35 years ago tonight in Birmingham

[ChicoHarris]

If my mother had known what I was actually doing...

35 years ago today the old freaks (one of of them was probably as old as 19) I was fortunate enough to be hanging out with came to a fork in the road, in Alabama. Half of them were staying in Birmingham to see Led Zeppelin that night and half were going on to Atlanta to see the Grateful Dead at the Fox Theater. Since we had seen the Dead the night before in Tuscaloosa, I stayed for Zeppelin. As a ninth grader, I was just happy to be there.
I remember this clearly about that day: I liked the approach to life the old freaks had.
Led Zeppelin
Birmingham, Alabama
May 18, 1977
"Stairway To Heaven"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8K58l6P3k




Perry Como was born 100 years ago today.
Here is Perry Como covering the Beatles:
"Here, There, and Everywhere"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulMB23Xw-n4
"Yesterday"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6t5WCADYxY
"Something"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quHXiVHI6G8
"Michelle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HaCR8mwzn4


85 years ago today was what is called the first American public school bombing. A man was upset about being taxed to build a public school, so he murdered 38 children and six adults:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2D1LqcHv0


65 years ago today, Jackie Robinson played for the first time at Wrigley Field:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXvp8q0FTFI


Ramblin' Jack Elliott live 50 years ago tonight in Philadelphia, at the Second Fret:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57xLa8v_3_A


Julian Bond, giving an interview in which he says common sense things about the conflict in Vietnam, 45 years ago today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZSO9L_L8qY


This is what the Rolling Stones were doing that day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRymFNTQJj8


Bob Marley and the Wailers live 35 years ago tonight in Berlin:
"Lively Up Yourself"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuMuKkd_LiI


Ministry live 30 years ago tonight in Chicago:
"I'm Not An Effigy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgBKHoEXxug


20 years ago this morning, the Today show began a series appreciating Johnny Carson. He was retiring five days later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHrhiAS6sEM