Lars Ulrich and Metallica are helping out a street musician who had his truck stolen from him. The band replaced his drums, stage lights, sound system, fog machines and generator to get him back to work.
Vince Neil has scheduled a solo concert in the middle of Mötley Crüe's ‘The Stadium Tour’. The conflicting scheduling is making Crüe fans concerned that the band’s tour will once again be postponed.
In the History of Rock in 1966 – George Harrison marries his long-time girlfriend, fashion model Patti Boyd, whom he met on the set of the Beatles’ first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. She would leave an unfaithful Harrison in the mid-‘70s and hooked up with Eric Clapton, who would write the song “Layla” about her. Those two would marry in May 1979, but split in 1988.
In 1968 – Jimi Hendrix recorded his version of the Bob Dylan song ‘All Along the Watchtower’ at Olympic Studios in London. Rolling Stone Brian Jones (percussion) and Dave Mason from Traffic (twelve-string guitar) both played on the session. The track was released in the U.S. as a single in 1968, peaking at number 20.
And in 1984 – Yes hits number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with their only Top Ten hit, “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”. Danny Bonaduce and Sarah will be interviewing keyboardist Rick Wakeman on the show on Monday morning.