Today in Rock History – 8th JULY:

BIRTHDAYS
1944: Jaimoe Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band)
1946: Pentti “Whitey” Glan (Lou Reed & Alice Cooper Bands)
1963: Joan Osborne
1970: Beck Campbell a.k.a. Beck
1971: Neil Mavers (The La’s)
1985: Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys)

EVENTS
1967: The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as support act. Hendrix was dropped after 8 shows & informed that his act was not suitable for their teenybopper audience.
1968: Pink Floyd began their first 20-date North American tour at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago.
1972: Lou Reed joined David Bowie on stage for an encore at the Royal Festival Hall, London. They performed “Sweet Jane”, “White Light/White Heat” and “Waiting For The Man” together.

1978: Gerry Rafferty’s album ‘City To City’ went to No.1 on the US chart, knocking off ‘Saturday Night Fever’, which had been at the top of the charts for almost six months.

Happy Birthday to Jaimoe Johanson (pictured left in photo), who was drummer for the Allman Brothers when they started in 1966, right through until they retired in 2014! Following the deaths in 2017 of Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman, Jaimoe and Dickey Betts are the last surviving original members of the band.

Here is 11 minutes very well spent ~ vintage high quality footage of the Allmans at Fillmore East, 53 years ago! Jaimoe (along with second drummer, Butch) is playing on this wicked rendition of “Whipping Post”!