February 27, 1970 – Jefferson Airplane is fined $1,000 for for singing profanity while on stage in Oklahoma City. The ordinance prohibiting obscene language was drawn up a year earlier when Jim Morrison of The Doors allegedly exposed himself at a concert.

February 27, 1977 – Keith Richards is arrested and charged with “possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to traffic” in Toronto.  He is found with five grams of cocaine and 22 grams of heroin in his room, among other substances. He is released on $25,000 bail, and eventually receives a suspended sentence after the court concludes that Richards did not bring the drugs into the country, but rather purchased them while in Canada.

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Classic Rock Birthdays

February 27, 1957 – Adrian Smith, guitar (Iron Maiden)
February 27, 1957 – Johnny Van Zant, vocals (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Zant)
February 27, 1954 – Neal Schon, guitars, vocals (Journey, Santana)
February 27, 1960 – Paul Humphreys, vocals, keyboards (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark)
February 27, 1952 – Kevin Raleigh, vocals, keyboards (Michael Stanley Band)
February 27, 1950 – Robert Balderrama, guitar (? and The Mysterians)

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Rock Remembrances

February 27, 2019 – Doug Sandom, original drummer of the Who, dies of a brain tumor. He was 89. Sandom was fired from the band after the label’s producer deemed him “too old” – he was married and a decade older than the rest of the members.  Pete Townshend says, “If you have read my book Who I Am you will know how kind Doug was to me, and how clumsily I dealt with his leaving the band to be replaced eventually by Keith Moon.” Sandom himself wrote a book, The Who Before the Who, and said “I still think the Who is the best fucking rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.”