The Grateful Dead 's Wake of the Flood hit stores on this day in 1973.  The first album pressed on the group's own label and the first without Ron 'Pig Pen' McKernan, the album included several songs the band had been doing in concert during its previous couple of tours.  The addition of the musically versatile keyboard player Keith Godchaux gave the band the opportunity to expand its musical range.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on October 15 include...

 

1965 Jimi Hendrix signs his first recording contract.

1968 Led Zeppelin makes live debut at Surrey University in England.

1970 Derek & The Dominos open only US tour.

1971 Pink Floyd opens US tour at Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco.

1973 Keith Richards gets fined and banned from returing to France for two years as a sentence for marijuana trafficking.

1985 Rush releases Power Windows.

1987 Jerry Garcia kicks-off a two week series of performances on Broadway.

1996 Bad Company releases Stories Told & Untold.

2007 Runnin' Down A Dream, Peter Bogdonovitch documentary about 2006 Tom Petty tour, opens.

2000 Dave Edmunds undergoes triple bypass in LA.

2003 Former KISS member Bruce Kulick shot and wounded in the leg during an altercation outside of an LA club.

2010 Steven Tyler voices Mad Hatter on The Wonder Pets cartoon adaptation of Alice In Wonderland.

2014 Foo Fighters and Ann and Nancy Wilson do Kick It Out on Letterman show.

2015 Tommy Lee stricken tendinitis before Motley Crue farewell concert in Buffalo, opening act Alice Cooper drummer Glen Sobel fills in.

2015 Phil Lesh reveals he is undergoing treatment for bladder cancer.

2021 Carlos Santana releases Blessings and Miracles.
2021 Tom Morello releases The Atlas - Underground Fire...