Today in Acoustic-Rock History

1966 – Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who, tired of waiting for the late John Entwistle and Keith Moon, go on stage at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England. They play a set with the bass player and drummer of the local band that opened the show. When Moon and Entwistle arrive in the middle of the set, Townshend smacks Moon on the head with his guitar. Moon quits the band — for a week.

1967 – The BBC bans the Beatles’ “A Day In The Life” from its airwaves, claiming the song contains explicit drug references.

1967 – Jimi Hendrix signs his first American record contract with Reprise Records. He and his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, have already released records on the Polydor and Track labels in Britain.

1970 – The Beatles’ film “Let It Be” premieres in the U.K.

1997 – “Hourglass,” James Taylor’s first studio album in eight years, is released.

BIRTHDAY:

Joe Cocker 1945