AUGUST 12
TODAY IN 1970, AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JANIS JOPLIN PERFORMS WHAT WOULD BE HER FINAL CONCERT. HER FINAL PERFORMANCE IS WITH THE FULL TILT BOOGIE BAND BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF 35,000 PEOPLE. SHE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE ON OCT. 4 LATER THAT YEAR AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 27, AFTER RELEASING THREE ALBUMS.
IN 1991 ‘METALLICA’ RELEASE THEIR FIFTH ALBUM, WHICH IS SELF-TITLED BUT COMMONLY KNOWN AS ‘THE BLACK ALBUM’. IT GOES TO #1 IN EIGHT COUNTRIES AND INCLUDES THE ROCK HITS “ENTER SANDMAN”, “THE UNFORGIVEN”, “NOTHING ELSE MATTERS” AND OTHERS.
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE MARK KNOPFLER OF DIRE STRAITS. THE SINGER, GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER IS 75.