NOVEMBER 6
PROMOTER BILL GRAHAM PRODUCED HIS FIRST ROCK CONCERT ON THIS DAY IN 1965, A BENEFIT AT THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. HE RENTED THE VENUE FOR $60. NOT LONG AFTER, HE’D BE THE OWNER, AND A PIVOTAL PART OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSIC SCENE.
TODAY IN 1970, AEROSMITH PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG, A HIGH SCHOOL IN MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS. STEVEN TYLER, JOE PERRY, TOM HAMILTON, AND JOEY KRAMER WERE ALL IN THE BAND ALREADY; GUITARIST BRAD WHITFORD WOULD JOIN A LITTLE LATER TO COMPLETE THEIR CLASSIC LINEUP.
AND THE LATE GLENN FREY, SINGER, SONGWRITER AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE EAGLES, WAS BORN TODAY IN 1948 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.