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Noteworthy Then

5/12 Are You Experienced and Exile On Main Street released

A couple of amazing albums had their releases on this day five years apart.  The debut album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience on May 12, 1967 and Exile On Main Street from the Rolling Stones on this day in 1972.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on May 12 include...

 

1942 Ian Dury born.   

1945 Faces Ian McLagan born.     

1948 Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith's Steve Winwood born.   

1950 Billy Squier born. 

1958 Kiss' Eric Singer born.

1963 Bob Dylan walks out of Ed Sullivan Show rehearsal over CBS refusal to let him perform Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues on the show.  

1965 Rolling Stones record (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.

1967 Who stage a quadrophonic concert in London.   

1967 Pink Floyd debuts surround sound at a concert in Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

1968 Brian Jones does his final concert with the Rolling Stones.

1968 Jimi Hendrix is arrested on Hashish and heroin charges in Toronto.

1971 Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena in St. Tropez.   

1972 John Lennon says the FBI is trailing him on Dick Cavett Show.     

1975 Jefferson Starship does free Central Park concert for an estimated 60,000 in New York City. 

1977 The Sex Pistols sign with Virgin Records.

1981 Van Halen opens Fair Warning tour in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1981 Meat Loaf files for bankruptcy.

1984 The Cars play Saturday Night Live. 
1985 Phil Collins opens No Jacket Required tour in Worcester, MA.

1986 Joe Strummer of the Clash loses his drivers license on a DUI conviction.

1990 Eagles members Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit perform together at a convention in LA.

1992 Black Crowes release Southern Harmony & Musical Companion.

1992 Billy Joel meets with Russian premier Mikhail Gorbachev.   

1997 Yes cancels US tour because Rick Wakeman won't tour.

2000 The gates to Strawberry Fields are stolen,

2002 Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton loses his Cape Cod house in a fire.

2006 James Hetfield of Metallica given Stevie Ray Vaughan award for helping in fight against addiction. 

2007 The Edge of U2 gets Berklee College of Music honorary degree in Boston.

2011 David Gilmour and Nick Mason join Roger Waters on Comfortably Numb and Behind The Wall during concert at London’s 02 Arena. 

2012 Eagles members get honorary degrees from Berkleee School Of Music in Boston.

2017 Eddie Vedder joins  Red Hot Chili Peppers on Shine On You Crazy Diamond  duringK Arena concert in Seattle. 

2017 U2 opens Joshua Tree anniversary tour in Vancouver...