JANUARY 8
TODAY IN 1968, DAVID GILMOUR REHEARSES WITH PINK FLOYD FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER NICK MASON INVITED HIM TO JOIN THE BAND. GILMOUR MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON STAGE WITH PINK FLOYD FOUR DAYS LATER AT ASTON UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE.
IN 1979, THE THREE MEMBERS OF RUSH WERE NAMED “AMBASSADORS OF MUSIC” BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, A TESTAMENT TO THE BAND’S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC AND THEIR POPULARITY IN BOTH CANADA AND INTERNATIONALLY.
AND FINALLY, A MAJOR FIGURE FOR OVER FOUR DECADES IN THE WORLD OF POPULAR MUSIC, DAVID BOWIE WAS BORN DAVID ROBERT JONES IN LONDON ON THIS DAY IN 1947. THE WORLD LOST HIS DISTINCTIVE VOICE IN 2016.