AS WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A CONCERT DRY SPELL BECAUSE OF THE CORONA VIRUS, I’M SITTING HERE LONGING FOR THE DAYS OF EPIC DAYS ON THE GREEN. BILL GRAHAM’S DAYS ON THE GREEN WERE THE FIRST PROTOTYPES OF “FESTIVAL” SHOWS. THEY WERE TYPICALLY THE SHOWS WERE HELD ON THE LAWN OF THE OAKLAND COLISEUM. THE DAY ON THE GREEN CONCERTS WERE A SUMMER SERIES THAT GRAHAM STARTED IN 1973 AND CONTINUED UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1991. FORTY TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS THE SECOND OF TWO NIGHTS FOR THE EAGLES DAY ON THE GREEN AT THE OAKLAND COLISEUM ( MAY 28 & 30TH). THE LINE UP FEATURED THE EAGLES, FOREIGNER, HEART, THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION, AND STEVE MILLER.
HERE’S A FULL CONCERT FROM THE EAGLES CIRCA 1977
HERE’S SOME LIVE HEART 1977
LIVE STEVE MILLER 1977
FOREIGNER LIVE 1977
ON THIS DATE 17 YEARS AGO METALLICA PERFORMED AT SAN QUENTIN FOR THE PRISONERS AND SHOT THE FINISHING SCENES FOR THE VIDEO ST.ANGER. THIS ALSO MARKED THE DEBUT OF ROBERT TRUJILLO IN METALLICA. ST. ANGER WON A GRAMMY FOR “BEST METAL PERFORMANCE” AND WAS NOMINATED FOR “BEST ROCK VIDEO” AT THE 2003 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.
IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1999 LENNY KRAVITZ WALKED OFFSTAGE AT A SHOW IN NEW JERSEY AFTER PERFORMING 40 MINUTES, AND COLLAPSED FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION. THE SHOW TOOK PLACE AT THE PNC BANK ARTS CENTER IN HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY. HIS BAND CONTINUED TO PLAY FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES WITHOUT HIM BEFORE THE SHOW WAS STOPPED. KRAVITZ WAS TREATED BY A DOCTOR ON SITE AT THE ARENA AND LEFT ON HIS OWN. KRAVITZ WAS PERFORMING IN BELL BOTTOM JEANS AND A FUR COAT ON STAGE BEFORE HE SUFFERED FROM THE HEAT EXHAUSTION. NEW RULE FOR ROCKERS, WHEN ITS 90 DEGREES, DON’T PERFORM IN A FUR COAT !! THIS IS VINTAGE LENNY KRAVITZ
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Metallica photo thanks-jay greinsky