New Jersey 101.5 » Lynyrd Skynyrd http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:11:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:24:53 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=182862 October 19th, 1966: The Yardbirds land in New York for their 1st US tour with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars. However, after only two dates of the tour, Beck developed acute tonsillitis and had to quit the group. He would go on to form The Jeff Beck Group, which would give Rod Stewart his first major exposure.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history/feed/ 0 The Yardbirds - Photo by John Pratt / Getty Images This Day In Music History http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-139/ http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-139/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:07:42 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=173432 September 30th
1974 - Police are needed at a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert after a fight broke out between their sound engineer and the sound engineer of Blue Oyster Cult. A roadie clarified that the sound had been deliberately

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