OCTOBER 20
ROCK MUSIC SUFFERED A GREAT LOSS ON THIS DAY IN 1977 WHEN A PLANE CRASH IN MISSISSIPPI TOOK THE LIVES OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD SINGER RONNIE VAN ZANT, GUITARIST STEVE GAINES, SINGER CASSIE GAINES, AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
TODAY IN 1978, THE POLICE MADE THEIR U.S. DEBUT AT C.B.G.B.’S IN NEW YORK. THE BAND HAD FLOWN FROM ENGLAND ON THE ‘NO-FRILLS’ LAKER AIRWAYS, WITH THEIR INSTRUMENTS AS CARRY ONS.
AND A BITTERSWEET BIRTHDAY GREETING TO THE LATE TOM PETTY. THE HEARTBREAKERS LEADER AND ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER WAS BORN TODAY IN 1950.