July 17

•   1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience opens for The Monkees at N.Y.’s Forest Hills Tennis Stadium

July 20

•   1965: Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is released by Columbia Records

July 21

•   1990: Roger Waters performs “The Wall” at  the former site of The Berlin Wall

July 23

•   1980: Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux dies two days after a car accident

July 25

•   1969: Neil Young makes his first appearance with Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Fillmore East

•   1965: Bob Dylan plugs in his guitar and is booed at the Newport Folk Festival