JUNE 18
IT WAS THE THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL IN 1967 WHERE THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE MADE ITS FAMOUS DEBUT. A DISPUTE WITH THE WHO AS TO WHICH ACT WOULD CLOSE THE FESTIVAL WAS SETTLED BY A COIN FLIP. THE WHO ENDED THEIR SET BY SMASHING THEIR INSTRUMENTS. JIMI RESPONDED BY SETTING HIS GUITAR ON FIRE.
IN 1986 DAVID LEE ROTH RELEASES THE SINGLE “YANKEE ROSE”, FEATURING THE PROMINENT ELECTRIC GUITAR OF ITS CO-WRITER, VIRTUOSO STEVE VAI. IT IS ROTH’S FIRST SINGLE FROM HIS DEBUT SOLO LP ‘EAT ‘EM AND SMILE’.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY WHO TURNS 83 TODAY. HE HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME TWICE, WON 18 GRAMMYS AND IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPOSER IN ROCK HISTORY.