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July 8th 1967 - The Monkees kick off their 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as an opening act. However, Hendrix was eventually dropped after just six shows Read More|Comment Continue...
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July 27th 1968 - Cass Elliot attempts a solo career following the break up of The Mamas and the Papas with her version of 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'. It would be the most successful version of the...
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September 14th 1968 - While on tour in the UK, Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burns down, and he losses his two oldest sons to the fire. An official from the scene of the fire later said that "from...
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September 15th 1968 - The Doors are forced to perform without Jim Morrison at a concert in Amsterdam. While Jefferson Airplane was performing 'Plastic Fantastic Lover', Morrison, stoned on some Read...
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October 6th 1969 - George Harrison's hits a milestone in his career when his song 'Something' was released as the "A" side of a Beatles' 45, a first for Harrison. Along with Lennon and McCartney's Come...
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The Rolling Stones - Photo by Len Trievnor / Getty Images January 25th, 1963 - The Rolling Stones play at the Ricky Tick Club at a Hotel in the town of Windsor, Berkshirehire, UK. It is the first...
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March 8th, 1965 - David Bowie makes his television debut. It's on a UK program called "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" and was with The Manish Boys. They performed their single 'I Pity The Fool.' Read...
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March 30th, 1991 - Gloria Estefan hits No.1 on the singles chart with 'Coming Out Of The Dark'. It is the first single released after Estefan's tragic accident where an 18-wheeler rammed her tour bus,...
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May 10th, 1963 - Bob Dylan walked off the set during rehearsal of The Ed Sullivan Show after being told he couldn't perform his song 'Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues'. The producers had decided this...
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June 9th, 1972 – Bruce Springsteen begins assembling the E Street Band after being signed to Columbia Records. Various Asbury Park ex-band members soon join and the final band consisted of Garry...
View ArticleBob Dylan Tribute Album Has Guest List of Epic Proportions
Amnesty International, an organization aimed at stopping the abuses of human rights, is celebrating their 50th anniversary with a pretty cool album release if you're into Bob Dylan. A tribute album...
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January 13th 1964 - The Beatles release their breakthrough single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the United States. Bob Dylan mishears the middle eight as "I get high, I get high, I get high." Read...
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January 28th 1968 - The Supremes appear on British TV's Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Tom Jones and Des O'Connor. 1978 - The Fleetwood Mac album 'Rumours' went to No.1 on the US albu Read...
View ArticleJoin Big Joe Henry for BobFest 2012, Thursday, May 24th at the Count Basie...
Join Big Joe for BobFest with Pat Guadagno and Tired Horses with special guests as they celebrate the music and 71st birthday of Rock & Roll icon Bob Dylan! Read More|Comment Continue reading…
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This Thursday May 24th Rock and Roll icon Bob Dylan celebrates his 71rst birthday. What is amazing about Bob Dylan is that his music has spanned over 6 decades and Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleBruce Springsteen To Compose New US National Anthem?
Could "The Boss" be the new Francis Scott Key? Do you think Bruce Springsteen is the best choice to create the new National Anthem? Take our poll and share your thoughts Read More|Comment Continue...
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Bob Dylan released "Like a Rolling Stone" nearly 50 years ago. To go along with his greatest hits album that came out today, 'The Complete Album Collection Volume 1', a groundbreaking music video for...
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January 25th, 1963 - The Rolling Stones play at the Ricky Tick Club at a Hotel in the town of Windsor, Berkshirehire, UK. It is the first time The Rolling Stones, including Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman...
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March 29th, 1979 - At a Dire Straits show in L.A., Bob Dylan asked Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to play on the sessions for his next album, Slow Train Coming. Dylan had first heard Dire...
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May 31st, 1968 - Working on what will become The White album, Yoko Ono attends her first session with The Beatles. Adding overdubs of bass and vocals on ‘Revolution’, and the final six minutes of the...
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