Time to take a look back into this day in rock history: November 5
1989
In 1966, Sgt. Barry Sadler appeared on shows like Shindig to plug his hit single, “The Battle of the Green Berets”. The song topped the charts for five weeks selling five million copies, but Sadler’s life was not easy after that. Personal disputes and a failed acting career eventually landed him in Guatemala City where he pursued a writing career. He was shot in the head and was rushed back to the US he head while sitting in a cab, and spent some time in Cleveland’s VA hospital for special treatment. He was later moved to a Tennessee VA facility where he died of cardiac arrest just short of his 49th birthday.
2016
Dweezil Zappa has played the Kent Stage a number of times and even offered guitar technique demonstrations. He remains a student of father, Frank’s, complex styles as heard in this clip from one of his Kent shows.Poster courtesy of Raw Sugar Studio
2017
The events of May 1970 were a very intense topic for the late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Crosby as shown at his Kent Stage appearance in 2017.Poster courtesy of Raw Sugar Studio
2022
A master of the hammered dulcimer technique, John McCutcheon is also an accomplished guitar and banjo player and a student of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie’s continuing musical legacy.Poster courtesy of Raw Sugar Studio
