Today in Acoustic-Rock History

1970 – Two very different albums entitled “Plastic Ono Band,” one by John Lennon and the other by Yoko Ono, are released at the same time on Apple in the U.S. and U.K.

1970 – Bob Dylan’s book “Tarantula” is published by Bantam Books, and is warmly received.

1972 – Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley is killed in a motorcycle accident just three blocks from the site where Duane Allman was killed. He was 24 years old.

1981 – Rod Stewart kicks off his first North American tour in three years in Greensboro, North Carolina. Billed “Le Grand Tour of America and Canada — Worth Leaving Home For,” the tour promotes his latest album, “Tonight I’m Yours.”

1986 – Pink Floyd issue a statement saying that although Roger Waters is no longer with the band, they will continue using the name.

1989 – Melissa Etheridge and Joe Cocker entertain Germans celebrating the newly- tumbled Berlin Wall.

BIRTHDAY:

Jesse Colin Young 1941