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On this day… The Allman Brothers Band played their final show, appropriately, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City where the band had an annual residency – they performed at the venue 238 times since ’89. The show came a day before the 43rd anniversary of guitarist Duane Allman’s death (in ’71) with Derek…
On this day… Pearl Jam play their first show. It’s at the Off-Ramp in Seattle. Here’s how it happened. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament were members of Seattle-based Grunge band Green River during the mid-1980s. In late 1987, Gossard and Ament were in Malfunkshun with vocalist Andrew Wood. They morphed into Mother Love Bone….
On this day thirty years ago… R.E.M.’s “Monster” was #1 on the Billboard 200 (on first week sales of 344,000 copies). The band’s ninth studio album featured the song “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” – the first of five singles from the album. Drummer Bill Berry was eager to tour (for the first time since 1989) and…
On this day… Creed gets credit for helping lift the Texas Rangers to the major league baseball playoffs. The Rangers see their season turn around when they start playing Creed in the clubhouse prior to games. According to Rangers’ pitcher Andrew Heaney listening to Creed was a way of “having fun” while dealing with the “rollercoaster of the second…
On this day, twenty years ago… Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, a high school dropout, begins classes in chemistry, literature and the history of Rock n’ Roll (should get an ‘A’) at the University of Nebraska. NBC gleaned enough footage for “Tommy Lee Goes To College,” a six-segment series. But all was not as it appeared….
On this day… John Lennon recorded his blistering “Cold Turkey.” Offered to The Beatles, who passed on it, the song was credited to the Plastic Ono Band – which consisted of Lennon, Eric Clapton (guitar), fellow Beatle Ringo Starr (drums), and Manfred Mann’s Klaus Voorman (bass). Yoko Ono was in there as well. ‘Cold turkey’ refers…
On this day thirty-six years ago… John Lennon gets a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a crowd of 1,500 spontaneously broke into the chorus of “Give Peace a Chance,” a star for John Lennon was unveiled by his widow, Yoko Ono, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a crowd of…
Celebrating his birthday, Bruce Springsteen appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The host asks ‘The Boss’ “what are your five favorite Springsteen songs?” Here’s Springsteen’s List: 1. Born To Run Original Album: Born To Run (1975) 2. The Rising Original Album: The Rising (2002) 3. Thunder Road Original Album: Born To Run (1975)…
On this day… Jim Morrison landed on the cover of Rolling Stone. “He’s hot, he’s sexy, and he’s dead,” screamed the headline. The accompanying article chronicled the renewed interest in the singer, who died a decade earlier, and his band. “The Doors Greatest Hits” was awarded a platinum album (1,000,000 units shipped) the next day. From…
On this day… Tired of listening to her roommate play The Eagles endlessly, Vernett Bader (pictured) of North Charleston, SC grabbed a serrated knife from the kitchen and repeatedly stabbed her male 65-year-old roommate. The gent suffered wounds on his arm, hand and elbow. And here’s the shocker, according to police, both parties appeared intoxicated….