MAY 4
TODAY IN 1989, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN SET OUT ON WHAT WOULD BE HIS LAST TOUR IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. HE WAS KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN 1990 AFTER PLAYING 107 OF THE 110 DATES OF THE TOUR.
ON THIS DAY IN 1968, STEPPENWOLF MAKE THEIR U.S. TELEVISION DEBUT, PERFORMING “BORN TO BE WILD” ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOTLEY CRUE CO-FOUNDER AND LEAD GUITARIST MICK MARS, BORN ROBERT ALAN DEAL, WHO WAS BORN IN 1951.