Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

APRIL 17 |  

ON THIS DAY IN 1973, THE EAGLES RELEASED THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘DESPERADO’. RECORDED IN LONDON, TWO SINGLES WERE RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM “TEQUILA SUNRISE” AND “OUTLAW MAN” ALONG WITH THE TITLE TRACK.  

TODAY IN 1970, PAUL MCCARTNEY RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM. THE SELF- TITLED LP, WHICH WOULD CLIMB TO #1 IN THE U.S. CONTAINS THE STUDIO VERSION OF “MAYBE I’M AMAZED”. UNLIKE THE GRAND BEATLES’ PRODUCTIONS, THIS ONE IS STRIPPED-DOWN, WITH PAUL PLAYING ALL THE INSTRUMENTS HIMSELF  

AND IN 1991, NIRVANA APPEARED AT THE OK HOTEL IN SEATTLE, WHERE THEY PERFORMED THEIR NEW SONG, “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”, LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 

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