1967, Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live on stage for the first time when he was appearing at The Astoria in London, England. It was the first night of a 24-date tour with The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdink. The Fender Stratocaster burned on stage by Hendrix sold for £280,000 at a 2008 London auction of rock memorabilia. 1967, Pink Floyd played … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 31
America
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “America!” by Bill Callahan
He's the artist sometimes known as "Smog" who has spent most of his career releasing some very quirky records. As Smog, Callahan has released 14 lo-fi albums since 1990 laced with very repetitive, simplistic and challenging music featuring strange instrumental combinations, lots of dissonance and sparse lyrics if any at all. He has also released four albums under his own name … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “America!” by Bill Callahan
Today in Rock History – August 22
1964, The Supremes started a two week run at number one on the US singles chart with "Where Did Our Love Go" the girl group's first chart topper. Holland–Dozier–Holland had originally composed the song for The Marvelettes to record it who rejected the song, thinking it childish. 1965, The Beatles, on tour in North America, performed two shows at Memorial Coliseum, Portland, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 22
Today in Rock History – June 14
1966, The Who record preliminary versions of two new Pete Townshend compositions "Disguises," and a song from Pete's first rock opera Quads, "I'm A Boy." "Disguises" is rush mixed to be used the next day on the last episode of BBC-TV's A Whole Scene Going. Pete wears a handlebar mustache and John plays a tuba named "Gladys." 1967, The Doors appeared at Steve Paul's Scene, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – June 14
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #97 – America: “I Need You” b/w “Riverside” – Warner Bros. 7580
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #97 – America: “I Need You” b/w “Riverside” – Warner Bros. 7580 Like most of my contemporaries, the first time I heard the group America it was from their chart-topping single “A Horse With No Name” as it came pouring out of the AM radio. And like most people, I thought the single was the latest release from Neil … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #97 – America: “I Need You” b/w “Riverside” – Warner Bros. 7580