Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

SEPTEMBER 18 |  

IN 1976, BOSTON’S “MORE THAN A FEELING” IS RELEASED AS THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE SELF-TITLED ‘BOSTON’ ALBUM. GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER TOM SCHOLZ HAD SPENT FIVE YEARS WRITING AND DEVELOPING THE TRACK.  

TODAY IN 1979 THE EAGLES’ RELEASE THE LEAD TRACK “HEARTACHE TONIGHT” FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘THE LONG RUN’. CO-WRITTEN BY BOB SEGER, IT WILL BECOME THEIR FIFTH BILLBOARD NUMBER ONE SINGLE.  

AND THE MAN WHO HELPED SHAPED THE SOUND OF THE ROCK GUITAR, JIMI HENDRIX, DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1970 IN LONDON. HIS STYLE WOULD INSPIRE COUNTLESS GUITARISTS, WHILE HIS HITS CONTINUE TO ENTERTAIN. HE WAS JUST 27 YEARS OLD 

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