1970
WINTER 1970
FEB 16: JOE FRASIER DEFEATS ALI, CONTRIBUTING
TO HIS BRAIN DAMAGE! (OR MAYBEE SOME WITCH JUST
GOT TIRED OF LISTENING TO HIM!, PROBEBLY THE SAME
ONE THAT GOT ANNOYED WITH REAGAN!)
FEB 26: BEATLES RELEASE "HEY JUDE" ALBUM IN US
MAR : DESTINED TO BECOME THIS YEARS TOP SELLING ALBUM,
DEJA VU IS RELEASED BY CROSBY, STILLS, NASH,
& YOUNG, LAUNCHING THE FOUR ARTISTS TO SUPERSTARDOM !
AWESOME TUNES FROM WINTER '70:
SPRING '70
MAY 4: FOUR DEAD IN OHIO, YOUNG GUARDSMEN SHOOT BULLETS
AT ROCK THROWERS...THAT SEEMS FAIR, DOESN'T IT ?
MAY 18: BEATLES LAST ALBUM RELEASE, "LET IT BE" IN US
JUNE: APPARENTLY CONFIDENT THEY'VE PRODUCED A CLASSIC,
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD SPENDS $100,000 FOR A MASSIVE
AD IN TIMES SQUARE FOR THEIR UPCOMMING RELEASE:
"CLOSER TO HOME"
ALSO IN JUNE, RAY DAVIES HAS TO CATCH A ROUND TRIP FLIGHT FROM
NEW YORK TO LONDON IN ORDER TO SPLICE THE LYRIC "CHERRY COLA"
OVER "COCA-COLA" IN THE KINKS SMASH "LOLA", AFTER COMPLAINTS
FROM COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THE BBC
GREAT TUNES FROM SPRING '70:
SUMMER '70
AUG 4: MORRISON PASSES OUT AT OLD LADY'S DOOR...
SEPT: GUITARIST/VOCALIST PATRICK SIMMONS HOOKS UP WITH
TOM JOHNSTON AND JOHN HARTMAN IN SAN JOSE, CA. AND CALL
THEMSELVES "THE DOOBIE BROTHERS"
SEPT 18: JIMI HENDRIX GETS PERMANENTLY HIGH, AND
TO THIS DAY DOES NOT REALIZE HE DIED!
THOSE MEMORABLE TUNES FROM SUMMER '70:
AUTUMN '70
OCT 4: JANIS JOPLIN JOINS JIMI SPENDING ETERNITY
WONDERING IF THEY WILL EVER COME DOWN,
(MUST HAVE BEEN SOME GOOOOD S#*@#!!!)
OCT 30: MORRISON SUCCEEDS IN PURCHASING HIS WAY
OUT OF SERIOUS TROUBLE AND ROAMS FREE DURRING
HIS COURT APPEAL
NOV: IN AN ATTEMPT TO DIVERT FROM HIS GUITAR HERODOM,
CLAPTON REFUSES TO HAVE HIS NAME PRINTED
ON HIS NEW ALBUM LAYLA AND OTHER
ASSORTED LOVE SONGS, AND GOES WITH DEREK &
THE DOMINOES.
CLASSICS FROM AUTUMN '70:
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