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Ӣ 1942: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead is born Jerome John Garcia

Ӣ 1981: MTV is seen in 2.1 million homes during its first day on the air

August 3

Ӣ 1972: The Eagles perform at the Denver Coliseum.

August 4

”¢ 1958: Billboard magazine debuts its “Hot 100” record list

August 8

”¢ 1992: Metallica’s James Hetfield is seriously burned onstage by a pyrotechnics machine

August 9

”¢ 1966: John Lennon apologizes for his statement that “The Beatles are more popular than Jesus”

Ӣ 1973: John Denver performs at Red Rocks

Ӣ 1995: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead dies of a heart attack while in a rehabilitation center

August 11

Ӣ 2001: The Eagles play the first event held at INVESCO Field at Mile High

August 12

Ӣ 1967: The Mamas and the Papas perform at Red Rocks

Ӣ 1975: Eric Clapton performs at the Denver Coliseum.

Ӣ 1994: Over 350,000 people attend Woodstock II in Saugerties, New York

August 14

Ӣ 1969: Diana Ross & The Supremes perform at Red Rocks

August 15

”¢ 1969: The Woodstock Music and Peace Festival opens on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York

August 16

”¢ 1974: The Ramones play their first show at CBGB’s

Ӣ 1977: Elvis Presley dies at Graceland, his Memphis, Tennessee mansion

August 21

Ӣ 1962: Ray Charles performs at Red Rocks

August 23

Ӣ 1980: AC/DC releases their LP Back in Black with new lead singer Brian Johnson replacing the deceased Bon Scott

August 25

Ӣ 1957: Louis Armstrong performs at Red Rocks

August 26

Ӣ 1964: The Beatles perform at Red Rocks

Ӣ 1970: Jimi Hendrix makes his final public appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival in England

”¢ 2004: Beatles-tribute band “1964” performs at Red Rocks, exactly forty years after The Beatles

August 27

Ӣ 1990: Stevie Ray Vaughn dies in a helicopter crash near Alpine Valley, Wisconsin

August 28

”¢ 1930: Denver’s Paramount Theatre opens

Ӣ 1965: The crowd boos Bob Dylan for plugging in during a concert in Forest Hills, New York

August 30

Ӣ 1978: Grateful Dead performs at Red Rocks]]> http://docbrownsbluesband.com/music_history.html/this_month_in_music_history__august We want to give you the Blues - Doc Brown's Blues Band - Music History