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12/28/1946 Edgar Winter born

 

 

Edgar Holland Winter was born on this day in 1946 in Beaumont, Texas. The younger brother of guitar legend Johnny Winter is known mostly for his keyboard chops, but also plays a mean sax on some of his own albums and songs on other's (Meat Loaf's "All Revved Up With No Place to Go", David Lee Roth's "Just A Gigolo"). He was also credited with devising a shoulder strap attached keyboard that enabled him to be up and about on stage as he played it. 

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on December 28 include...

 

1950 Box Tops and Big Star’s Alex Chilton is born.

 

1968 The Miami Pop Festival opens. Three day lineup includes sets from Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, the Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Joni Mitchell, Three Dog night, Pacific gas and Electric, The McCoys, The Turtles and Marvin Gaye.

1975 A 21 year-old is  arrested for threatening to shoot Ted Nugent during a Spokane, WA concert.

1976 Blues great Freddie King dies.

1983 Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys drowns.

1998 Atlanta Rhythm Section's Ronnie Hammond shot while attacking a Macon, Georgia police officer with a hammer.

2009 Van Morrison reportedly becomes a father again at 64.

2015 Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister dies of congestive heart failure just days after getting diagnosed with Prostate cancer. 

2018 Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason named as a recipient of a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Buckingham Palace...