OCTOBER 16
ON THIS DAY IN 1986, KEITH RICHARDS, ERIC CLAPTON, LINDA RONSTADT, ROBERT CRAY AND JULIAN LENNON JOINED OTHER ARTISTS ON STAGE IN ST LOUIS, FOR CHUCK BERRY’S 60TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT, AS FEATURED IN THE FILM ‘HAIL HAIL! ROCK & ROLL’.
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS KICK OFF THEIR ‘BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK’ TOUR WITH A SHOW IN MADISON, WISCONSIN TODAY IN 1991. THE OPENING ACTS ARE SMASHING PUMPKINS AND PEARL JAM. IT IS ALSO CHILI PEPPERS’ BASSIST, FLEA’S 62ND BIRTHDAY TODAY.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOB WEIR: SINGER, GUITARIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD WHO TURNS 77 TODAY.