TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/28/1968 (lemm.ee)
The Doors are awarded a Gold record for “Hello, I Love You”, which had reached #15 in the UK and #1 in the US.
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight (1980) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/27/1991 (lemm.ee)
Featuring the song “Even Flow,” Pearl Jam release “Ten.” The album spends a total of 264 weeks on the Billboard charts.
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song (1994) (youtu.be)
The Cure - A Forest (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/26/1970 (youtube.com)
Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Arrival, Cactus, Family, Taste, Mungo Jerry, ELP, The Doors, The Who, Spirit, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Procol Harum, Sly and the Family Stone and Free all appeared over three days at the third Isle Of Wight Festival....
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1980) (youtu.be)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer (Live, 1991) (youtu.be)
Frumpy - Indian Rope Man (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/25/1976 (lemm.ee)
More than a feeling: Boston’s self-titled debut is released. It becomes the fastest selling debut album for any American group – logging sales in excess of seventeen million copies....
Joy Division - Disorder (youtu.be)
Alice In Chains - Would? (1992) (youtu.be)
The Kinks - 20th Century Man (youtu.be)
T. Rex - Mambo Sun (1971) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY 08/24/1981 (lemm.ee)
Tattoo You is the 16th British and 18th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 24 August 1981 by Rolling Stones Records. The album is mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the 1970s, and contains one of the band’s most well-known songs, “Start Me Up”, which hit number...
Elton John - Rocket Man (1972) (youtu.be)
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) (1982) (youtu.be)
Heart - Barracuda (1977) (youtu.be)
Z. Z. Hill - Wang Dang Doodle (youtu.be)
This song has been covered a whole bunch, but at my local brewery someone brought in a Z. Z. Hill record to play and, well, here we are!
The Beatles - The Get Back Sessions (youtube.com)
Eric Gales - 2017 Dallas International Guitar Festival (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/23/1988 (youtu.be)
“Nothing’s Shocking” from Jane’s Addiction is released....
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Down By The River (Live at Farm Aid 1994) (youtu.be)
Yes - Roundabout (1971) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/22/1969 (thebeatles.com)
The Beatles participate in their final photo shoot, which is held on the lawn of John Lennon’s home at Tittenhurst Park in Sunninghill, England. Photos from the session are used on the front and back covers of their Hey Jude compilation album