Time to take a look back into this day in rock history: October 17
1970
Arguably the best time to see the Dead was when the band had a cult following on the east coast. They played smaller halls but not for long. Here’s an example of the way they sounded earlier that year.
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1979
Tom Waits would often ask to be taken to local Goodwill stores and fleabag hotels when he visited Cleveland to “soak up the atmosphere”. Here’s an interview conducted a little more than a week before his October 17th gig at Music Hall.
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2014
One of the “hardest working acts in show business”, Hornsby has also spent time backing the Grateful Dead.
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2017
Speaking of the Dead, Leftover Salmon has been known to offer up a dose of GD at the Kent Stage.
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