DECEMBER 25
IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY, AND IN 1969 A 16-YEAR-OLD ROBBIE BACHMAN OF WINNIPEG, CANADA, RECEIVES HIS FIRST DRUM KIT FOR CHRISTMAS AND BEGINS TO PLAY ALONG WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER, GUITARIST RANDY. A FEW YEARS LATER, RANDY ASKS HIM TO JOIN HIS NEW BAND, NAMED BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE.
IN 1981 THE J. GEILS BAND PLAYED A CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR THE INMATES OF NORFOLK CORRECTIONAL CENTER NEAR BOSTON, THE GROUP’S HOMETOWN. FOLLOWING THE SHOW, LEAD SINGER PETER WOLF TELLS THE AUDIENCE, “WE WANNA BE THE FIRST TO BUY YOU ALL A FREE DRINK ON THE OUTSIDE.”
AND SOME BIRTHDAYS TODAY INCLUDE THE LATE JIMMY BUFFETT BORN IN 1946, THE LATE BASSIST FOR THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, NOEL REDDING, BORN IN 1945 AND ANNIE LENNOX OF THE EURYTHMICS TURNS 69
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