Tag "classic rock"
June 20, ’19: David Gilmour Guitar Auction: $21 Million For Charity
“These guitars have been very good to me, but it’s time that they moved on,” he said. The legendary Black Strat set a record for a guitar at auction
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June 18, 1942: Dominos’ Bassist Carl Radle Born
Tulsa, OK-born Radle played with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Leon Russell, Duane Allman, and Derek and the Dominos but died young
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June 16, 1967: Monterey Pop Festival Begins
Considered the first major rock festival, the three day event featured some of the top acts in contemporary music. Check out the amazing performances
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June 16, 1965: Dylan Records ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
By the spring of 1965, Dylan already knew that he wanted to make a change in his music. On this date he set that change in “stone.”
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2017 in Review: Best of the Boxed Sets & Collections
It’s that time of year and we’ve ID’d great titles from the Beatles, Beach Boys, Stones, Dylan, Eagles and more. Our guide to the year’s best. Happy shopping!
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June 16, 2016: NY Post Mistakenly Declares Meat Loaf Dead
The ‘Bat Out of Hell’ singer fell while performing at a Canadian concert. The paper reported that he had died, in some of its editions
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June 14, 1975: Frampton Records ‘Alive!’ Concert
A concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom is recorded and used for a number of the tracks of Frampton’s breakout album
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Dream Syndicate: Majestic, Loud, Noisy, Fun, Alive
They came roaring back with the kind of majestic, loud, noisy, fun, alive show that would be impressive from a band half their age.
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June 13, 2017: Anita Pallenberg, Ex-Girlfriend of Keith Richards, Dies
The model and actress in some memorable films was first associated with Brian Jones, then spent a wild dozen years with his bandmate
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Remembering Legendary Producer Chips Moman
The producer, songwriter and guitarist was responsible for hits like Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and such bands as The Box Tops
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