The Grateful Dead released their second album of 1970 and their 5th studio album overall on this day in 1970. American Beauty included only three songs that were not Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter collaborations, Phil Lesh's Box of Rain, Bob Weir's Sugar Magnolia and Operator, the only song keyboard player Ron McKernan wrote and sang on a studio album during his years with the band.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on November 1 include...
1946 Family, Traffic and Blind Faith veteran Ric Grech born.
1947 Meat Loaf song writing collaborator Jim Steinman born
1963 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen born.
1963 The Beatles open their first UK headlining tour.
1965 Fans rush the stage during a Rolling Stones concert in Rochester, NY, Police shut the event down.
1969 The Faces sign with Warner Brothers Records.
1971 Billy Joel releases Cold Spring Harbor.
1971 Allman Brothers Band plays In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed, Stormy Monday and Statesboro Blues at Duane Allman's funeral.
1974 Scorpions release Fly To The Rainbow.
1975 Paul McCartney and Wings open an Australian tour.
1977 Queen releases News of The World.
1978 Eric Clapton releases Backless.
1979 Aerosmith release A Night In The Ruts.
1979 Bob Dylan opens his Slow Train Coming tour in San Francisco.
1980 Joe Lynn Turner joins Deep Purple.
1983 Bob Dylan releases Infidels.
1986 Roger Waters attempts to legally dissolve the name Pink Floyd.
1994 Tom Petty releases Wildflowers.
1997 Metallica reaches out of court settlement with Iowa fan injured during 1993 concert.
2003 Bruce Springsteen and actor Michael J. Fox do Light of Day together during a Parkinsons's disease benefit concert.
2004 Musician, producer and Grand Funk Railroad manager Terry Knight is stabbed to death by his daughter's boyfriend..
2008 Jimmy Carl Black, drummer with Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention, dies of lung cancer.
2010 Royal Mint releases John Lennon coin…
