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Today we're remembering one of my favorite performers of all time, but before we do so, let's take a look at a couple of other facts from March 5th.

In 1994, Grace Slick, former Jefferson Starship singer was arrested for aiming a shotgun at police.  She later said that she had been under stress sincer her home in Mill Valley had burned the previous fall, and that she lost most of her memorabilia, including items that were stolen by Corte Madera firefighters, who were later fired for the incident.

The band Bowling For Soup has a song out entitled 1985.  There are times that I feel that I can really relate to that song.  Two phrases that stick out above others are "When did Motley Crue become classic rock" and "and when did Ozzy become an actor."  In the 80's Ozzy would never have been a common household name.  It was more of the lines of "DON'T YOU KNOW HE WORSHIPS THE DEVIL AND LISTENING TO HIS MUSIC WILL SEND YOU TO HELL???"   Not so in today's world of reality tv.  In 2002, the very first episode of The Osbournes aired on MTV.  All their fighting, cursing, and inability to understand a word that Ozzy would say in one neat little package.  Thank goodness for subtitles.

On this day in 1982, the world lost one of the greatest entertainers of all time to a drug overdose.  John Belushi's tombstone reads "I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on".  He died at the young age of 33.  While he was a huge comedic hit on Saturday Night Live and movies such as Animal House, one of his greatest performances ever was with Dan Aykroyd as The Blues Brothers, and will be remembered for their hit Soul Man.

Raise your glass to one of the world's greatest entertainers today as we remember John (Jake Blue) Belushi.