#legend

Rip Dave Parker

The Hall of Fame is heartbroken by the loss of Class of 2025 inductee Dave Parker, who passed away today at the age of 74. ow.ly/oPNW50WhWv2

It's Canada Day, and you know what that means ...

48 years ago today, pop music as we know it was invented

Cow Palace in San Francisco was clearly the place to be on July 4, 1965! @TheRonettes The Beach Boys The Kinks Cher

Visionary graphic designer Reid Miles was born on this day July 4, 1927. In 1955, Francis Wolff hired Miles to design album covers he began creating an iconic visual aesthetic that would define the look of the Blue Note Records: bluenote.lnk.to/BlueNoteClassi…

You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane/ All they will call you will be "deportees" - "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos" Woody Guthrie wrote it in 1948. Dylan & Baez performed it on the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue. More relevant than ever in 2025 shorturl.at/OZAei

37yrs ago, our second single from Vivid, Cult Of Personality, was released - July 14, 1988! Thank you to every fan who’s ever cranked it to 11, moshed to it, studied the lyrics, questioned authority, and demanded more. This song belongs to all of you now.

I found out my wife was cheating on me at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert and I don’t ever wanna feel like I did that day.

To the spouses who found out they were being cheated on via the Coldplay jumbotron: sorry to hear that. Come see Spinal Tap. We promise no jumbotrons, just ear damage and emotional closure.

John Coltrane was just reaching his prime when he died July 17, 1967, at age 40

😈 BLACK SABBATH released 'Master of Reality' on this day in 1971.

🤟 rip Ozzy🤟 youtube.com/watch?v=_xFc86…

It was one of the first times I ever scored a backstage pass. I wandered into Black Sabbath’s dressing room with my tape recorder and a copy of our local underground paper, the San Diego Door, and asked Ozzy Osbourne for this interview. 1/2

At least Ozzy Osbourne (aka Ozzie) got better innings than he predicted back in 1971. RIP Prince of Darkness 🤘

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia. I bet he never could have imagined his impact and continued ascendance decades after his death. Check out my story on the inside story behind this iconic image of him at the Egyptian Pyramids. bit.ly/3H54Sma

Happy birthday, Chuck D!