San Francisco's underground FM station KMPX holds a ballot among its listeners to find out who would be the best candidate on a pro-grass ticket. The people say they want Bob Dylan for president, Paul Butterfield for vice-president, George Harrison as U.N. ambassador, Jefferson Airplane as the Secretary of Transportation, and the Grateful Dead as attorney general.
Max Yasgur was sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. It was Yasgur's on which the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held.
Record company executive Kenneth Moss is sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty to the involuntary manslaughter of Robbie McIntosh, drummer with the Average White Band. McIntosh overdosed on drugs in 1974.
Born on January 7th, 2009
Rory Storm/Alan Caldwell - lead singer; Rory Storm & The Hurricanes Lefty Baker/Eustace
Britchforth - guitar, banjo, vocals; Spanky & Our Gang Danny Williams - South African singer; solo/Nat King Cole Tribute Show
Dead on January 7th, 2009
Larry Williams (44) - US singer, saxophone, keyboards, piano; best known for writing and recording some Rock'n'Roll standards from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (died from a gun-shot wound in his Los Angeles, California home. The death was deemed suicide, though there was much speculation otherwise. No suspects were ever arrested or charged). Jon Lee (33) - the original drummer for the successful British rock band Feeder. (found hanged at his Miami home). John Guerin (64) - Session drummer; Self-taught on drums, percussion and keyboards, an extremely successful "crossover" artist, frequently bridging the gaps between jazz and rock with his expansive drum vocabulary (pneumonia).
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