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1. TERRY REID PASSED ON JOINING THE GROUP. The then-19-year-old singer of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers had just been signed by a producer who was looking to make Reid a solo artist. So he told Jimmy Page no, and suggested that he offer the gig to Robert Plant, who he said looked "like a Greek god."

Pete Townshend, The Who's Guitarist Through The Years - Who I Am Autobiography

There are several musicians whose lives ended too soon at the age of 27 - making up the infamous 27 club. This article discusses seven rock stars who died at the age of 27.

16 piece drum set plus two tympani. six cymbals and a gong. Gotta have the gong. Keith was playing Premier drums, likely with Remo black dot heads. He did play Ludwigs, even had some Vistalites, which he stocked with goldfish.

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Don't miss drummer Ringo Starr's personal Beatles photos in a new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery.

Pink Floyd on Instagram: "Syd Barrett’s “Mirror Disc” Telecaster guitar is the instrument with which he is most widely associated, even though it isn't actually a Telecaster at all; it is in fact a Fender Esquire '62. Barrett purchased the guitar in early 1965 and towards the end of 1966 customized it by sticking 15 polished metal discs on the front of the body, which reflected the blaze of Pink Floyd's early light-shows to great effect. Syd Barrett used the guitar on all of his recorded…

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