1998 - Pete Townshend performs his first solo concert in England in 12 years.
Keeping with the idea of The Who's concert series "Very Last Farewell" tours, Pete starts a Pete Townshend "Very First Solo Tour" trend. As of today, Townshend has performed in 12 Who farewells, 9 Who reunions, 11 Pete first solo tours, 22 Townshend/Daltrey "One night only" shows, 8 Daltrey/Townshend "ha ha we changed the names around" shows and a whopping 49 retirement shows.
1968 - Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant marries his wife, Maureen. The couple have their reception at Led Zeppelin's gig in London's Roundhouse, where they appear on the bill with the Deviants, Tyres, and John Lee Hooker.
After the gig, John Bonham drinks 32 shots of whiskey breaking his past record of 30. It will be another 12 years until Bonham tops that record and drinks 40 shots. As of today, John hasn't beaten his old record.
1967 - Roger McGuinn kicks out David Crosby from the Byrds. Gene Clark replaces him.
Today, David Crosby can be seen on a World Tour with his band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Roger McGuinn can be seen on PBS on such concert series as "Remember these tunes?" and "Rockin' 60s revival".
Below, Roger McGuinn playing on a park bench in San Francisco. On this particualar day he made $12.38 in change and 3 McDonald coupons.
1966 - John Lennon attends a private viewing of an exhibition by Yoko Ono at London's Indica Gallery and meets the New York artist for the first time. She professes to have never heard of him.
Umm, yeah... Yoko hanging out in London in 1966 and has never heard of The Beatles. :eyes:
There are two things John probably should have listened to in his life: 1 was "Hey John, just have the Limo drive you through the gates of the Dakota after the session" and 2) Hey John, art shows fucking suck, let's go have a pint or two instead".
Below, Lennon in happier times:
1961 - Speaking of...
Brian Epstein goes to the Cavern in Liverpool, England, to get a glimpse of the Beatles. The group was brought to his attention after customers at his record store requested its German-released single "My Bonnie." Impressed by their gig, Epstein approaches George Harrison and Paul McCartney. Epstein becomes the Beatles' manager in January 1962.
When asked about the Beatles the next morning, Epstein said, "They have talent. John has a lot of talent..oh yes indeed he does. John's talent shines right through those tight black leather pants of his. John's talent is probably so huge, it's busting out at the seams... yes boy, that Lennon has talent. And the other lads are ok on their instruments.. but that Lennon.. oh man oh man, has he got talent".
Below, Brian checking out John's talent from offstage:
1996 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher was arrested after being stopped by police in London's Oxford Street and charged with possession of a class A controlled substance.
Later it was reported that the whiny-assed little bugger was actually just in possession of 30 bottles of Midol.
Below, Liam trying to locate his brother Noel:
1990 - The internal revenue seized all of US country singers Willie Nelson's bank accounts and real estate holdings in connection with a $16 million tax debt.
Willie later told a buddy, "Good thing they didn't find my $16 million worth of pot in the back yard. Now how in the hell am I gonna get the money to pay my taxes?"
Below, Willie salutes the IRS
1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published in San Francisco. It came with a free roach clip to hold a joint. John Lennon was on the cover.
Today Rolling Stone magazine comes with thousands of free advertisements and hard hitting icons such as Kevin Federline and Paris Hilton.
1969, Born on this day, Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa
Pepa can be seen and heard these days with new sidekicks Cinnamon and Cumin. As for her old partner Salt, she joined the Nation of Islam and has legally changed her name to Aishah Bint abu Oregano.
1998 - Rick James suffers a stroke after a blood vessel ruptures in his neck while he is head banging during a performance in Denver. A spokesman later comments, ""The doctor called it a result of rock'n'roll neck, the repeated rhythmic whiplash motion of the head and neck.
Later it was discovered to have really been pipe neck. The repeated rhythmic whiplash motion of the head and neck going from lip to pipe, lip to pipe, lip to pipe.
1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
C'mon people, where is that same amount of passion today? I bet a lot of republicans are really really pissed off about the last few days. Hint...hint..
Hey republicans..look!
Well, that's all for today folks. Hope you got at least one chuckle.
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