November 9
Rock journalism was born today in 1967 when the first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published in San Francisco, with John Lennon on the cover, launching the publication that would become the authoritative voice on popular music and culture for decades to come… We remember Creedence Clearwater Revival's rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty on his birthday today in 1941, the older brother whose solid foundation supported John's songs before leaving the band and dying from AIDS-related tuberculosis in 1990, forever overshadowed by his more famous sibling… Beatles history pivoted today in 1961 when manager-to-be Brian Epstein saw the Fab Four for the first time at a lunchtime show at Liverpool's Cavern Club, beginning the relationship that would transform four scruffy rockers into the world's biggest band… Led Zeppelin's golden god Robert Plant married his first wife Maureen today in 1968 in London, beginning the union that would produce three childr...
