APRIL 17
TODAY IN 1970, PAUL MCCARTNEY RELEASES HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM. THE SELF-TITLED LP, WHICH WOULD CLIMB TO #1 IN THE U.S. CONTAINS THE STUDIO VERSION OF “MAYBE I’M AMAZED”. UNLIKE THE GRAND BEATLES’ PRODUCTIONS, THIS ONE IS STRIPPED-DOWN, WITH PAUL PLAYING ALL THE INSTRUMENTS HIMSELF.
ALSO, IN 1970 SANTANA BEGAN RECORDING SESSIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR WHAT WOULD BE THEIR BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM ‘ABRAXAS’. THE #1 LP FEATURED THE CLASSIC TRACKS “BLACK MAGIC WOMEN” AND “OYE COMO VA”.
AND IN 1991, NIRVANA APPEAR AT THE OK HOTEL IN SEATTLE, WHERE THEY PERFORMED THEIR NEW SONG, “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”, LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.