January 19, 1977 ~ The Charlie Daniels Band and The Marshall Tucker Band play the main stage at President Jimmy Carter’s inauguration ball.Legend has it that MTB’s Doug Gray liked to tell the story of smoking a j on the roof of the White House.
Dig it.
Source: South’s gonna do it again … – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up …
b. January 17, 1942.
The Greatest of All Time.
Rumble, young man, rumble.
January 16, 1973 ~ Bruce performs at Villanova University, Philadelphia, to an audience of 25 people. His concert had not been advertised due to a strike by Villanova’s school newspaper The Villanovan.
Now legendary producer Jon Landau wasn’t a fan of the psychedelic movement of the late 60’s and Detroit’s MC% was ready and willing to rock n’ roll. Released on January 15, 1970, Back in The USA is #44 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The Preacher releases his 6th on January 11, 1974 …
Happy birthday, Joan …
Syd. (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006)
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Source: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up …
January 7, 1971 ~ Black Sabbath drops the “Paranoid” album on US soil and it is glorious. Turn it up.
The best little record store on the planet gets one I missed today …
Which is a good excuse to share my favorite from John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra …
( b. January 3, 1945)
Neil Young calls him a genius. Happy birthday to Captain Manyhands …
