June 7
THE SHORT-LIVED SUPERGROUP BLIND FAITH MADE THEIR FIRST CONCERT APPEARANCE ON THIS DAY IN 1969, WITH A FREE SHOW IN LONDON’S HYDE PARK IN FRONT OF MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE. ERIC CLAPTON, STEVE WINWOOD, GINGER BAKER AND RICK GRECH PRODUCED JUST ONE ALBUM TOGETHER, WHICH INCLUDES THE CLASSIC “CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME”.
IN 1994, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS RELEASE THEIR SECOND ALBUM, ‘PURPLE’, WHICH GOES TO #1 THREE WEEKS LATER, AND SELLS OVER 6 MILLION COPIES ON THE STRENGTH OF THE TRACKS “BIG EMPTY,” “VASOLINE”, AND “INTERSTATE LOVE SONG.”
AND IN 2008 LED ZEPPELIN’S JIMMY PAGE AND JOHN PAUL JONES MAKE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE TO JAM WITH FOO FIGHTERS DURING THEIR WEMBLEY STADIUM GIG IN LONDON. THE ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SUPERGROUP PLAYS “ROCK AND ROLL” AND “RAMBLE ON.”
