Monday October 26th 2026 Its being reported that Pittsburgh Rock Legend & My Longtime Pal, Our beloved Donnie Iris is gone at 83. Dominic Ierace, 1943-2026. "Addio, mio caro amico." (Goodbye, my dear friend).

Monday October 26th 2026 Its being reported that Pittsburgh Rock Legend & My Longtime Pal, Our beloved Donnie Iris is gone at 83. Dominic Ierace, 1943-2026. "Addio, mio caro amico." (Goodbye, my dear friend).

Monday October 26th 2026 Its being reported that Pittsburgh Rock Legend & My Longtime Pal, Our beloved Donnie Iris is gone at 83. Dominic Ierace, 1943-2026. "Addio, mio caro amico." (Goodbye, my dear friend).

Monday October 26th 2026 If you're my age (OLD), You watched Star Trek as a kid from Sept. 1966-June 1969. Sadly, Chekov (Walter Koenig, 90) has just permanently entered: "Space, The Final Frontier." Chekov was warmly greeted in Heaven by: Spock (d. 2015), Bones (d. 1999), Scotty (d. 2005) & Uhura (d. 2022). Capt. James T. Kirk (Wm Shatner, still here at 95) has not yet beamed up to join the rest of The Star Trek crew. A Salute To You, Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig).

October 26 1973 53 yrs ago. I was an 18 yr old 1st semester freshman in college. The Who release their double album, Pete Townshend's amazing "Quadrophenia." (Images: My vinyl copy). One Of My All Time Favorite Albums! Ever! Love, Reign O'er Me Dr. Jimmy The Real Me 5:15, Pete Townshend's Brilliant Songwriting & Roger Daltrey's Stunning Vocals At Work.

October 26 1984 I was 29. "The Terminator," opens in theatres nationally. Directed by 3X Academy Award-Winning James Cameron (Titantic, Aliens, True Lies). Starring Ahhhnold Schwarzenegger & Linda Hamilton. "I'll Be Back." How OLD are me & my wife Cindi?? We have "The Terminator" on VHS tape.

October 26 2010 Benedum Center Pittsburgh The Experience Hendrix Tour, Featuring: (Images) Billy Cox/bass (Schenley HS grad & he played w/Hendrix at Woodstock!) Also, Steve Vai Eric Johnson Jonny Lang Ernie Isley (The Isley Bros) & Brad Whitford/Aerosmith. Jimi Hendrix & Billy Cox as very young men served together in The US Army 101st Airborne Division. The Screaming Eagles!

October 26 1999 Next time you hear: Joy To The World & Never Been To Spain/Three Dog Night, The Pusher/Steppenwolf No-No Song/Ringo Starr & Greenback Dollar/The Kingston Trio, ALL of those songs were written by Hoyt Axton. Hoyt also appeared in SO many movies & TV shows! Bonanza WKRP In Cincinnati Different Strokes Gremlins & The Black Stallion. Hoyt Axton only made it to 61. He d. today 1999. And Hoyt Axton is NOT in The Songwriters OR R&R HOF!

October 26 1850 Keith Richards (only 63 in 1850) publishes his autobiography "Life." In it (547 pages long!), Keef discusses: Using drugs, Buying drugs, Getting busted for drugs & Going thru detox for drugs. (The real year of publication for Keef's book is 2010). Over the decades, I "seen" Keef & The Stones in concert in Pittsburgh at: Three Rivers Stadium PNC Park The Civic Arena & Heinz Field.

October 25 1944 I was a HUGE Yes fan in HS & in college during The 1970's. Jon Anderson (B-Day/81!) was the amazing lead singer & co-songwriter for all of the big Yes hits. Yours Is No Disgrace Starship Trooper Roundabout And You & I Siberian Khatru, Jon Anderson & Yes At Work. R&R HOF.

October 25 1991 Holocaust Survivor, Legendary Concert Promoter, Founder of The Fillmores East & West & US Army Korean War Combat Veteran (Bronze Star, Purple Heart), Bill Graham was only 60 when he was killed in a helicopter crash today, 1991. 14 months after Stevie Ray Vaughan had also been killed in a helicopter crash. (Images) We've been to where The Fillmore East in NYC used to be. Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Bill Graham helped them all make the big time! Bill Graham, R&R HOF.

