OCTOBER 24
IT WAS 1970 WHEN ‘SANTANA’ HAD THEIR FIRST #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA AS “ABRAXAS” PUSHED CCR’S “COSMO’S FACTORY” OUT TO CLAIM THE TOP SPOT. IT FEATURED THE CLASSICS “OYE COMO VA” AND THEIR COVER OF FLEETWOOD MAC’S “BLACK MAGIC WOMAN”
IN 1975 ‘HEART’ GOT THEIR FIRST A BIG BREAK WHEN THEY FILL IN AS THE OPENING ACT FOR ROD STEWART’S BAND ‘FACES’ IN MONTREAL; A GIG THEY WERE OFFERED A DAY BEFORE THE CONCERT WHEN THE PREVIOUSLY-SCHEDULED OPENING ACT CANCELLED. THE BAND FLEW FROM THE WEST COAST OF CANADA TO MONTREAL OVERNIGHT FOR THE PERFORMANCE.
AND HAPPY 87TH BIRTHDAY TO BILL WYMAN, BASSIST FOR THE ROLLING STONES FROM 1962 TO 1993. WYMAN WAS PART OF THE BAND’S FIRST STABLE LINEUP AND PERFORMED ON THEIR FIRST 19 ALBUMS
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