JULY 14
ON JULY 14, 1967, THE WHO BEGAN THEIR FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR OF THE U.S.A. BUT THEY WEREN’T THE HEADLINERS . . . THEY WERE THE OPENING ACT FOR HERMAN’S HERMITS.
AMERICAN FOLK LEGEND WOODY GUTHRIE WAS BORN IN OKEMA, OKLAHOMA ON THIS DAY IN 1912. WOODY’S MUSIC WAS AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY FOLK SINGERS, INCLUDING YOUNG BOB DYLAN, AND HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE AMERICAN FOLK STANDARD “THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND.”
AND TODAY IN 1987, STEVE MILLER OF THE STEVE MILLER BAND GOT HIS VERY OWN STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK OF FAME