Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for September 6th

Slowhand sits in with The Fab Four -- Jimi's final show -- Blues legend b'day to note...

9/6/1968 (48 years ago today) - Abbey Road studios, London: The Beatles are working on overdubs for a new George Harrison song and Eric Clapton becomes the first famous outside musician to play on a Beatles recording when he lays down the solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Turns out rather alright...

9/6/1970 (46 years ago today) - Jimi Hendrix plays a live set with Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and Band Of Gypsys bassist Billy Cox at The Open Air Love And Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany; a handful of upcoming gigs get postponed because of Billy Cox being sick, so this night turns out to be Jimi's final onstage performance -- 12 days from now, the guitar genius is found dead, age 27.

9/6/1925 - Born on this day, the fantastically talented blues singer-songwriter-guitarist Jimmy Reed, revered as one of the pioneers of "electric blues" and a major influence on rock and rollers from Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Rolling Stones to name just a paltry few who have covered Jimmy's stuff and you know 'em, too: "Bright Lights, Big City", "Shame, Shame, Shame", "Baby What You Want Me To Do", "Big Boss Man", "Ain't That Loving You Baby". Neil Young is known for playing Reed's music to his audience before his shows, so there you go...Jimmy passed away from respiratory failure at his home in Oakland, California, eight days shy of his 51st birthday.

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"You're gonna wish you had listened/To some of those things I said...", xoxo!