Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for Rocktober 11th

The difference between live rock show shenanigans in the '60's and '90's, plus a b'day for one of the most underrated singers ever...

10/11/1967 (52 years ago today) - True story: Before the band's performance, there was an actual beauty pageant held on the stage -- The Doors are ready to appear at Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut, but first an announcer came out to tell the audience that if anyone in the crowd got up from out of their seats during the performance, they would be escorted out of the venue. Well, all in all it sounds like a great set-up for real rock night...

10/11/1999 (20 years ago today) - ...plus he got someone out front to pour a drink over the security guard's head: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was released on $5,000 bail after facing charges related to a 1997 North Carolina show in which he incited a riot at the gig by encouraging fans to attack a bouncer who was just doing his job. Well, all in all it sounds like a great set-up for a real rock night...

10/11/1946 - Happy Birthday to Daryl Hall, 73 years old today. Doesn't matter what you think about Hall & Oates 1980's music catalog, we say "Mock him at your peril": The cold, hard, fact-of-the-matter really is that Daryl can likely out sing anyone else you put him up against, any day, any time, any where. You have been warned...

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"We shall go on playing/Or find a new town...", xoxo!