OCTOBER 1
ON THIS DAY IN 1966, JIMi HENDRIX JAMMED WITH CREAM AT HIS SHOW IN LONDON JUST AFTER MEETING THE BAND BACKSTAGE. ERIC CLAPTON WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE AS-YET UNKNOWN GUITARIST.
TODAY IN 1976, STYX RELEASED THEIR SIXTH ALBUM, CRYSTAL BALL, THE FIRST WITH NEW GUITARIST TOMMY SHAW. HE WROTE THE TITLE TRACK WHILE THE SINGLE MADEMOUISEL, SERVED AS HIS VOCAL DEBUT AND THE ALBUM’S TOP 40 HIT.
A COLLECTION OF LIVE NIRVANA PERFORMANCES HAS RELEASED OUT THE ALBUM FROM THE MUDDY BANKS OF THE WISHKAH TODAY IN 1996. IT FEATURES LIVE PERFORMANCES RECORDED FROM 1989 TO 1994.