MARCH 14
ON THIS DAY IN 1992, ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED FARM AID FIVE IN IRVING, TEXAS. THE SHOW WAS HOSTED BY WILLIE NELSON AND FEATURED NEIL YOUNG, BONNIE RAITT, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, JOHN MELLENCAMP, AND MANY MORE.
TODAY IN 1995 GRUNGE SUPERGROUP ‘MAD SEASON’ RELEASE THEIR ONLY ALBUM, ‘ABOVE’ FEATURING THE SINGLE “RIVER OF DECEIT”. THE GROUP INCLUDES LAYNE STALEY OF ‘ALICE IN CHAINS, MIKE MCCREADY OF ‘PEARL JAM’ AND BARRETT MARTIN OF ‘SCREAMING TREES.’
AND IN 2005, THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATED ITS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY WITH A CEREMONY AT NEW YORK’S WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL THAT SAW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN USHERING IN U2 AND NEIL YOUNG WELCOMING THE PRETENDERS INTO THE HALL.