AUGUST 27
AUGUST 27, 1965, WAS THE LAST OF 5-DAYS OFF FOR THE BEATLES DURING THEIR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. THEY SPENT THE DAY MAKING SOME NEW FRIENDS: THEY ATTENDED A RECORDING SESSION WITH THE BYRDS, AND THEN GOT TO MEET ELVIS PRESLEY AT HIS BEVERLY HILLS MANSION. THE MEETING OF ROCK AND ROLL LEGENDS WAS DESCRIBED AS “AWKWARD.”
AND BLUES LEGEND STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1990. THE GUITARIST HAD JUST FINISHED TWO NIGHTS AT ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATER IN EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, SHARING THE BILL WITH ERIC CLAPTON, BB KING, ROBERT CRAY, AND HIS BROTHER JIMMY VAUGHAN, WHEN THE HELICOPTER HE WAS IN CRASHED IN DENSE FOG. HE WAS 35 YEARS OLD.