June 24th
1999: The 1956 sunburst Fender Eric Clapton
composed Layla on sold for $497, 500 during a charity auction to raise money
for his Crossroads Centre at Antigua and alcohol and drug-dependency
treatment center in the West Indies. The 100 guitars Clapton put up for
auction raised over $5 million.
1995: During a Pearl Jam concert at The Polo Field in San Francisco, Eddie Vedder called the concert short complaining of the stomach flu. Neil Young would come out to finish the show, but many Pearl Jam fans weren’t happy.
1992: Billy Joel received an honorary high school diploma from Hicksville High School in Long Island, NY. The piano man was one credit short from graduating in 1967.
1984: Jimmy Page joined Yes onstage in Dortmund, Germany during a rendition of The Beatles’ I’m Down.
1965: John Lennon’s second book of poetry and drawings, A Spaniard in the Works was published.
Birthdays:
Jeff Beck born in 1944
Arthur Brown born in 1944
Chris Wood-saxophonist for Traffic born in 1944
Mick Fleetwood-drummer for Fleetwood Mac born in 1947
John Illsley-bassist for Dire Straits born in 1949
1995: During a Pearl Jam concert at The Polo Field in San Francisco, Eddie Vedder called the concert short complaining of the stomach flu. Neil Young would come out to finish the show, but many Pearl Jam fans weren’t happy.
1992: Billy Joel received an honorary high school diploma from Hicksville High School in Long Island, NY. The piano man was one credit short from graduating in 1967.
1984: Jimmy Page joined Yes onstage in Dortmund, Germany during a rendition of The Beatles’ I’m Down.
1965: John Lennon’s second book of poetry and drawings, A Spaniard in the Works was published.
Birthdays:
Jeff Beck born in 1944
Arthur Brown born in 1944
Chris Wood-saxophonist for Traffic born in 1944
Mick Fleetwood-drummer for Fleetwood Mac born in 1947
John Illsley-bassist for Dire Straits born in 1949
