Some are dead. Some have retired, or slipped into self-imposed obscurity. A surprising number continue to actively perform 40 years after the event which was, for many of them, career-changing. Here's a look at who they were, and where they are now.
• 1967 - The Who begin a U.S. tour, opening for Herman's Hermits
• 1969 - Surprise appearance at Mississippi River Rock Festival: Bob Dylan with The Band
• 1973 - Ex-Byrds guitarist Clarence White is killed at age 29 by a drunk driver while loading his gear after a gig
Celebrate Some July 14 Birthdays:
Chris Cross - 1952
Igor Khoroshev - Yes - 1965
• 1968 - "Born To Be Wild" (Steppenwolf) is released; Black Sabbath play their first live gig
• 1974 - "I Shot The Sheriff" (Eric Clapton) is released
• 1985 - The first Live Aid concerts feature The Who, Queen, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, and The Cars
• 2004 - "Killer" Kane (New York Dolls) dies of leukemia at age 55
July 13 Birth Announcements:
Pete Escovedo - Santana - 1935
Roger McGuinn - The Byrds - 1942
Stephen Jo Bladd - J. Geils Band - 1942
• 1962 - The band then known as Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones play their first live gig at London's Marquee Jazz Club
• 1969 - Blind Faith begin their first (and last) U.S. tour with a sellout performance at Madison Square Garden
• 1970 - Janis Joplin's first live gig with her new backing group, Full Tilt Boogie Band
• 1983 - Chris Wood (Traffic) dies of pneumonia at age 39
Born July 12:
Christine McVie - Fleetwood Mac - 1943
John Wetton - King Crimson, Roxy Music, Asia - 1949
Eric "The Fox" Carr - KISS - 1950
Phil Kramer - Iron Butterfly - 1952
One of those four mop-topped phenoms, Paul McCartney is returning to what is now known as the Ed Sullivan Theater, to the same stage from which The Beatles stamped themselves indelibly on American culture. McCartney's visit (Wednesday, July 15) to the current occupant of that stage, Late Show With David Letterman, may not play to a studio audience full of screaming teenaged girls this time, but is nonetheless likely to be, as Sullivan often promised, a "really big show" for both Letterman and McCartney.
This will be Macca's first time on Letterman's show, where his appearance will consist of the usual interview and performance. Nobody is saying what he'll perform, so we'll be in suspense over whether it'll be a nostalgic bit of Lennon-McCartney material, or something more eclectic from his latest album as The Fireman, Electric Arguments. Or maybe something in between, from the Wings catalog, perhaps. Your guess is as good as mine.
The Letterman gig comes two days before the start of McCartney's month-long mini-tour of nine shows in six U.S. cities.
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