Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw was born on this day in 1953 in Montgomery, Alabama. Shaw got on the radar of other members of Styx when they saw him in a group named MSFunk during a two week club stint that band did in Chicago. When Styx guitarist and vocalist John Curulewski bailed on the band just when Styx was about to open a tour, Shaw got invited to audition. He flew in the following day and got hired without singing or playing a note at the 'audition' because a listen to the demo he had sent convinced them he could hit all the notes they depended on Curulewski for.
Other Noteworthy September 11 Classic Rock events include...
1943 Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart born.
1947 Jethro Tull's Gerry Conway born.
1964 Charlie Watts hit by shot fired from a pellet gun during Rolling Stones Cardiff, Wales concert.
1967 Beatles start shooting Magical Mystery Tour for British TV.
1969 Janis Joplin releases I Got Dem Ol' Kosmic Blues Again.
1970 A week before his death, Jimi Hendrix does his last interview. Talks about future projects with Miles Davis and Paul McCartney.
1977 David Bowie and Bing Crosby record Little Drummer Boy. It gets released in 1982.
1979 Foreigner releases Head Games.
1987 Peter Tosh shot to death during robbery in his Kingston, Jamaica home.
1987 Jethro Tull releases Crest Of A Knave.
2001 Bob Dylan releases Love & Theft.
2005 Jimi Hendrix childhood home moved from Seattle to Renton, Washington.
2010 Allman Brothers Band keyboard great Chuck Leavell sits in with the Black Crowes on She Talks To Angels and Georgia On My Mind during performance at Georgia Music Hall Of Fame set.
2011 Paul Simon and James Taylor play at World Trade Center site on 10th anniversary of terror attacks that took down the twin towers. Simon does Sounds Of Silence, Taylor performs You Can Close Your Eyes.
2021 Bruce Springsteen sings I'll See You in My Dreams at the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks in New York City.
