Today In Music History: One Final Jam Kicked Out
Posted at 6:04 AM on December 31, 2009
by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History
Birthdays:
Guitarist Andy Summers of The Police is 67.
Singer Donna Summer is 61.
Paul Westerberg is 50.
Today in:
1961 -The Beach Boys played their first gig in Long Beach, California. They earned $300.
1976 - The Cars played their first show at Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1984 - Drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard lost his left arm in a car crash near his home in England.
2004 - Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson was arrested after he and his son got into a fight with police during a New Year's Eve celebration in Naples, Florida.
2005 - Dick Clark returned to his "New Year's Rockin' Eve" telecast after missing the previous year because he had had a stroke. He was hoarse and sometimes hard to understand, but he said he "wouldn't have missed this for the world."
History Highlight:
Today in 1972, The MC5 played their last gig, in Detroit. They were paid $200. Gotta mark the occasion with the MC5's most famous recording (despite the fact that we must edit it's famous intro). "Kick Out the Jams," live.
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