#60srock — Public Fediverse posts
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“Everyone get out your matches and lighters, please …”
#JohnLennon #KimFowley #ericclapton #rock #rockmusic #60srock #music #musicsky #musiciansky September 13, 1969 ~ At the Toronto Rock 'n Roll Revival festival, host Kim Fowley starts a rock tradition when he asks the crowd to hold up lighters for Eric Clapton and John Lennon. Clapton and Lennon are playing in The Plastic Ono Band, a group Lennon put together for the show.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/09/13/everyone-get-out-your-matches-and-lighters-please/
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“Everyone get out your matches and lighters, please …”
#JohnLennon #KimFowley #ericclapton #rock #rockmusic #60srock #music #musicsky #musiciansky September 13, 1969 ~ At the Toronto Rock 'n Roll Revival festival, host Kim Fowley starts a rock tradition when he asks the crowd to hold up lighters for Eric Clapton and John Lennon. Clapton and Lennon are playing in The Plastic Ono Band, a group Lennon put together for the show.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/09/13/everyone-get-out-your-matches-and-lighters-please/
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“Everyone get out your matches and lighters, please …”
#JohnLennon #KimFowley #ericclapton #rock #rockmusic #60srock #music #musicsky #musiciansky September 13, 1969 ~ At the Toronto Rock 'n Roll Revival festival, host Kim Fowley starts a rock tradition when he asks the crowd to hold up lighters for Eric Clapton and John Lennon. Clapton and Lennon are playing in The Plastic Ono Band, a group Lennon put together for the show.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/09/13/everyone-get-out-your-matches-and-lighters-please/
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“Everyone get out your matches and lighters, please …”
#JohnLennon #KimFowley #ericclapton #rock #rockmusic #60srock #music #musicsky #musiciansky September 13, 1969 ~ At the Toronto Rock 'n Roll Revival festival, host Kim Fowley starts a rock tradition when he asks the crowd to hold up lighters for Eric Clapton and John Lennon. Clapton and Lennon are playing in The Plastic Ono Band, a group Lennon put together for the show.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/09/13/everyone-get-out-your-matches-and-lighters-please/
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“Everyone get out your matches and lighters, please …”
#JohnLennon #KimFowley #ericclapton #rock #rockmusic #60srock #music #musicsky #musiciansky September 13, 1969 ~ At the Toronto Rock 'n Roll Revival festival, host Kim Fowley starts a rock tradition when he asks the crowd to hold up lighters for Eric Clapton and John Lennon. Clapton and Lennon are playing in The Plastic Ono Band, a group Lennon put together for the show.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/09/13/everyone-get-out-your-matches-and-lighters-please/
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Texas International Pop Festival
#TexasInternationalPopFestival #60srock #bbking #chicagotransitauthority #film #janisjoplin #ledzeppelin #santana #slyandthefamilystone #spirit #tenyearsafter #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky August 30 - September 1, 1969 -- Labor Day Weekend -- and two weeks after Woodstock, it put Lewisville, Texas on the musical map. It drew an estimated 120,000 to 150,000 people to an open field adjacent to the Dallas International…
https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/30/texas-international-pop-festival/
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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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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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MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Hold On” by Rupert’s People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbrxbXH5bs
#chrisandrews #rupertspeople #charlesbrown #psychedelicrock #britishrock #classicrock #britpop #fleurdelys #rodlynton #johnlennon #brynhaworth #gordonhaskell #kingcrimson #spencerdavisgroup #prettythings #brianauger #rogerdaltrey #davidessex #davyjones #monkees #singersongwriter #bluesrock #britishinvasionrock #60srock
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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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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