Canadian Rocker Brian Adams was born on this day in 1959. It's been pointed out that if he'd actually gotten his first guitar in the summer of '69 as the song claims, he would have been just 10 years old. Turns out, he did get his first at that age, but the one he latched onto at the five and dime in Ottawa, Canada he bought in 1970. Soon after, Adams was in his first band. His first break came when, at just 15, he replaced Nick Gilder in the band Sweeney Todd. A big, and to this day, fan of Ritchie Blackmore, Adams honed his chops on the music of Deep Purple, Peter Frampton's work in Humble Pie and Marc Bolan's with T. Rex, but his songwriting skills are what propelled Adams into the ranks of the most sucessful solo musicians in rock history. To date, Adams has sold close to 100 million albums.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on November 5 include...
1931 Ike Turner born.
1941 Art Garfunkel born.
1946 Gram Parsons born.
1948 Van der Graaf Generator's Peter Hammill born.
1948 Early 1970's Guess Who guitarist Donnie McDougall born.
1956 Night Ranger founding lead guitarist Jeff Watson born.
1961 Counting Crows David Bryson born.
1972 Grateful Dead release Europe '72.
1977 Ozzy Osbourne quits Black Sabbath. Rejoins a few weeks later.
1979 Mick and Bianca Jagger's divorce is finalized.
1984 REO Speedwagon releases Wheels Are Turnin’.
1991 Stevie Ray Vaughan’s The Sky Is Crying released.
1994 Patti Smith’s husband Fred Sonic Smith dies of a heart attack.
1995 A Wizard of Oz production at Lincoln Center in New York City features Roger Daltrey as the Tin Man, Jackson Browne as the Scarecrow and includes appearances by Ry Cooder, David Sanborn and Ronnie Spector in other roles.
1995 Made in Heaven, Queen's first post Freddie Mercury album, gets released.
1999 Van Halen announces the end of the Gary Cherone era.
2000 Eric Clapton releases One More Car: One More Driver.
2005 Link Wray dies of heart failure.
2005 Ted Nugent’s Wanted, Ted Or Alive premiers on Outdoor Life Network.
2010 Life, the Keith Richards autobiography tops the New York Times best sellers list.
2014 Cream veteran Jack Bruce is laid to rest.
2021 Jethro Tull releases Benefit expanded anniversary edition album...
