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11/11/1972 Berry Oakley dies

 

 

Tragedy struck the Allman Brothers Band again on this day when bass player Berry Oakley lost his life in a motorcycle crash just over a year and only a few blocks from where guitarist Duane Allman was killed on his bike in Macon, Georgia.  The Allman Brothers Band's brilliant bassist was just 24.

 

Oher Noteworthy Classic Rock events on November 11 include...

 

1944 Yardbirds rhythm guitarist, bassist Chris Dreja born.

1947 Black Oak Arkansas bassist Pat Daugherty born.

1950 Ides of March and Survivor's Jim Petrick born.

1954 Marshall Crenshaw born.

1965 Velvet Underground debuts live at a high school dance held in Summit, New Jersey.

1965 The final recording session for the Beatles Rubber Soul album takes place.

1968 John Lennon & Yoko Ono release Two Virgins.

1969 Jim Morrison arrested for rowdy behavior on flight from LA to Phoenix to see a Rolling Stones concert.

1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono released Plastic Ono Band.

1976 KISS releases Rock and Roll Over.

1978 Grateful Dead play Saturday Night Live.

1989 Joe Cocker & Melissa Etheridge do concert in Berlin as wall between East & West Berlin comes down.

1991 Genesis releases We Can't Dance.

1997 Metallica does free concert for 30,000 in Philadelphia parking lot.

2005 Billy Joel announces an end to his 8 year touring hiatus.

2006 Mick Jagger's father, Joe, dies at 93 of pneumonia.

2008 Peter Gabriel launches We7.com online music site.

2009 Jo Wood granted divorce from Ron Wood of the Stones after 24 years of marriage.

2011 Black Sabbath announces reunion plans.

2014 Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl & Zac Brown trigger controversy when they perform Fortunate Son at DC Veteran's Day concert.

2014 Private jet carrying Bono to Berlin loses hatch before landing.

2017 Acoustic Martin guitar Bob Dylan played at Concert for Bangledesh & Rolling Thunder review auctioned for $397,500.

2017  U2 does Trafalgar Square concert on eve of MTV Europe Awards presentations in London.
2022 Bruce Springsteen releases Only The Strong Survive...