JANUARY 21
TODAY IN 1968 JIMI HENDRIX RECORDED HIS VERSION OF THE BOB DYLAN SONG ‘ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER’ AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS IN LONDON. ROLLING STONES’ GUITARIST BRIAN JONES HELPS WITH PERCUSSION WHILE DAVE MASON FROM TRAFFIC ADDS THE TWELVE-STRING GUITAR ON THE TRACK.
TODAY IN 1984 THE BAND ‘YES’ HIT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 WITH THEIR ONLY TOP TEN HIT, “OWNER OF A LONELY HEART”
AND IN 1987, KEITH RICHARDS INDUCTED ARETHA FRANKLIN AT THE SECOND ANNUAL ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME AWARDS IN NEW YORK CITY. KEITH LATER TOOK PART IN A JAM WITH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, CHUCK BERRY, BO DIDDLEY, ROY ORBISON, STING, AND DARYL HALL.
