#60srock — Public Fediverse posts
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Highway 61 Revisited
#BobDylan #Highway61Revisted #orpheus #60srock #americana #folkrock #classicrock #folk #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alkooper Released on August 30, 1965, it's #4 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and includes the greatest rock 'n roll song of all time: "Like A Rolling Stone." It's a landmark album in music history that is famed for Orpheus "going electric" and fusing blues-based rock and roll with sophisticated,…
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Cheap Thrills
#BigBrotherandTheHoldingCompany #janisjoplin #60srock #60smusic #blues #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky August 12, 1968 ~ The followup to their debut album a year earlier, Cheap Thrills, reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. The album features three cover songs ("Summertime", "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain"). The album also features Bill Graham, who introduces the band at the beginning of…
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Blind Faith
#blindfaith #60srock #60smusic #classicrock #ericclapton #gingerbaker #ricgrech #stevewinwood #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky The first and only album from the first-ever supergroup is released on August 9, 1969. Buzzworthy not only because of Clapton, Winwood, Grech and Baker but also because of the album cover. Bob Seidemann, who has photographed the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin, is hired to take the cover shot.
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Stand Up
#JethroTull #standup #60srock #blues #folkrock #hardrock #iananderson #progrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #classicrock August 1, 1969 ~ The second album from Jethro Tull is released. It's the debut album for guitarist Martin Barre who joins Tull after Mick Abrahams leaves the group due to creative differences with Ian Anderson. Mick wanted to stick with the bluesy stuff -- Ian wanted to broaden the sound to include folk rock, classical and…
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Truth
#jeffbeck #truth #60smusic #60srock #bluesrock #classicrock #jimmypage #keithmoon #rodstewart #ronniewood #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Jeff Beck releases his debut solo album on July 29, 1968. The band includes Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on base guitar and Micky Waller on drums. Nicky Hopkins, John Paul Jones and Keith Moon also appear. Oh, and Jimmy Page helps out with the 12-string on "Beck's Bolero."
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CSN … and Y
#CSNY #crosbystillsnashandyoung #fillmoreeast #60srock #60smusic #classicrock #davidcrosby #stephenstills #grahamnash #neilyoung #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rock #rockmusic July 25, 1969 ~ Neil Young appears with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash for the first time. It happens at The Fillmore East in New York. Or, did he? The date is often mistakenly marked as their live debut at the Fillmore East. But, those summer dates had to be postponed…
https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/25/july-25-1969-neil-young-appears-with-david/
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A Hard Day’s Night
#thebeatles #60spop #60srock #aharddaysnight #classicalbums #georgeharrison #johnlennon #paulmccartney #johnlennon #ringostarr #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky July 10, 1964 ~ The Beatles release their third album. It's #263 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. George Harrison's resonant 12-string electric guitar leads were hugely influential; the movie helped persuade the Byrds, then folksingers, to plunge all out into…
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Great songs with great covers ...
I Fought The Law
-- The Bobby Fuller Four (1965)
-- The Clash (1979)Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law wonTidbit - originally released by The Crickets in 1960. Yes, those Crickets.
#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #bobbyFuller #bobbyFullerFour #theBobbyFullerFour #clash #theClash #joeStrummer #theCrickets #buddyHolly #coverSongs #songCovers #coverTunes #60sRock #60sMusic #70sRock #70sMusic #punkRock #oldies #popRock
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The Allman Brothers Band
November 4, 1969 ~ The debut album from The Allman Brothers Band is released. Legendary rock writer Lester Bangs called the album "consistently ... subtle, and honest, and moving," describing the band as "a white group who've transcended their schooling to produce a volatile blues-rock sound of pure energy, inspiration and love." #theallmanbrothersband #60srock #classicrock #70smusic #blues #bluesrock #dickeybetts #duaneallman #gregallman…
https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/the-allman-brothers-band/