July 4th
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 THE FOURTH OF JULY 4TH! THE LATE ALAN WILSON FROM CANNED HEAT TODAY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1943- ON THIS DAY IN 1969 THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL IN RHODE ISLAND HOSTED ITS FIRST ROCK BANDS, INCLUDING JETHRO TULL, TEN YEARS AFTER AND JEFF BECK
- THE FILLMORE WEST CLOSED ON THIS NIGHT IN 1971. ON THE BILL – SANTANA, VAN MORRISON AND CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL AMONG OTHERS
- AEROSMITH PLAYED THE TEXAS WORLD FESTIVAL IN 1978 AND THE SHOW WAS FILMED FOR A VIDEO WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED IN 1989
- IN 1987 JOHN FOGERTY PERFORMED AT A VIETNAM VETS BENEFIT IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND PLAYED MANY CCR HITS WHICH HE HADN’T SUNG IN YEARS
- IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN '99 THAT SIR ELTON JOHN, 52, COLLAPSED DUE TO AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT. JOHN SOON HAD A PACEMAKER FITTED AT A LONDON HOSPITAL
- THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND BOB DYLAN BEGAN A TOUR TOGETHER AT FOXBORO STADIUM IN 1987
- ELTON JOHN AT SCHAEFFER STADIUM IN FOXBORO BACK IN 1976
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