New Jersey 101.5 » Ronnie Van Zant http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Tue, 21 May 2013 03:28:14 +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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