JUNE 17
TODAY IN 1977 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH RELEASE THE ALBUM ‘CSN’. IT IS THE GROUP’S SECOND STUDIO RELEASE IN THE TRIO CONFIGURATION AND FEATURED THE HITS “JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO” AND “DARK STAR”.
LED ZEPPELIN BEGAN A THREE-WEEK TOUR OF EUROPE ON THIS DAY IN 1980. IT WOULD BE THEIR LAST. A PLANNED US TOUR WAS CANCELLED AFTER JOHN BONHAM’S SUDDEN DEATH THE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEGENDARY KEYBOARDIST, VOCALIST, CO-FOUNDER OF BOTH SANTANA AND THE SUPERGROUP JOURNEY, GREG ROLIE, WHO TURNS 78 TODAY.