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Noteworthy Then

3/27 & 28/1970 Mad Dogs and Englishmen recorded

 

One of the great live albums of all time was recorded on this and the following night at the Fillmore East in New York City in 1970. Mad Dogs & Englishmen featured Joe Cocker and Leon Russell backed by a great band that included a horn section and backing vocals from a chorus that included Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, and Pamela Pollard.

 

Chris Stainton joined Russell on piano and organ, Carl Radle played bass, sax players Jim Horn and Bobby Keys were joined by Jim Price on trumpet, Don Preston played guitar and Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Chuck Blackwell and Bobby Torres provided drums and percussion.

 

The album got released in August. Expanded editions have been released since, and the complete sets from both nights are now available. There is also a great film documenting the tour that includes lots of behind-the-scenes footage of what proved to be one of the wildest tours ever staged.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 27 include...

 

1950 Genesis keyboard player Tony Banks is born

1959 INXS keyboards player Andrew Farriss born.

1971 Bruce Springsteen opens for the Allman Brothers Band in Asbury Park.

1973 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia was arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop near Philadelphia.

1979 Eric Clapton marries George Harrison's ex, Pattie Boyd in Tucson, Arizona.

1984 Scorpions release Love At First Sting.

1984 Metallica makes UK debut.

1984 Bryan Adams records Run to You in Vancouver.

1987 U2 shoots the video for Where The Streets Have No Name during a rooftop live set in LA.

1987 Sammy Hagar makes his live debut fronting Van Halen in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1996 Drummer Howard Wyeth, who recorded with Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, dies of a heart attack at 51.

2000 Ian Dury dies of cancer at 57.

2001 Bruce Springsteen releases Live in New York City.

2012 Historic plaque marking the spot where David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album cover shot was taken in unveiled in London.