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6/5/1992 An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band released

On this day in 1992,  An Allman Brothers Band live album got its release.

 

Other classic rock events on June 5 include...

 

1947 Tom Evans of Badfinger born.

1957 Iron Maiden's Nico McBrain born.

1964 Rolling Stones make US concert debut in San Bernadino. California.

1968 Robert Kennedy gunned down in LA. Rolling Stones write Sympathy For The Devil and Stephen Stills writes Long Time Gone the following day.

1969 Doos documentary Feast of Friends premieres.

1971 Grand Funk Railroad sells-out Shea Stadium in three days.

1975 Syd Barrett sees band mates for the final time at Abbey Road Studios.

1977 Alice Cooper’s boa constrictor dies after being bitten by a rat it was being fed.

1979 Eric Clapton attends B.B. King’s wedding to Marva Jean Brooks.

1982 Heart releases Private Audition.

1983 U2 films Under a Blood Red Sky concert film during set at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado.

1987 Prince's Trust benefit concert features Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Phil Collins, Elton John, Jeff Lynne, Ben E, King and Dave Edmonds.

1988 Patti Boyd applies for divorce from Eric Clapton.

1989 Doobie Brothers open reunion tour with original lineup.

2001 Dee Dee Ramone dies from heroin overdose.

2006 Elliot Easton breaks his collarbone when New Cars tour bus swerves to avoid another vehicle.

2007 Paul McCartney releases Memory Almost Full.

2007 Elton John entertains at Rush Limbaugh's 4th wedding, Palm Beach.

2010 Producer Daniel Lanois seriously injured in motorcycle crash in LA.

2013 Judas Priest announces reunion plans.

2020 Dion releases Blues With Friends, including Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons,Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, Van Morrison and more.