Latest posts tagged with #Bummerversary on Bluesky
Rock In Peace Phil Campbell, lead guitarist for Motorhead, solo artist and leader of Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, featuring his three sons; Todd, Dane and Tyla, now gone to that big gig in the sky. #Bummerversary #Motorhead #PhilCampbell #RockHonorRoll
Bummerversary 2/18/1995: Bobby Stinson, founder and lead guitarist for The Replacements, joins that big band in the sky. #BobStinson #TheReplacements #TheMats #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 2/10/1975: Dave Alexander, founding bassist for The Stooges departs Ann Arbor, Michigan for that big band in the sky. He was just 27 years old. #DaveAlexander #Zander #TheStooges #RockHonorRoll #27Club #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 2/3/1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson Jr, aka The Big Bopper, perish in a plane crash, news reaches rock fans everywhere, “The Day The Music Died”. #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 2/2/1979: Ex-Pistol Sid Vicious is found dead from an inevitable drug overdose, surrounded in controversy. Sid was only 21. #SidVicious #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 2/2/1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & The Big Bopper headline at The Surf Ballroom in Clearlake, Iowa. It will be their last show. Photo by Mary Gerber and her trusty Kodak. #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 2/2/2011: Jack and Meg announce that The White Stripes have disbanded, as to preserve the band’s legacy. #WhiteStripes #Bummerversary #JackWhite #RockHonorRoll
Bummerversary 1/30/1982: Bluesman, singer, songwriter and guitar player Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins dies at age 69. The Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac and the Cowboy Junkies have all covered his tunes. #LightninHopkins #Bummerversary
Bummerversary January 4, 1986: Phil Lynott, singer, songwriter and bassist of Thin Lizzy, joins that big band in the sky. #PhilLynott #ThinLizzy #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 1/1/1953: On the road, in the back of a Cadillac, headed to a concert in Canton, Ohio, Hank Williams joined that big hockey tonk band in the sky. #HankWilliams #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
Bummerversary 12/29/1980: Lesser known Woodstock-er Tim Hardin, writer of songs “If I Were a Carpenter” and “Reason to Believe” joins that big band in the sky. #TimHardin #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 12/28/2015: Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister, leader of the legendary hard core speed metal pioneers Motörhead, joins that big band in the sky. #Lemmy #Motörhead #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 12/27/1978: Chris Bell, cofounder of Big Star, singer, songwriter, guitarist, solo artist - heads off to that big band in the sky. #ChrisBell #BigStar #27Club #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
Bummerversary 12/25/2006: James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, Mr. Showtime, the hardest working man in show business, heads up to bring some soul to that big band in the sky. #JamesBrown #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll #SoulHonorRoll
Bummerversary 12/22/2002: Joe Strummer, co-founder, singer/lyricist/songwriter & guitarist for The Clash died of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, after walking his dog in Broomfield, U.K. He was 50 years old. #JoeStrummer #TheClash #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
In The Rock 12/15/1988: Soul singer James Brown is sentenced to six years in prison for various offenses, including possession of weapons and resisting arrest. #FreeJamesBrown #Bummerversary #JamesBrown
In The Rock 12/12/1970: Jim Morrison performs what will be his final show with The Doors, at The Warehouse in New Orleans. photo by David m Patterson. #TheDoors #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 12/12/1985: Ian Stewart, longtime road manager & touring keyboardist for The Rolling Stones joins that big band in the sky. #IanStewart #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary #RollingStones
Bummerversary 12/10/1967: Otis Redding is killed in a plane crash, along with members of the The Bar-Kays, Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham, Reddings’ valet, Matthew Kelly and the plane’s pilot. #OtisRedding #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 12/8/1980: John Lennon is murdered outside his home in New York City. #JohnLennon #Bummerversary
In The Rock Bummer Edition 12/8/1984: Razzle, aka Nick Dingley, drummer for Hanoi Rocks, is killed in drunk driving crash that injured two others. Vince Neil was the driver responsible. #Bummerversary #HanoiRocks
In The Rock 12/7/1980: Jan Paul Beahm, better known as Darby Crash, founder and leader of seminal LA punk band The Germs, heads to that big gig I n the sky. #Bummerversary #TheGerms #DarbyCrash #LAPunk
Bummerversary 12/5/1988: Roy Orbison, influential singer/songwriter, guitar player and so much more, joins that big band in the sky, in the midst or a career renaissance the likes of which rock rarely sees. We all miss you, Roy! #RoyOrbison #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 12/4/1980: Led Zeppelin officially call it quits following the death of drummer John Bonham. #LedZeppelin #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary photo Ross Halfin
Bummerversary 12/3/1979: In one of the worst rock tragedies in US history, 11 fans perish during a crowd surge at a Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 11/25/1974: Nick Drake packs his acoustic guitar and heads for the open mic night in the sky. Commercial success evaded him during his lifetime, but Drake is appreciated now as a hugely influential singer/songwriter. #NickDrake #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 11/24/1991: Freddie Mercury joins that big band in the sky. #FreddieMercury #Rockhonorroll #bummerversary
Bummerversary 11/10/1997: Tommy Tedesco joins that big band in the sky. He’s one of the most recorded guitarists in history: Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, The Supremes, Monkees, Elvis, Ella, Sam Cooke, Sinatra, Zappa and hundreds, maybe thousands more. #TommyTedesco #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
Bummerversary 11/7/2016: The brilliant singer-songwriter, novelist and poet Leonard Cohen joins that big band in the sky, Hallelujah. #LeonardCohen #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll #CanadianContent
Bummerversary 11/6/1972: During their first U.K. tour, New York Dolls drummer Billy Murcia joins that big band in the sky. #NewYorkDolls #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
