OCTOBER 17
IN 1977 LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASE THE LP ‘STREET SURVIVORS’, CONTAINING THE CLASSICS “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” & “YOU GOT THAT RIGHT”. IT WAS THE LAST ALBUM WITH VOCALIST RONNIE VAN ZANT AND GUITARIST STEVE GAINES, AS BOTH ARE KILLED ONLY THREE DAYS LATER WHEN THE BAND’S PLANE GOES DOWN EN ROUTE TO A SHOW IN BATON ROUGE.
IT WAS 1978 WHEN THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORM THE FIRST OF FIVE NIGHTS AT WINTERLAND AUDITORIUM IN SAN FRANCISCO, AFTER THEIR TRIUMPHANT RETURN FROM SHOWS AT THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT.
AND IN 1988 THE TRAVELING WILBURYS RELEASE “HANDLE WITH CARE” AS THE DEBUT SINGLE AND OPENING TRACK FROM THEIR ALBUM TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL. 1.