JANUARY 3
ON THIS DAY IN 1970, THE BEATLES’ FINAL SESSION TOGETHER IS HELD AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS RECORDING THE GEORGE HARRISON SONG “I ME MINE”, WHICH ALSO BECAME THE TITLE OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY A DECADE LATER.
IN 1972 PINK FLOYD BEGIN TWO WEEKS OF REHEARSALS AT THE ROLLING STONES’ REHEARSAL FACILITY IN LONDON FOR THE ‘DARK SIDE OF THE MOON’ TOUR AS THEY PREPARE TO DEBUT THE NEW SUITE OF MUSIC THAT WOULD BECOME THEIR ICONIC ALBUM.
AND THERE’S TWO BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DAY IN ROCK HISTORY – LED ZEPPELIN BASSIST AND KEYBOARDIST JOHN PAUL JONES TURNS 79 TODAY…WHILE STEPHEN STILLS, OF BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AND CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY.