March 30

Eric Clapton
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 30
Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues is 69; Eric Clapton is 65; Dave Ball of Procol Harum is 60; Tracy Chapman is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1966 85 people are arrested at a Rolling Stones concert in Paris for misbehaving
1967 The cover for The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was photographed
1967 Jimi Hendrix makes an appearance on "Top Of The Pops" to lip sync "Purple Haze", however the tape operator put in another song
1978 Paul Simonon and Topper Headon of the Clash are arrested in London for shooting pigeons
2004 Honkin' On Bobo by Aerosmith is released
2004 Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down is acquitted of one count of simple assault in a Moss Point, Mississippi municipal court stemming from a 3/5/04 altercation with a man who accused the bassist of stealing newspapers from a coin-operated vending machine
2008 Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones attend the 'Shine A Light' New York premiere
2009 Josey Scott of Saliva has an emergency operation to treat a hemorrhaged arterial bleeding ulcer

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