Lynyrd Skynyrd's third studio album hit record stores on this day in 1975. Nothin' Fancy was the first Skynyrd release with Artimus Pyle on drums and the last with guitarist Ed King.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 24 include...
1949 Nick Lowe is born.
1949 April Wine bassist Steve Lang is born
1951 Supertramp bassist Dougie Thomson is born.
1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys.
1965 Bill Wyman is knocked out by electrical shock during a Stones appearance.
1973 An overzealous fan attacks Lou Reed during a Buffalo, NY concert.
1986 Van Halen unleashes 5150, the debut album with Sammy Hagar in place of David Lee Roth. The album was produced in part by Mick Jones of Foreigner.
1982 Talking Heads releases The Name Of The Band Is The Talking Heads.
1986 The Rolling Stones release Dirty Work.
1991 The Black Crowes lose their opening slot on ZZ Top's 1991 tour after bad mouthing tour sponsor Miller Beer.
2001 Macon, Georgia honors Duane Allman and Berry Oakley by naming a bridge after the two late Allman Brothers band mates. A portion of Highway 91 is also renamed Duane Allman Boulevard.
2016 A Beatles fan buys Ringo Starr's childhood home for $99,000.
