May 17

Chris Cornell passed away on this night in 2017 after a show in Detroit MI, an apparent suicide

 

On this day in 1963, the first Monterey Folk Festival began in Monterey, California.

 

Today in 1996, Johnny Guitar Watson died of a heart attack while on tour in Yokohama, Japan

 

On this day in 2012, Donna Summer, known as the Queen of Disco, died of lung cancer

 

Born on this day in 1942, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks  a.k.a Taj Mahal

 

Bill Bruford (King Crimson) was born on this date in 1948

 

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) is 56 today

 

Musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario Lawrence Welk died on this day in 1992