MARCH 31
TODAY IN 1967 JIMI HENDRIX SET FIRE TO HIS GUITAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE ASTORIA THEATRE IN LONDON, ENGLAND. LOOKING FOR A WAY TO INCREASE EXPOSURE FOR ‘THE EXPERIENCE’, IT WAS A JOURNALIST WHO FIRST SUGGESTED JIMI SET HIS GUITAR ON FIRE. HOWEVER, IT RESULTED IN MINOR BURNS FOR HENDRIX.
IN 1976 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THEIR SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘PRESENCE’. IT WAS A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS FEATURING THE TRACKS “ACHILLLES LAST STAND”, “NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE” AND “CANDY ROCK STORE”.
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS GO OUT TO ANGUS YOUNG OF AC/DC, WHO WAS BORN IN 1955. TODAY WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN THE BIRTHDAY OF MICK RALPHS OF BAD COMPANY, WHO WAS BORN IN 1944. UNFORTUNATELY, RALPHS PASSED AWAY IN 2025.