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Month: September 2006

2006 – Scottish no-fi performer Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly has two guitars Read more

2006 – Scottish no-fi performer Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly has two guitars

2006 – Scottish no-fi performer Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly has two guitars and a trumpet stolen after a gig in Wales. Someone please return this stuff before he decides to make a hambone record.

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2006 – Willie Nelson is charged with drugs possession after being Read more

2006 – Willie Nelson is charged with drugs possession after being

2006 – Willie Nelson is charged with drugs possession after being pulled over in Louisiana for a routine check. Police allegedly find 0.7g of marijuana and 91 grams of magic mushrooms on the country stoner’s bus. Willie’s Kewl factor just went way up.

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2006 – Ian McCulloch is found guilty of breaching the peace in Glasgow Read more

2006 – Ian McCulloch is found guilty of breaching the peace in Glasgow

2006 – Ian McCulloch is found guilty of breaching the peace in Glasgow, Scotland. The Echo& the Bunnymen singer began swearing and shoving two fans after he discovered them sharing a toilet cubicle in his backstage dressing room. One can only imagine what they were up to.

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2006 – Sir Cliff Richard unveiled a plaque to mark a tiny basement said to be the birthplace Read more

2006 – Sir Cliff Richard unveiled a plaque to mark a tiny basement said to be the birthplace

  2006 – Sir Cliff Richard unveiled a plaque to mark a tiny basement said to be the birthplace of British rock and roll, fifty years after the “2 i’s” coffee bar opened in London’s Old Compton Street. The Tornados, Tommy Steele, The Shadows and Adam Faith were among stars who started out at the club.

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2006 – Justin Timberlake tops the UK album charts with his credibility Read more

2006 – Justin Timberlake tops the UK album charts with his credibility

2006 – Justin Timberlake tops the UK album charts with his credibility-straining FutureSex/LoveSounds. Quite possibly you’re enjoying some futuresex right now, oh futurereader! No. 1 single is still Scissor Sisters’ “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing.”

Stu Sweatman No Comments 11:47 pm
2006 – American guitarist Al Casey died aged 69. Casey is noted for his work as a session musician Read more

2006 – American guitarist Al Casey died aged 69. Casey is noted for his work as a session musician

2006 – American guitarist Al Casey died aged 69. Casey is noted for his work as a session musician and as a member of the Wrecking Crew and worked with The Beach Boys, Phil Spector, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, The Association, The Monkees, Johnny Cash, Simon And Garfunkel, 5th Dimension, Harry Nilsson, The Partridge Family, […]

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2006 – British superstar Robbie Williams cancels his tour of Asia Read more

2006 – British superstar Robbie Williams cancels his tour of Asia

2006 – British superstar Robbie Williams cancels his tour of Asia, citing “exhaustion.” This day in … ahem… POP

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2006 – R.E.M. is inducted into the Georgia Music H… Read more

2006 – R.E.M. is inducted into the Georgia Music H…

2006 – R.E.M. is inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta this day in rock history!

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2006 – Bob Dylan was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Modern Times.’ Read more

2006 – Bob Dylan was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Modern Times.’

2006 – Bob Dylan was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Modern Times.’ Entering the U.S. charts at No.1, making it Dylan’s first album to reach that position since 1976’s Desire, 30 years prior. At 65, Dylan became the oldest living musician to top the Billboard albums chart. (85 year-old Tony Bennett broke […]

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2006 – The Knack sue Run-D.M.C. for sampling their “My Sharona” on the hit “It’s Tricky. Read more

2006 – The Knack sue Run-D.M.C. for sampling their “My Sharona” on the hit “It’s Tricky.

2006 – The Knack sue Run-D.M.C. for sampling their “My Sharona” on the hit “It’s Tricky.” Nothing unusual there, except that “It’s Tricky” was released two decades ago! Still… it is the principal of the thing.

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2006 – Whitney Houston filed for divorce from singer Bobby Brown Read more

2006 – Whitney Houston filed for divorce from singer Bobby Brown

2006 – Whitney Houston filed for divorce from singer Bobby Brown, after 14 years of marriage.

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2006 – Singer, actress, drug survivor and onetime Mick Jagger girlfriend Marianne Read more

2006 – Singer, actress, drug survivor and onetime Mick Jagger girlfriend Marianne

2006 – Singer, actress, drug survivor and onetime Mick Jagger girlfriend Marianne Faithfull announces she is being treated for breast cancer.

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Music Industry links

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Rock Bassists of note

  • Ariane Cap
  • Billy Sheehan
  • Flea(Red Hot Chile Peppers)
  • Geddy Lee
  • John Paul Jones
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  • Ross Valory

Rock Drummers of note

  • Carl Palmer
  • Clive Bunker(Jethro Tull)
  • John Bonham
  • Neil Peart
  • Ringo Starr
  • Steve Smith
  • Tommy Aldridge
  • Tommy Lee

Rock Guitarists of Note!

  • Angus Young
  • Blues Saraceno
  • Brian May
  • Carlos Santana
  • Doug Doppler
  • Eric Clapton
  • George Harrison
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Jimmy Page

Rock Keyboardists of note

  • Billy Joel
  • Elton John
  • Gregg Rolie
  • Jon Lord
  • Jonathan Cain
  • Keith Emerson
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Ray Manzarek
  • Rick Wakeman

Rock Singers of Note

  • Ann Wilson
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Bowie
  • David Lee Roth
  • Elvis Presley (The King)
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Grace Slick
  • Jim Morrison
  • Mick Jagger
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