JUNE 26
ON THIS DAY IN 1976, WITH HIS BREAKOUT ALBUM ‘LIVE BULLET’ HELPING LAUNCH BOB SEGER’S MAINSTREAM POPULARITY, HE PLAYS HIS FIRST HEADLINING STADIUM SHOW, PERFORMING TO 59,000 AT THE PONTIAC SILVERDOME JUST OUTSIDE HIS HOMETOWN DETROIT.
IN 2010 ERIC CLAPTON’S CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL IS HELD IN CHICAGO WHERE ROBERT CRAY, ZZ TOP, BUDDY GUY, JEFF BECK, B.B. KING, ERIC CLAPTON AND OTHERS PERFORM AT TOYOTA PARK.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICK JONES, GUITARIST, VOCALIST, AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CLASH, WHO’S 70 TODAY.