JULY 5 |
ON JULY 5TH 1969, THE ROLLING STONES APPEAR AT A FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT HELD AT HYDE PARK IN LONDON. IT WAS THE BAND’S FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN OVER TWO YEARS, AND WAS PLANNED AS AN INTRODUCTION OF THEIR NEW GUITARIST, MICK TAYLOR BUT INSTEAD BECAME A TRIBUTE TO THEIR FORMER GUITARIST BRIAN JONES WHO DROWNED IN HIS SWIMMING POOL TWO DAYS EARLIER.
IN 2015 THE FOUR SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD GAVE WHAT THEY SAID WOULD BE THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE, PLAYING TO SOME 70,000 SINGING, DANCING AND TEARFUL FANS AT CHICAGO’S SOLDIER FIELD.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROBBIE ROBERTSON, GUITARIST, VOCALIST, AND SONGWRITER WITH ‘THE BAND’, WHO TURNS 80 TODAY.
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