OCTOBER 12
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG TODAY IN 1966, AT A FRENCH CLUB CALLED THE NOVELTY, ONLY THREE WEEKS AFTER JIMI ARRIVED IN EUROPE.
IN 1979, JETHRO TULL LEADER IAN ANDERSON WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A ROSE, THROWN BY AN OVERZELOUS FAN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THERE WAS NO PERMANENT DAMAGE, BUT TWO TULL GIGS HAD TO BE CANCELLED WHILE IAN RECOVERED.
AND TODAY IN 1973, ELTON JOHN GOT A GOLD RECORD FOR HIS TWO-LP SET, “GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.”