1968, During their first ever tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Stora Scenen at the Gröna Lund Amusement Park, in Stockholm, Sweden. 1969, King Crimson appeared at the Lyceum Ballroom, London 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their first chart topping album with Cosmo's Factory. It enjoyed a nine-week run at number one and sold over three million copies. 1970, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 12
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Today in Rock History – August 29
1966, The Beatles played their last concert before a paying audience, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California to a sold-out crowd of 25,000. John and Paul, knowing what the fans do not, bring cameras on stage and take pictures between songs. Songs performed at the show were "Rock and Roll Music", "She's a Woman", "If I Needed Someone", "Day Tripper", "Baby's in Black", … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 29
Song Of The Day – “I Got Loaded” by Little Bob And The Lollipops
For many years, I thought this song was a Los Lobos original. Their version was so in line with their sound and it fit so well on their How Will The Wolf Survive album, I just assumed it was theirs. So it was surprising to me, when I found out that the song had been around for over twenty years by the time they got around to recording it. The song was recorded by Little Bob … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “I Got Loaded” by Little Bob And The Lollipops