45 years ago today (8/1/71), The Concert for Bangladesh took place. The concert involved two benefit concerts organised by former Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar master Ravi
30 years ago today (7/28/86), R.E.M. released their fourth studio album Lifes Rich Pageant.The now classic album featuring bushy unibrow drummer Bill Berry on the cover became the band’s most commercially
30 years ago today (7/27/86), Queen became the first western act since Louis Armstrong in 1964 to perform in Easton Europe when they played at Budapest’s Nepstadion, Hungary, as the gig
Happy 73rd birthday to Mick Jagger who was born on 7/26/43. The man needs little description at this point as he continues to defy age in more ways than one
Happy 58th birthday to Thurston Moore how was born on 7/25/58. It hard to say “former” singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth, but Moore and the rest of the iconic band
60 years ago today (7/21/56). Johnny Cash went to #1 on the Country charts for the first time with “I Walk The Line.” What might be Cash’s most recognizable song
Happy Birthday to the late Keith Godchaux who was born on 7/19/48 and would have been 68 today. At a Grateful Dead show in San Francisco in 1971, Godchaux and his
50 years ago today (7/16/66), Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed the supergroup Cream. Regarded as the first band of soloists, in their two year career they brought the blues to a
60 years ago today (7/15/56), Ian Curtis, lyricist and lead singer of Joy Divison was born. Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy
30 years ago today (7/14/86), Bob Dylan released what many consider his least engaging studio LP Knocked Out Loaded. In 1986 Dylan toured with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers as his
