I shouldn't make fun Mike, but...does that make guitar playing any easier do you think, your fingers being a bit 'flattened?" :ack:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
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I shouldn't make fun Mike, but...does that make guitar playing any easier do you think, your fingers being a bit 'flattened?" :ack:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
It sort of "tapered" my left index finger and my middle finger. The skin grafted both fingers and more or less rebuilt them. I haven't even lost the feeling in the ends nor did I permanently lose the fingernails. I was very lucky!
1965 Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds due to musical differences with the other band members. Clapton wanted to continue in a blues type vein, while the rest of the band preferred the more commercial style of their first hit, ‘For Your Love’.
1976 Genesis hits #3 in the UK with 'A Trick of the Tail'.
1976 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,' a best-of drawn from the Eagles' first four albums, enters the album chart. One-third of a century later it will be pronounced the best-selling album in history.
1985 Bob Geldof and Midge Ure received the best selling a side award at the 30th Ivor Novello Awards for 'Do They Know It's Christmas.'
1987 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1993 Eric Clapton started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Unplugged.'
2006 The Sex Pistols refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. Blondie, Herb Alpert and Black Sabbath were all inducted but the Pistols posted a handwritten note on their website, calling the institution "urine in wine", adding "We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention".
2007 Coffee house Starbucks announced the launch of its own music label, saying it would sign both established and new artists. The chain, which had 13,000 stores worldwide, had already released albums under its Hear Music brand, licensing songs from other companies. Starbucks bosses said the label would now become more independent and that music fitted with the firm's identity.
1971 "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin's only Top Forty hit, reaches #1. It tops Billboard's pop singles chart for two weeks.
1973 Elton John was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Crocodile Rock'.
1981 Eric Clapton was hospitalised with bleeding ulcers causing a US tour to be cancelled. He was back in hospital five weeks later after being involved in a car crash.
1982 Metallica made their live debut when they appeared at Radio City in Anaheim, California.
1983 Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such formed Bon Jovi.
2005 Michael Jackson was blasted by British Army veterans for wearing military badges while on trail for child abuse. The singer had appeared in court on most days with either an Army motif on his breast pocket or a cap badge tied around his neck.
2006 U2 topped Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s biggest money earners from 2005 with $154.2m. (£78m), The Rolling Stones were listed second with $92.5m (£47m) and The Eagles third with 63.2m. (£32.m). Paul McCartney was in fourth place with $56m (£28m) and Elton John in fifth with $48.9m. (£24.8m).
1964 The Rolling Stones kicked off a 58-date UK tour at the Invicta Ballroom in Chatham, Kent. Half the dates saw the Stones playing two shows in one evening.
1967 The first session recording George Harrison's new song ‘Within You Without You’ took place at Abbey Road studios, London. George was the only Beatle to perform on this song, which was still called 'Untitled'. Harrison played the swordmandel and tamboura, Natver Soni played tabla, Amrat Gajjar played dilruba, PD Joshi played swordmandel, and an undocumented musician played a droning tamboura.
1969 Cream started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with their album 'Goodbye.'
1975 Led Zeppelin went to No.1 on the UK chart with the double album 'Physical Graffiti', the first on their own 'Swan Song' label, the album spent six weeks at No.1 on the US chart.
1980 Peter Gabriel hits #4 in the UK with "Games Without Frontiers".
1998 Madonna scored her sixth UK No.1 album with 'Ray Of Light', no other female artist had achieved more than three UK No.1 albums.
1999 Paul McCartney is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1999 Bruce Springsteen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1999 Billy Joel is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2000 Mick Jagger was ordered to increase his child support payments to Brazilian model Luciana Morad from $5,500 (£3,235) a month to $10,000 (£5,888). Mick was asked to confirm that he was the father of her child by the court, while Ms Morad was seeking a $10 million (£3.8 million) settlement. Morad told the court her monthly expenses: $3,500 (£2,065) for a nanny; $2,500–3,000 (£1,670–1,765) for food and $3,350 (£1,970) to rent her place on New York’s Upper West Side.
Brazilian Model huh....I'm afraid I'd have had to tell her to come on and move in and I'd buy the Happy Meals for her and the kid!Quote:
Mick was asked to confirm that he was the father of her child by the court, while Ms Morad was seeking a $10 million
As it's Hall of Fame day here are a couple of shots from last night's ceremony; they include a couple of heroes of mine.
Neil Diamond & Alice Cooper:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../NeilAlice.jpg
Neil with Paul Simon who inducted him:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/NeilPaul.jpg
Neil with Robbie Robertson. Bruce Springsteen is in the background. Is his attendance at the RRHOF compulsory, or something?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...NeilRobbie.jpg
Inductees Neil, Darlene Love & Alice performing with Sir Elton. Sir Elton inducted Leon Russell & Neil Young inducted Tom Waits.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../Inductees.jpg
Seems very strange to see Alice Cooper in a Tux........even if it is a blood splattered one! :rofl:
1963 The Beach Boys reach #3 with "Surfin' USA".
1968 Otis Redding has his only Number One hit, "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay," after his death December 10, 1967 in a plane crash.
1972 John Lennon lodged an appeal with the US immigration office in New York, after he was served with deportation orders arising from his 1968 cannabis possession conviction.
1980 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) was a hit.
1989 MTV announces it is giving away Jon Bon Jovi's childhood home in Sayreville, New Jersey, on the network's "MTV's Giving Away Bon Jovi's house" contest. The network receives 3 million phone calls and blows out phone lines in Newark, NJ and Chicago.
1996, The Ramones performed what they claimed would be their last ever date in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010, Abba were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Genesis and The Hollies. Abba's Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad accepted their trophies, in New York.
Ohhhhh...Robbie!!!! Lou---did you see this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Freypower