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8/16/1969 Day two of Woodstock

 

 

Day two of Woodstock was underway on this day in 1969. Hitting the stage that Saturday for the marathon that weather delays would push into the morning hours of day three were Quill, Country Joe McDonald, John Sebastian, Santana, the Keef Hartley Band, the Incredible String Band, Canned Heat, Mountain, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin and her Kozmic Blues band, Sly & the Family Stone,  and the Who. The 'night' was still going at 8am on Sunday morning when Grace Slick grabbed a microphone and proclaimed, "Alright friends, you have seen the heavy groups, now you will see morning maniac music, believe me, yeah, It's the new dawn, to open Jefferson Airplane's set.

 

Other Noteworthy August 16 events in Classic Rock include...

 

1957 INXS lead guitarist Tim Farriss born. 

1965 David Jones changes his last name to Bowie.

1968 The Beatles record George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
1974 The Ramones debut live at CBGB in New York City.

1975 Peter Gabriel announces he is leaving Genesis.   

1977 Elvis Presley dies at 42.   

1980 Bill Ward leaves Black Sabbath.   

1980 Cozy Powell quits Rainbow. 

1983 Paul Simon marries actress Carrie Fisher. 

1986 Drummer Rick Allen does his first concert since losing an arm in a car crash when Def Leppard takes the stage at the Monsters of Rock Festival.

1990 Bruce Hornsby joins Grateful Dead to fill in after Brent Mydland's death (7/25).   

1994 Neil Young releases Sleeps With Angels.

1996 130,000 attend Phish concert at Plattsburgh, NY airbase.

2002 The  Rolling Stones play a Toronto club in advance of their Licks tour.

2018 Aretha Franklin dies at (76).