The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant 70s bands loudersound.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from loudersound.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
No one likes to think of their own mortality or realize they have more days behind them than ahead. But one sure way to realize you’re on the back 9 is when the music you grew up with starts showing up on the “oldies” or classic rock station. Personally, I don’t have to worry about that – the music I liked growing up was wildly unpopular in its time and will never make a classic rock station. But the music Baby boomers grew up on is also what we Gen X’ers grew up with, having it forced on us by age and a requirement to accept rides from boomers, and that music is coming to an end.
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July 5
1968: Creedence Clearwater Revival released their self-titled debut album.
1969: The Rolling Stones performed a free concert and their first with Mick Taylor at London’s Hyde Park. A crowd of 250,000 comes to show which also serves as tribute to Brian Jones, who died two days earlier.
1978: The EMI record pressing plant in Britain stopped printing the Rolling Stones album cover for “Some Girls” due to complaints from celebrities including Lucille Ball and Raquel Welch. The album was quickly re-issued with a redesigned cover that removed all the celebrities, whether they had complained or not.
2014: The four surviving members of The Grateful Dead gave what they said would be their final performance, playing to over 70,000 fans at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Festival s tribute to gypsy jazz guitarist henleystandard.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from henleystandard.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.