DECEMBER 28
ON THIS DAY IN 1946, EDGAR WINTER WAS BORN IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. KNOWN FOR HIS MASTERFUL SKILLS ON KEYS AND SAX, WINTER BROUGHT ROCK, BLUES, AND JAZZ TOGETHER LIKE FEW OTHERS.
DECEMBER 28, 2015 – LEMMY KILMISTER, LEGENDARY MOTÖRHEAD FRONTMAN, DIES AT 70 JUST DAYS AFTER A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY DEFINED BY HIS RASPING VOICE AND UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1971, THE BAND OPENED A FOUR-NIGHT STAND AT NYC’S ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THOSE PERFORMANCES BECAME THEIR CLASSIC LIVE ALBUM “ROCK OF AGES”, PRAISED FOR ITS SOULFUL HORN ARRANGEMENTS.