DECEMBER 20
ON THIS DAY IN 1967, VOCALIST IAN ANDERSON FORMS JETHRO TULL IN BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND. BLENDING HARD ROCK WITH PROGRESSIVE AND BRITISH FOLK, THE BAND STOOD OUT THANKS TO ANDERSON’S FLUTE.
PETER CRISS, THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER AND CO-FOUNDER OF KISS, WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1945. KNOWN AS “THE CATMAN,” CRISS ALSO TOOK LEAD VOCALS ON SEVERAL TRACKS—MOST FAMOUSLY ON THE 1976 BALLAD “BETH”, KISS’S FIRST TOP 10 HIT.
AND ON DECEMBER 20, 1974, GUITARIST JOE WALSH OFFICIALLY JOINS THE EAGLES, REPLACING FOUNDING MEMBER BERNIE LEADON. WALSH’S ARRIVAL HELPED CRAFT THEIR MOST ICONIC WORK, INCLUDING HOTEL CALIFORNIA.