Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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JULY 2 |  

ON THIS DAY IN 1969, BASSIST NOEL REDDING AND DRUMMER MITCH MITCHELL QUIT ‘THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE’ AFTER PLAYING THE THREE-DAY DENVER POP FESTIVAL AT MILE HIGH STADIUM. JIMI WOULD PLAY WITH MITCHELL AGAIN SIX WEEKS LATER AT WOODSTOCK.  

ON THIS DAY IN 1990 TESLA RECORDS THEIR ALBUM ‘FIVE MAN ACOUSTICAL JAM’ LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA. THEIR COVER OF “SIGNS” BECOMES A SURPRISE HIT AND STARTS AN ACOUSTIC ROCK TREND, WITH MTV’S UNPLUGGED SERIES DELVING INTO MORE ROCK ACTS.  

AND IN 1971, THE CLASSIC LINEUP OF FREDDIE MERCURY, BRIAN MAY, ROGER TAYLOR AND JOHN DEACON PLAYED THEIR VERY FIRST GIG AS QUEEN AT SURREY COLLEGE IN ENGLAND 

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