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1966, A year after returning to her home state of Texas from San Francisco, Janis Joplin heads west again. She was summoned by Chet Helms, a friend who is now managing Big Brother & the Holding Company. 1967, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared at Chichester Crown Court, Sussex, charged with being in possession of [...]
1965, Rolling Stones II knocks Beatles for Sale out of the No. 1 spot on the U.K. Record Retailer chart. 1970, Eric Clapton played the first of two nights at The Fillmore East in New York City. 1970, Apple Records releases the John Lennon solo single “Instant Karma” in the U.K. 1976, T Rex appeared at St [...]
Cream were rising to the top and riding high with their Wheels Of Fire album when they took to the stage of The Smothers Brothers’ TV show in July of 1968 with this song from their previous album, “Disraeli Gears.” With proclamations of “Clapton is God” spray-painted all over the walls of England, Cream began [...]
1965, The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Dylan recorded ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’, and ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.’ 1966, George Harrison and his girlfriend Patti Boyd met up with Mick Jagger and Chrissie [...]
