#Bummerversary
Bummerversary 11/10/1997: Tommy Tedesco joins that big band in the sky. He’s one of the most recorded guitarists in history: Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, The Supremes, Monkees, Elvis, Ella, Sam Cooke, Sinatra, Zappa and hundreds, maybe thousands more. #TommyTedesco #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Bummerversary 11/5/2005: Link Wray takes his fuzz tone to that big rumble in the sky. #LinkWray #RockHonorRoll
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Bummerversary 10/29/1971: Duane Allman is killed when he loses control of his motorcycle, avoiding a tractor-trailer, and is thrown from the bike. He was just weeks away from his 25th birthday. #DuaneAllman #AllmanBrothers #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Bummerversary 10/25/2004: John Peel, the BBC’s longest-serving radio DJ, headed to the big booth in the sky. He was the first DJ to play the Ramones, The Smiths, Blur, the Sex Pistols, T Rex, The White Stripes and others to the masses.#JohnPeel #RockHonorRoll
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bummerversary In The Rock 10/20/1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines are killed in a plane crash in Gillsburg, MIssissippi. Also killed are Gaines’ sister Cassie, back-up singer, and band manager Dean Kilpatrick. #RonnieVanZant #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
October 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Bummerversary 9/16/1977: T. Rex singer & guitarist Marc Bolan is killed in a car accident in London, when his girlfriend, American singer Gloria Jones, lost control of the mini she was driving & hit a fence post, then a tree. Bolan was only 29 years old. #Bummerversary #MarcBolan #TRex
September 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Bummerversary, Jazz Edition 3/12/1955: Saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker joins that big band in the sky. He was just 34. #CharlieParker #JazzHonorRoll
March 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Bummerversary 9/15/2004: Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone joins that big band in the sky. #Bummerversary #Ramones #RockHonorRoll
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bummerversary 6/4/1990: Ohio native Stiv Bators, founder and lead singer of the Dead Boys and later The Lords of the New Church died after being hit by a taxi in Paris, France. #StivBators #Bummerversary
June 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Bummerversary 10/12/1971: Gene Vincent, best known for “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, joins that big rockin’ band in the sky. He was 36 years old. #GeneVincent #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Bummerversary 11/25/1974: Nick Drake packs his acoustic guitar and heads for the open mic night in the sky. Commercial success evaded him during his lifetime, but Drake is appreciated now as a hugely influential singer/songwriter. #NickDrake #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
November 24, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Bummerversary 5/29/1997: Jeff Buckley joins his father Tim in that big band in the sky. Jeff’s career and fame were only just beginning, but his amazing voice and talent endure to this day. #JeffBuckley #RockHonorRoll
May 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Bummerversary 5/31/2019: Roky Erickson, singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader, catches that elevator way past the 13th floor, all the way to that big band in the sky.
May 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Bummerversary 4/30/1983: Blues legend Muddy Waters, who influenced every player from The Stones to Eric Clapton to AC/DC, died of a heart attack at his home in Westmont, IL. He was 68 years old. #MuddyWaters #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
April 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Bummerversary 8/27/1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others perish in a helicopter crash in East Troy, while en route to Chicago. He was only 35 years old. #SRV #Bummerversary
August 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In The Rock 2/2/1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & The Big Bopper headline at The Surf Ballroom in Clearlake, Iowa. It will be their last show. #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
February 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Bummerversary 10/24/2017: The incomparable Fats Domino joins that big band in the sky, at age 89. #FatsDomino #OG #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In The Rock 2/2/2011: Jack and Meg announce that The White Stripes have disbanded, as to preserve the band’s legacy. #WhiteStripes #Bummerversary #JackWhite #RockHonorRoll
February 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bummerversary 8/20/1988: During Guns N’ Roses’ set at the Monsters of Rock festival in Donington, U.K., two fans are killed in a crowd surge during the groups performance. #GnR #Bummerversary
August 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In The Rock 12/3/1979: 11 fans perish during a crowd surge at a Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. #Bummerversary
December 3, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Bummerversary 4/20/1991: One of the most influential artists of all time, Steve Marriott, solo artist and leader of Small Faces and Humble Pie, heads to that big gig in the sky. #SteveMarriott #HumblePie
April 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bummerversary 5/30/2003: Mickie Most, super groovy producer of artists such as the Animals, Herman’s Hermits, the Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, Suzi Quatro, Hot Chocolate and the Jeff Beck Group, heads for the big control room in the sky. #MickieMost #RockHonorRoll
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In The Rock 2/3/1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson Jr, aka The Big Bopper perish in a plane crash, news reaches rock fans everywhere, “The Day The Music Died”. #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Bummerversary 6/18/2011: Clarence Clemons, THE sax man for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, joins that big band in the sky. #ClarenceClemons #TheBigMan
June 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Bummerversary 4/17/1960: After a concert, Eddie Cochran is killed in a taxi cab accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Cochran was a passenger in the vehicle along with Gene Vincent and others; the driver lost control, the world lost a legend. #EddieCochran #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary
April 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM