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The Stream 1/1/09
Posted at 7:39 AM on January 1, 2009
by Steve Seel
(1 Comments)
New Year's brings the end of an era at New York's The Knitting Factory.
Pitchfork clues you in to releases coming in the new year.
Today in Music History:
1942 - Joe McDonald, Country Joe and the Fish, was born.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams died of a heart attack brought on by a lethal cocktail of pills and alcohol aged 29.
1958 - Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) was born.
1960 - Johnny Cash played a free concert for the inmates of San Quentin Prison, California.
1962 - The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in West Hampstead, London. A&R boss at Decca Dick Rowe turned them down in favor of Brian Poole and the Tremolos.
1977 - The Clash played the opening night at punk's first real venue, The Roxy Club in London.
1988 - Prince played an after midnight New Years Eve charity gig in aid of the homeless in Minnesota. Miles Davis joined him on stage.
2002 - Eric Clapton married 25-year old Melia McEnery the mother of his baby daughter at a secret ceremony at the 15th Century St Mary Magdalen Church in Riplley, Surrey, England.
Comments (1)
sounds like you're having a bad day, guy. any chance on you grabbing a cup'o'java & a vitamin D to pick things up a bit? i love johnny cash & tori amos, but it's new year's day, let's not depress the bejeezus out of everyone...
i say this because i care & i loves the current!
golden graham
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