June 16
ON THIS DAY IN 1967 THE 3-DAY MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL IN CALIFORNIA BEGINS, THE FIRST OF MANY BIG ROCK FESTIVALS, WITH THE WHO, STEVE MILLER, JANIS JOPLIN, JIMI HENDRIX AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD AMONG THOSE PERFORMING. MANY CONSIDER IT THE BEGINNING OF THE “SUMMER OF LOVE.”
THE STEVE MILLER BAND RELEASES HIS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘BRAVE NEW WORLD’ IN 1969 FEATURING THE CLASSIC TRACK “SPACE COWBOY”
AND IN 1972 DAVID BOWIE RELEASES HIS FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’. THE CONCEPT ALBUM TELLS THE STORY OF A FICTIONAL ROCK STAR AND INCLUDES THE TITLE TRACK, “SUFFRAGETTE CITY” AND “STARMAN”.
