill Black and guitarist Scotty Moore. 1966, Reg Calvert manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by a business rival during a confrontation
The Grover Allman Guitar Pick Dress. :: By: Joe Matera The Grover Allman guitar pick dress was the brainchild of co-director Kevin Grover. What started off as a crazy idea has become an astonishing marketing tool.
National Folk Festival To Plant Roots In Nashville for 2011, 2012 and 2013. :: National Folk Festival By: Staff Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam have announced that the National Folk Festival will be parking in Nashville’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Labor Day weekends. The festival, which changes locations every three years, celebrates the roots of American folk music and culture.
Slipknot Return to the Stage. :: Slipknot made their first performance without founding bassist Paul Gray at the Sonisphere festival in Athens, Greece on June 17. Gray passed away last year following an accidental overdose.
The World’s Best 100 Vocalists. :: The world’s most famous music and entertainment magazine, Rolling Stone, seems to be able to surprise its fans over and over. Rolling Stone does not stop in making some kind of innovation for its quality by providing some great and surprising news. Well, such thing is proven by the release of Rolling Stone’s version 100 [...]
Dave Ellefson: ‘It was a Good Time to Come Back to Megadeth’. :: When Megadeth broke up in 2002, it marked the end of an era. Founded in 1983 by bassist Dave Ellefson and frontman Dave Mustaine, after the latter’s expulsion from Metallica, the group pioneered the thrash metal genre.
Pink Floyd Guitarist: Bob Klose and David Gilmour. :: Pink Floyd is one of the most popular English rock bands. This band has many fans around the world. This band originally consisted of four university students. They were Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and Syd Barrett. At first, it was an underground band which played as their hobby. The members of Pink Floyd [...]
