The country side of Bob Dylan was introduced on the John Wesley Harding album that Dylan released at the end of 1967. He got deeper into it on the album he released on this day in 1969. Nashville Skyline featured a surprisingly smooth voiced Dylan joined by Johnny Cash on the lead track, Girl from the North Country and accompanied on other tracks by a host of highly regarded players, including Charlie Daniels, Norman Blake, Fred Carter Jr., Pete Drake and Charlie McCoy.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on April 9 include...
 

1932 Carl Perkins is born.
1943 Terry Knight is born.

1944 Gene Parsons of the Byrds is born.

1961 Marillion keyboard player Mark Kelly is born.
1966 Jeff Beck collapses on stage during a Yardbirds concert in France.

1969 King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer make their live debuts in London.
1970 Paul McCartney adds a letter saying he is leaving the Beatles to promo copies of his debut solo album sent to reviewers.

1970 Pink Floyd opens its second US tour at the Fillmore East.

1973 Queen performs a showcase set for their new record company at the Marquee Club in London.
1974 Bruce Springsteen meets his future manager and close friend Jon Landau
1984 R.E.M. releases Reckoning.

1989 34 year-old Rolling Stone Bill Wyman announced his plan to marry 19 year-old pop singer and model Mandy Smith.

2018 Fleetwood Mac announces that Mike Campbell and Neil Finn were in and Lindsey Buckingham was out of the band.
2012 Cheap Trick releases In Another World.