Today’s In-Depth Look At Rock History

1950

Huey Lewis is born Hugh Anthony Cregg III in New York City. He forms Huey Lewis & the News in San Francisco.

1950

Michael Monarch (original lead guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1959

Marc Cohn is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1966

Chas Chandler of The Animals sees Jimi Hendrix perform at the Cafe Wha? in New York. Chandler goes on to become Jimi’s manager and takes him to London, where The Jimi Hendrix Experience forms.

1969

The Rolling Stones put on a free concert in London’s Hyde Park, which becomes a tribute to their founding member Brian Jones, who died two days earlier.

1969

The Who release “I’m Free.”

1980

At a concert in Munich, Simon Kirke of Bad Company joins Led Zeppelin to provide a two-drum assault on the song “Whole Lotta Love.” Kirke is the last guest musician to perform with the band, as the tour ends two days later and John Bonham dies in September.

1983

Suicidal Tendencies release their self-titled debut album. The album spawns the band’s biggest hit to date, “Institutionalized.”

1992

Helix guitarist Paul Hackman, age 38, is killed after a concert in Vancouver when the band’s van rolls down a 40-foot embankment and throws him from the vehicle.