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7/29/1953 Geddy Lee born.

 

Geddy Lee was born Gary Lee Weinrib on this day in 1953 in Toronto to parents who were Polish Holocaust survivors that were interned in concentration camps from their early teens until being liberated by allied troops.  His father died at at 45, leaving his mother to work long hours that kept her children from having many waking hours in her presence.  Geddy would be a musical sponge, playing drums, trumpet, clarinet and piano before setttling on bass as his primary instrument.  His experience on all of the other instruments factored in him becoming such a great song writer.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on July 29 include...

 

1946 REO Speedwagon's Neil Doughty born.

1956 Patti Scialfa of E Street Band born.

1959 Thin Lizzy & Whitesnake's John Sykes born. 

1965 Help! premiers in London.
1966 Cream plays first concert in Manchester, England.

1966 Teen Magazine Datebook publishes interview in which John Lennon pronounced the Beatles were, "...bigger than Jesus now".

1966 Bob Dylan injured dumping his motorcycle near Woodstock.   
1968 The Beatles start recording Hey Jude.

1973 Led Zeppelin loses close to $200,000 in New York hotel safe robbery following concert. 

1974 Cass Elliot of Mamas & Poppas dies. 

1987 Suit by Jerry Garcia against Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream over Cherry Garcia flavor settled .

1997 Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Carnegie Hall released. 

1990 Elton John starts a year long hiatus by checking into a rehab facility.

1994 David Gilmour marries Polly Samson.

2007 Carlos Santana autographs the first 300 'Carlos' shoes being sold at Macys in Las Vegas mall.   

2007 Paramedics administer a shock to restore normal rhythm to KISS member Paul Stanley during a concert. 

2009 Bob Seger and Tiger Woods play a round together at Michigan Pro-Am at Warwick Hills Country Club.

2014 Neil Young files for divorce from Pegi after 36 years as a couple.   

2014 Tom Petty releases Hypnotic Eye.

2017 AC/DC veteran Brian Johnson escapes serious injury when he rolls his Astin Martin A35 during qualifying run before Classic Car race at Silverstone Classic.   

2017 Eric Clapton releases The Breeze: A Tribute to JJ Cale...