July 28
IN 1973 ONE OF THE LARGEST ROCK FESTIVALS OF ALL TIME IS HELD AT THE WATKINS GLEN RACEWAY IN NEW YORK. MORE THAN 600,000 ATTEND A ONE-DAY SHOW FEATURING THE GRATEFUL DEAD, THE BAND AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS.
TODAY IN 1976 KISS RELEASE ONE OF THE BAND’S MOST POPULAR SONGS AND A CLASSIC ROCK STAPLE, “DETROIT ROCK CITY”, FROM THEIR ‘DESTROYER’ ALBUM.
AND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1945, THE LATE RICK WRIGHT, KEYBOARDIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF PINK FLOYD WHO PERFORMED ON ALL BUT ONE OF THE GROUP’S ALBUMS AND PLAYED ON ALL OF THEIR TOURS.