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Today in rock history: On this date in 1945, Stephen Stills was born in Dallas, Texas. Rising to musical prominence in the late 1960s as part of the country-rock band Buffalo Springfield, Stills enjoyed his first taste of commercial success with “For What It’s Worth,” the group’s best-known single and one of the most relevant songs of the 1960s. Later forming Crosby, Stills & Nash with former Byrds member David Crosby and ex-Hollies member Graham Nash, Stills scored many hit albums with the trio (which would later expand to feature Canadian rocker Neil Young). Acknowledged for his guitar prowess, the singer-songwriter (who spent part of his adolescence as a Tampa native) celebrates his 73rd birthday today.
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Today in rock history: On this date in 1970, The Beatles held the band’s very last recording session when it stepped into the studio to record “I Me Mine,” a George Harrison composition which appeared on the band’s Let It Be album released later that same year. The band made its breakup official in April of 1970. The title “I Me Mine” was also used 10 years later as the title for Harrison’s 1980 autobiography.
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Today in rock history: On this date in 1974, Bob Dylan returned from a 10-year touring drought and started a six-week tour backed by The Band, his former backing group from the mid-1960s. Kicking off at the 18,000-seat Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, the successful trek found Dylan playing his material (including an acoustic portion of the show), The Band performing its own music and then the two collaborating for an encore. The tour was memorialized on the 2-LP set, Before the Flood which was released in July of 1974.
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Today in rock history: On this date in 1971, The Monkees officially called it quits after the departure of lead singer Davy Jones. Band members already started to quit, one-by-one, after the popularity of the band declined following the final season of its smash television show. Multi-instrumentalist Peter Tork quit the band first, and singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith soon followed. Just Jones and drummer-singer Micky Dolenz remained by the time The Monkees’ Changes — which was pressed in very low quantities due to the lack of interest — was released in 1970.
