OCTOBER 24
IT WAS 1970 WHEN SANTANA SCORE THEIR FIRST #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA WITH ‘ABRAXAS’. THE LP FEATURES THE CLASSICS “OYE COMO VA” AND THEIR COVER OF FLEETWOOD MAC’S “BLACK MAGIC WOMAN”.
AFTER REUNITING IN MAY TO PLAY FOUR SHOWS IN LONDON AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL, TODAY IN 2005, CREAM START A SOLD-OUT, THREE-NIGHT STAND AT NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
AND HAPPY 88TH BIRTHDAY TO BILL WYMAN, BASSIST FOR THE ROLLING STONES FROM 1962 TO 1993. WYMAN WAS PART OF THE BAND’S FIRST STABLE LINEUP AND PERFORMED ON THEIR FIRST 19 ALBUMS.