Saturday, June 28, 2014

June 28, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ELTON JOHN...Caribou
Released: 40 years ago today, June 28, 1974
Highest Chart Position: #1 U.S. Billboard Album Charts
Track Highlights: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, The Bitch Is Back
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 28
Dave Knights of Procul Harum is 69;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Neil Young joins CSN and they become Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
1996 The original members of Kiss begin their Reunion tour in Deteroit, Michigan
2004 Jimi Hendrix's brother, Leon, battles Jimi's stepsister, Janie Hendrix, in court to see who who should receive money from Jimi's posthumous releases, royalties and merchandise. Leon receives nothing
2004 Courtney Love of Hole shows up 5 hours late for a court appearance and the judge tells her that is grounds for her arrest
2010 Vince Neil of Motley Crue is released on $2,000 bail after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in Las Vegas, Nevada
2013 Boston founder Tom Scholz is ordered to pay the Boston Herald $132,000 in court costs after losing a defamation suit against the newspaper, who suggested the guitarist was responsible for the ’07 suicide of the band’s singer Brad Delp 
2013  Kid Rock aunches a North American summer tour only charging fans $20 per ticket