TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/11/1987 (youtu.be)
43 year old Peter Tosh, the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers with Bob Marley, was brutally murdered at his Jamaican home. Though robbery was officially said to be the reason behind Tosh’s death, many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle (1976) (youtu.be)
Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner (1977) (youtu.be)
I’ve been sitting inside of a plane, on the tarmac, for the past 2 hours. This song popped into my head and now I’m sharing with all of you!
Journey - Of a Lifetime (1975) (www.youtube.com)
Judas Priest – Beyond the Realms of Death (1978) (youtu.be)
The Doobie Brothers - China Grove (1973) (youtu.be)
Soundgarden - Spoonman (1994) (youtu.be)
Pink Floyd - Echoes (1971) (youtu.be)
23:31 of pure Pink Floyd in a track written by all four members that features massive instrumentals. It actually took up an entire side of the record.
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (1969) (youtu.be)
Asia - Heat Of The Moment (1982) (youtu.be)
U2 - New Year's Day (1983) (youtu.be)
George Harrison - Wah-Wah (1970) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/01/1981 (youtu.be)
RCA Records releases Hall And Oates’ LP “Private Eyes”, which will rise to #5 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the UK Official Album Chart. The album contains two number-one singles, the title track and “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”, as well as the Top 10 single "Did it in a Minute“
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993) (www.youtube.com)
Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride (1971) (youtu.be)
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (Original Uncensored Version) (1969) (youtu.be)
Roky Erickson – Two-Headed Dog (1977) (youtu.be)
Husker Du – Makes No Sense At All (1985) (youtu.be)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) (youtu.be)
The Knack - My Sharona (1979) (youtu.be)
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987) (youtu.be)
Frumpy - Indian Rope Man (youtu.be)
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (youtu.be)
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (pitchfork.com)
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