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Noteworthy Then

8/17/1969 Day three of the 1969 Woodstock festival

 

The Woodstock Festival was originally scheduled to close on this day in 1969 but weather delays had already derailed the schedule, so the day that dawned with Jefferson Airplane's 'breakfast in bed' set also included performances by  Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After and the Band, pushing Blood, Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na, and Jimi Hendrix into the following day..

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on August 17 include...

 

1949 Boston drummer Sib Hashin born.  

1950 Foreigner drummer Dennis Elliott born

1954 Guitar great Eric Johnson born. 

1962 Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke born. 

1964 Kinks release You Really Got Me.   

1965 Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman born.

1970 The Band releases Stage Freight. 

1970 Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac.

1971 Duane Allman plays at funeral for King Curtis.   

1974 Patrick Moraz joins Yes, replacing Rick Wakeman.   

1986 Bon Jovi releases Slippery When Wet.

1989 Pete Townshend treated at Tacoma, WA hospital after injuring his arm windmilling during Tacoma Dome Who concert.
1998 Carlos Santana gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame.

2008 Jackson Browne sues the John McCain presidential campaign for unauthorized playing of Running on Empty at campaign rallies.