Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1966) (youtu.be)
Elton John - Crocodile Rock (1972) (youtu.be)
Fly At Night (In The Morning We Land) (1976) (www.youtube.com)
Jerry Garcia - The Wheel (1972) (youtu.be)
Rush - Working Man (1974) (www.youtube.com)
Vanilla Fudge - Keep Me Hangin' On (youtu.be)
Live on the Ed Sullivan Show, Jan. 1968
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/08/1971 (youtu.be)
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents Elvis Presley with the Bing Crosby Award, given to performers who “during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic or scientific significance to the field of phonograph records.”
Rainbow – A Light in the Black (1976) (youtu.be)
Uriah Heep - Why (1972) (youtu.be)
The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues (1971) (youtu.be)
Judas Priest – Beyond the Realms of Death (1978) (youtu.be)
Beggars Opera - Raymond's Road (1971) (youtube.com)
April Wine - Sign Of The Gypsy Queen (1981) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/07/1978 (youtu.be)
The Who’s drummer, Keith Moon died of an overdose of a sedative called Heminevrin that had been prescribed to prevent seizures induced by alcohol withdrawal. The 31 year old Moon died in the same apartment that had previously belonged to Harry Nilsson and earlier, Mama Cass Elliot. He is eventually replaced in The Who by...
Madness - Our House (1982) (youtu.be)
Tool - Eulogy (1996) (youtu.be)
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (1984) (youtu.be)
The Doobie Brothers - China Grove (1973) (youtu.be)
ZZ Top - La Grange (1973) (youtu.be)
Soundgarden - Spoonman (1994) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/06/1968 (youtu.be)
Eric Clapton records the guitar solo for the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, becoming the first non-Beatle to appear on one of their recordings. George Harrison later said that Clapton’s presence had another effect on the band: “It made them all try a bit harder; they were all on their best behavior.”...
Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom (1970) (youtu.be)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give (1998) (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.
Guns N’ Roses – Civil War (1991) (youtu.be)
