Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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SEPTEMBER 22 |  

ON THIS DAY IN 1985, THE FIRST FARM AID CONCERT WAS HELD IN CHAMPAIGN, IL. THE STAR-STUDDED EVENT FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY BOB DYLAN, BILLY JOEL, WILLIE NELSON, JOHN MELLENCAMP, NEIL YOUNG, B.B. KING, ROY ORBISON, AND TOM PETTY, AMONG MANY OTHERS. THE ANNUAL EVENT TAKES PLACE EVERY FALL TO HELP THE AMERICAN FAMILY FARMER.  

IN 1972, DAVID BOWIE KICKED OFF THE NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF HIS ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR IN CLEVELAND. THE TOUR PROMOTED THE STUDIO ALBUMS ‘HUNKY DORY’, ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’, AND ‘ALADDIN SANE’.  

AND A COUPLE OF ROCKSTAR BIRTHDAYS TODAY WITH ROCK HALL INDUCTEE JOAN JETT BORN IN 1958 AND WHITESNAKE FRONTMAN DAVID COVERDALE WHO IS 72 TODAY 

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