David Bowie & Iggy Pop got popped on this date in 1976 at the Americana Hotel in Rochester, NY following David's concert at the War Memorial there. Bowie faced a felony charge for marijuana, but never went to trial because a grand jury would not indict him. Oddly, his mug shots were not taken until a few days following the arrest. Not surprisingly, he never did another concert in Rochester.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 21 include...

 

1948 Eddie Money (Edward Mahoney) born.

1950 Supertramp co-frontman and songwriter Roger Hodgson born.

1961 The Beatles do their first Cavern Club set.

1970 Faces release First Step.

1977 AC/DC releases Let There Be Rock.

1983 Pink Floyd releases The Final Cut.

1984 Yoko Ono opens Strawberry Fields memorial site in Central Park across from the Dakota apartment John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived in.
1991 Leo Fender who invented the Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars dies of Parkinson's disease.

1994 Bruce Springsteen wins Oscar for Streets of Philadelphia.

2003 Bryan Ferry and Lucy Helmore divorce.

2006 Pete Townshend releases Psychoderelict DVD.

2010 Joe Bonamassa releases Black Rock.

2014 Brian Johnson joins Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden for a version of Highway To Hell.

2014 Gregg Allman misses first of 2 nights during Beacon Theatre residency with bronchitis, band postpones dates.

2018 Mike Campbell and Neil Finn rehearse with Fleetwood Mac in Hawaii. On April 9 the band announces Lindsey Buckingham is out, they are in.

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