SEPTEMBER 14
ON THIS DAY IN 1976, BOB DYLAN’S “HARD RAIN” TV SPECIAL AIRED. THIS WAS HIS FIRST MADE-FOR-TV EVENT, AND FEATURED A RAIN-DRENCHED CONCERT FROM FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, THE YEAR BEFORE. IT WASN’T WELL RECEIVED, AND REMAINS UNRELEASED.
IN A SEPTEMBER 14, 1968 INTERVIEW WITH ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, PETE TOWNSHEND TALKED ABOUT HIS PLANS TO WRITE A ROCK OPERA ABOUT A DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND BOY. IT WAS THE FIRST HINT OF WHAT WOULD BECOME “TOMMY.”
AND ERIC CLAPTON WAS #1 ON THE CHARTS TODAY IN 1974 WITH HIS COVER OF BOB MARLEY’S “I SHOT THE SHERIFF.”