Births
1938: Nico
(Singer in The Velvet Underground & Solo)
1943: C.F.
Turner (Vocals & Bass for Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
1947: Bob
Weir (Vocals & Guitar for The Grateful Dead & Solo)
1952: Boogie Mosson (Bass for
Parliament-Funkadelic)
1960: Bob Mould (Vocals & Guitar for Husker
Du, Sugar & Solo)
1962: Flea (Michael Balzary) (Bass for The Red
Hot Chili Peppers)
1969: Wendy Wilson (Singer in Wilson Phillips)
1971: Chad Gray (Singer for Mudvayne)
1977: John Mayer (Singer / Songwriter &
Guitarist)
Events
1962: Motown
launches its first "package tour," a revue of the label's artists
featuring Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Mary Wells,
in Washington DC.
1966: Folk
singer Joan Baez is among 124 antiwar protesters arrested for blocking entrance
to an Army Induction Center in Oakland, CA. She is sentenced to ten days in
jail.
1972:
Internal strife between the three remaining band members -- reportedly due to
leader John Fogerty's reluctance to give up creative control -- lead to today's
public breakup of Creedence Clearwater Revival. The press statement tries to
put the best possible face on the incident, "We don't regard this as breaking
up. We look at it as an expansion of our activities."
1986: Chuck
Berry is the center of an all-star "60th birthday" bash in his
hometown of St. Louis, a tribute concert -- held three days before his actual
60th -- where the legendary rocker is joined by Keith Richards, Bruce
Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt, and many
others on stage at the local Fox Theatre. The making of the concert and the
show itself are filmed by veteran director Taylor Hackford for the critically
acclaimed hits 1987 documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll.
2001: After
Bob Dylan hires extra security guards in preparation for his comeback
"Love And Theft" tour, two of the guards turn Dylan himself back when
the singer forgets his own pass. The new guards are fired.
2002: Billy
Joel leaves the Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT, where it is rumored
he's been undergoing treatment for alcoholism.
2003: Simon
and Garfunkel open their new "Old Friends" Tour with a concert in
Wilkes-Barre, PA.
2004: Alabama performs what's
hailed as its final show, in Bismarck, North Dakota.
2006: CBGB, the legendary New
York punk club credited with discovering Patti Smith and The Ramones, closed
after a final gig by Smith herself.
