Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

MAY 5 |  

TODAY IN 1968, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD PLAY THEIR FINAL CONCERT IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. RICHIE FURAY WOULD GO ON TO FORM ‘POCO’ WHILE STEPHEN STILLS TEAMED UP WITH DAVID CROSBY OF ‘THE BYRDS’, AND GRAHAM NASH OF ‘THE HOLLIES’, TO FORM ‘CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH’.  

IN 1973, LED ZEPPELIN PLAY A CONCERT IN TAMPA, FLORIDA IN FRONT OF NEARLY 57 THOUSAND FANS SETTING A RECORD AT THE TIME FOR THE LARGEST PAYING CROWD AT AN AMERICAN ROCK CONCERT. THE BAND PLAYED FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION AND TICKETS WERE ONLY $5.00.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CO-FOUNDER AND THE ORIGINAL BLACK SABBATH DRUMMER BILL WARD, WHO’S TURNING 75 TODAY. 

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