October 25 2024 Phil Lesh, original co-founding bass player with The Grateful Dead since 1965, Phil Lesh 84 d. today 2 yrs ago. I saw The Grateful Dead w/Phil 15X over the decades. Tripping my ass off usually! The last time I ever saw Phil Lesh w/The Dead was the last time I ever saw Jerry Garcia w/The Dead, Three Rivers Stadium, June 30 1995. Jerry was gone 6 weeks later. Phil Lesh, R&R HOF.

October 25 2014 U.K. One Of Rock's Greatest Lead Singers Ever (Amazing Bass Player Too!), Jack Bruce of Cream d. at 71 (liver cancer). My age right now. Jack battled heroin & alcohol addiction & He was a liver transplant survivor as well. White Room I'm So Glad I Feel Free SWLABR As You Said Sitting On Top Of The World, Jack Bruce, Lead Vocals On All Of Those Cream Classics. R&R HOF I only ever saw Jack Bruce once, w/Ringo's All Starrs, 1997, I.C. Light Amph/Pittsburgh.

October 24 1911 Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks North Carolina Air Flight Pioneers, The Wright Brothers, Orville & Wilbur, Orville set a new record today 1911, for being airborne in the brothers' glider: 9 min, 45 secs! The Wright Bros spent most of their lives in Dayton Ohio. I went to college at The University Of Dayton! And when we (regularly) "took flight" at UD in the early-mid 1970's, It was for HOURS!! The colors!! The melting walls! The giant spaceships hovering in the purple-haze sky! UD, Baby! LSD, Whoa Baby!

Friday afternoon October 23rd 2026 North Las Vegas "Partly clahhhdy skies over Clark Cahhhnty." ----- Joe DeNardo

October 23 2025 If you're my age (OLD), You watched (as a child, on the black & white family TV), Hollywood Legend June Lockhart in "Lassie," 1958-1964, & then June Lockhart again in "Lost In Space," 1965-1968. And June Lockhart appeared in SO many other TV shows too! Rawhide Perry Mason Bewitched Wagon Train, June Lockhart, 100 yrs old, d. 1 yr ago today.

October 23 1925 Iowa (Ed McMahon): "HEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!" Johnny Carson (B-Day) was The King Of Late Night Television. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson aired 1962-1992. Johnny Carson, TV Academy HOF, Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Kennedy Center Honor. Ed McMahon: "Shareholder." Carnac The Magnificent: "What did Sonny Bono used to be?" Johnny Carson 79 d. in Jan. 2005.

October 23rd 1996 A.J. Palumbo/Pittsburgh The 1st Year Of The G3 Tour! Starring Guitar Legends: Joe Satriani Eric Johnson & Steve Vai. A 20 yr old Kenny Wayne Shepherd was the opening act. In 1996, KWS wasn't old enuff yet to legally buy a beer after this show in Pittsburgh!

October 23 1940 NYC 1960's Brill Bldg Songwriting Legend, Ellie Greenwich (B-Day) wrote/co-wrote: Da Doo Ron Ron Be My Baby Hanky Panky Leader Of The Pack Chapel Of Love & River Deep-Mountain High. And the next time you hear "Cherry Cherry" by Neil Diamond, Ellie Greenwich is the girl you hear singing along w/Neil Diamond on that song. Ellie Greenwich 68 d. 2009. Songwriters/R&R HOF.

Thursday October 22nd 2026 A Salute To Hollywood Film Veteran Tom Skerritt, Tom 93 d. yesterday, Oct. 21st. If you're my age (OLD), You remember Tom Skerritt from SO many different movies! Top Gun M*A*S*H Up In Smoke Alien Steel Magnolias, And SO many TV shows too! Death Valley Days Bonanza Gunsmoke, Hollywood Veteran Tom Skerritt At Work. A Salute To You, Sir!