Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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AUGUST 27 |  

TODAY IN 1977, JACKSON BROWNE PLAYS THE MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND. HIS PERFORMANCES OF “RUNNING ON EMPTY” AND “THE LOAD OUT/STAY” FROM THE SHOW ARE RELEASED ON THE ALBUM ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’.  

ON THIS DAY IN 1990, 35-YEAR-OLD STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN WAS KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH, FOLLOWING A WISCONSIN SHOW WITH ROBERT CRAY AND ERIC CLAPTON. CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME, THE BLUES-ROCKER WAS POSTHUMOUSLY INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2015.  

AND BEST KNOWN AS THE GUITARIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF ‘RUSH’, BIRTHDAY WISHES GO OUT TO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, ALEX LIFESON, WHO IS CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY #70 TODAY 

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