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6/24 Mick Fleetwood (1942) and Jeff Beck (1944) born

A slew of Classic Rock birthdays on June 24, foremost among them a guitarist and drummer whose bands bore their names.

 

1942 Drummer Mick Fleetwood born. 

1944 Jeff Beck born. 

1944 Traffic’s Chris Wood born.   

1945 Zombie’s Colin Blunstone born. 

1948 Yes and Moody Blues member Patrick Moraz born.

1949 John Illsey of Dire Straits born.   

1966 The Rolling Stones open a US tour in Lynn, MA with the McCoys and the Standells as openers.

1967 Jeff Cease of the Black Crowes born.   
1975 Ronnie Van Zant and Billy Powell go at each other during a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in Louisville. Powell loses two teeth in the brawl.

1980 Jackson Browne releases Hold Out.
1992 Hicksville, Long Island High School gives Billy Joel the diploma he didn't qualify academically to get at the end of his senior year in 1967.

1995 Neil Young fills in for Eddie Vedder after the Pearl Jam front man is unable to continue a San Francisco concert due to the flu.   

1999 Eric Clapton auctions 100 of his guitars to benefit his Crossroads treatment center. His follow-up  auction on the same date in 2004 raises more for the center.

2009 Big Brother & the Holding Company release lost recordings featuring Janis Joplin.

2011 Glastonbury festival security prevents a group from inflating a sign protesting that U2 are Irish tax evaders for moving their business operations to the Netherlands during the band’s set.   

2016 Billy Joel joins tribute band Big Shot on three songs during Huntington, NY show.