Gary Wright starts his life in Cresskill, NJ. From there he becomes the singer-keyboardist with Spooky Tooth(from ’67 to ’74) before going solo (“Dream Weaver”). 1943
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Exhaustion causes Joe Strummer to disappear. The Clash is forced to cancel a show. Strummer returns and The Clash are performing live again by the end of the month. 1982
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Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick pleads guilty to pointing a shotgun at police. She chalks it up to stress. Her house has recently burned down destroying nearly all her possessions. Slick is sentenced to community service and must attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. 1994
The ABC TV special U2: A Year in POP is the lowest rated prime time program in history of network television. That’s gotta hurt. Maybe they were up against a Simpsons rerun. 1997
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Eric Clapton is named the ambassador for the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s National Arts and Music Education Initiative. “Slowhand” is featured in a public-service announcement promoting a campaign to help fund arts and music programs for young people. 2006
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Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck’s air-sea-land performance, the first of its kind in the world, is the subject of a short Jagermeister documentary video. Tuck performed continuously during a skydive, a speedboat ride and a sled drive for the German herbal liqueur maker’s publicity stunt. 2016
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