April 30
Chicago blues lost its founding father today in 1983 when Muddy Waters died at 68 in his sleep at his Westmont, Illinois home, ending the career of the Mississippi Delta guitarist whose electrified blues influenced the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and every rock band that followed… Country music mourned a devastating loss on this day in 2022 when Naomi Judd took her own life at 76 at her Tennessee home, ending the life of the Judds' matriarch whose struggles with mental illness finally overwhelmed her just one day before her Hall of Fame induction with daughter Wynonna… Southern rock's darkest moment occurred today in 1970 when Allman Brothers road manager Twiggs Lyndon was arrested for murdering a club owner who withheld the band's pay, the stabbing eventually ruled justifiable homicide after Lyndon's successful insanity defense freed him… Rock criticism lost its most passionate voice today in 1982 when Lester Bangs died at 33 from a heart attack cau...
