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Noteworthy Then

7/18/1969 Doors release The Soft Parade

 

 

The Doors 4th studio album got its release on this day in 1969. The Soft Parade was eight months in the making, due in good part to the fact Jim Morrison was not writing songs during the group's long tour leading into the studio sessions.  He contributed less to this album than he had to any of the previous studio recordings. The addition of orchestral backing and more jazz influenced styling from Ray Manzarek than on the first three albums earned little praise from fans and critics that had come to expect straight-up Rock from Morrison and company.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on July 18 include...

 

1929 Screamin' Jay Hawkins born. 

1938 Early Rolling Stones collaborator Ian Stewart born. 

1939 Brian Auger born. 

1941 Lonnie Mack born.

1945 Animals Danny McCullough born.

1962 Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers Jack Irons born.

1966 Byrds release Fifth Dimension.

1967 Jimi Hendrix Experience dropped as oening act for the Monkees after upstaging the made-for-TV group at its concerts.

1968 Grateful Dead release Anthem Of The Sun.  

1970 Pink Floyd and Deep Purple play free Hyde Park concert.

1972 Mayor gets Keith Richards and Mick Jagger out of jail after a scuffle with a photographer so the Rolling Stones can do their Boston concert.

1972 Sly and the Family Stone members busted when 2lbs. of marijuana is found in mobile home shared by band members.

 

1973 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Bob Marley and the Wailers open a 5 night run together at Max's Kansas City in New York.

1973 Jethro Tull sells out three nights at thee LA Forum in 90 minutes.

1975 Live - Bob Marley & the Wailers album recorded at the Lyceum in London.

1976 Heart releases Magic Man. 

1978  Def Leppard makes live debut in Sheffield, UK.

1980 Charlie Dnaiels releases Full Moon.

1989 Jefferson Airplane reunites.

1994 The Rolling Stones play a Toronto club.

2008 Billy Joels does the last concert at Shea Stadium. Paul McCartney, Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey make guest appearances.

2010 Extreme heat and humidity sickens Mike Campbell, who collapses during Tom Petty Cleveland concert. Returns to do 3 songs after a 10 minute delay. Detroit concert scheduled for 7/20 gets postponed.   

2012 The Who announce a Quadrophenia tour.

2015 Bruce Springsteen joins Joe Gruschecky for a 15 song set at Jersey's Wonder Bar.