November 11

 

Southern rock suffered another devastating blow today in 1972 when Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oakley was killed when his motorcycle hit a bus in Macon, Georgia, dying just three blocks from where Duane Allman had crashed his bike 13 months earlier, eerie parallels that haunt the band's tragic history…

 

Jazz's hippest pianist Mose Allison was born on this day in 1927, the Mississippi native whose laid-back vocal style and bluesy compositions influenced everyone from The Who to Bonnie Raitt while his cool sophistication made him a cult figure before his death in 2016…

 

Power pop's greatest craftsman Marshall Crenshaw celebrates his 72nd birthday today, the guitarist-singer whose self-titled debut album and hit "Someday, Someway" proved that Beatles-influenced melodic rock could still find an audience in the new wave era…

 

Arena rock's survivor Jim Peterik turns 75 today, the guitarist-songwriter who found success twice - first with the Ides of March's "Vehicle" and later writing Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," proving his commercial instincts across two decades…

 

Avant-garde controversy exploded today in 1968 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono released 'Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins,' the experimental album whose cover featuring the couple fully nude shocked the world and marked Lennon's complete departure from Beatles accessibility.