September 18th

2008:  Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder released the single All the Way, a tribute to the Chicago Cubs.  Vedder wrote the song after baseball hall of famer Ernie Banks requested that Vedder write a song about the Cubs.

2007:  Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder released his first solo album, the soundtrack for Sean Penn’s movie Into the Wild.

2005:  The twentieth edition of Farm Aid took place in Tinley Park, IL, right outside of Chicago with Neil Young, Dave Matthews, and Willie Nelson appearing on the bill.

1983:  Kiss appeared without makeup in public for the first time when they were on MTV to promote the release of their latest album Lick It Up.

1976:  Don Kirshner’s second annual Rock Music Awards took place at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood.  Fleetwood Mac won Best Group and Best Album for Fleetwood Mac & Peter Frampton was awarded the Rock Personality of the Year award.

1971:  The Who reached the top of the U.K. Album Chart for the first and only time with their fifth studio album Who’s Next.

1970:  Jimi Hendrix died in his girlfriend’s apartment in London after choking on his own vomit after taking nine of sleeping pills prescribed to his girlfriend with red wine.  He was 27 years old.

1968:  Rush performed their first paying concert at The Coff-In United Church in Toronto.  Their setlist included covers of Jimi Hendrix’s Foxy Lady, Cream’s Spoonful & Crossroads & The Yardbirds’ Shapes of Things.  Crossroads & Shapes of Things were later recorded by Rush for their 2004 covers EP Feedback.

Birthdays:

Michael Hossack-drummer for The Doobie Brothers born in 1950

Dee Dee Ramone-bassist for The Ramones born in 1951