this day in music

20 years ago today, a certain rock ‘n’ roller performed with a couple of his buddies at a Phoenix eating establishment that had just opened its doors. The restaurant was called Cooper’stown, and the rocker… Well, if we told you...

51 years ago today, The Grateful Dead delivered “Dark Star” unto a concert audience for the very first time. It would not be the last. One of the most iconic songs in the Dead’s back catalog (as if they aren’t...

30 years ago today, a small cavalcade of top-notch musicians united to pay tribute to Roy Orbison, who had passed away five days earlier. We describe it as a small cavalcade only because the Wiltern Theater, where the tribute in...

51 years ago today, The Stooges played their first show, but to say that it was an actual concert would probably be an overstatement: it was at a house party in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it was, uh, something else...

Eight years ago today, Buffalo Springfield reunited for their first proper concert in 42 years, making a lot of fans happy and – bonus! – making money for a good cause in the process. When the members of Buffalo Springfield...

37 years ago tonight, Rod Stewart invited a very special guest vocalist to join him on Saturday Night Live and selected the perfect song for them to deliver as a duet. In 1981, Saturday Night Live wasn’t in complete shambles...

32 years ago today, Don and Phil Everly received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but here’s a little bit of irony for you: today also happens to be the one-year anniversary of the day we lost the...

21 years ago today, Fleetwood Mac played their first tour date since releasing their live album, THE DANCE. After Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac in the wake of the band’s TANGO IN THE NIGHT album, it seemed relatively unlikely that...

30 years ago today, Paisley Park Studios opened in Minneapolis, Minnesota, giving Prince a place to lay down whatever tracks he wanted, whether he had any intention of actually releasing them or not. Prince wasn’t the only one who recorded...