OCTOBER 29
KING CRIMSON MADE THEIR AMERICAN CONCERT DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1969, AT GODDARD COLLEGE, IN PLAINFIELD, VERMONT. AT THE TIME, GREG LAKE WAS THEIR SINGER, AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, “IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING,” HAD ONLY BEEN OUT FOR THREE WEEKS.
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND FOUNDER AND GUITARIST DUANE ALLMAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN MACON, GEORGIA, ON THIS DAY IN 1971. DUANE’S BLAZING GUITAR WORK CAN BE HEARD ON THE FIRST FOUR ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND ALBUMS AS WELL AS DEREK AND THE DOMINOS’ “LAYLA.”
AND TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN PETER GREEN’S 79TH BIRTHDAY. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF FLEETWOOD MAC