September 3
1991 Ike Turner is released from prison after serving 14 months for cocaine possession.
1991 Rush release their 14th studio album, Roll the Bones.
1982 Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?” is released in the UK. The critics are not kind; Smash Hits calls it “fourth division reggae.”
1982 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak throws the US Festival “for a few thousand friends” in hopes of uniting people through music and technology. A crowd of at least 200,000 shows up in the blistering heat of San Bernardino, California, for three days of music, tech-geekery, and dust… a whole lot of dust. Fleetwood Mac, performing for the first time in two years, headlines a bill that also includes The Police and the Grateful Dead
1970 Canned Heat frontman Alan Wilson commits suicide at age 27 via barbiturate overdose. A litany of other rock artists soon die at the same age, in
September 4
1982 Gregg Allman is arrested in Belleview, Florida, when a police officer sees his 1985 Trans Am weaving on Route 441. He blows a .27 (legal limit: .10) and is charged with drunken driving and driving with an expired license. Allman is sentenced to five days in jail and ordered to do community service, which he serves by playing a drug-and-alcohol-free graduation party for area high schools. He does his time in January 1987, a month before his aptly titled solo album I’m No Angel is released.
1971 At a Bruce Springsteen show at the Student Prince in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the E Street Band comes together when sax player Clarence Clemons joins the band on stage for the first time, a story recounted in the song “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out.”
1969 The Youngbloods, a rare rock band scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, are scratched. Carson says it’s because they were being disrespectful; the band says they were slated to play two songs: a new one and their hit “Get Together,” but when the show went long, the producers nixed the new song, so they walked.
September 5
2008 The first Fender Stratocaster set alight on stage by Jimi Hendrix is auctioned. The guitar sells for $575,000 to collector Daniel Boucher – less than the $1 million predicted. It is one of only two guitars definitively burned by Hendrix – the other was at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
1991 Guitarist C.C. DeVille is kicked out of Poison after he sabotages their performance at the MTV Video Music Awards by playing “Talk Dirty To Me” instead of “Unskinny Bop” as planned. DeVille rejoins the band five years later.
1981 Soft Cell hit #1 in the UK with an electronic cover of “Tainted Love,” a song originally released by the American soul singer Gloria Jones in 1964. The song also charts in America, reaching #8 in July 1982. It’s the only hit for the duo in the States, but they have many more in their native UK.
1976 Garry Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd falls asleep at the wheel of his new Ford Torino and hits a tree and a house. The incident inspires their song “That Smell.”
September 6
1997 Elton John sings a new version of “Candle In The Wind” at Princess Diana’s funeral. This rendition, which replaces “Goodbye Norma Jean” with “Goodbye England’s Rose,” becomes the best-selling single of all time in the UK.
1995 Joan Jett sings before the Baltimore Orioles game against the California Angels. The game marks Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken’s 2,131st consecutive game, breaking the record held by Lou Gehrig. Jett, a huge Orioles fan and friend of Ripken, watches the rest of the game alongside a host of baseball legends, including Willie Mays and Joe DiMaggio.
1989 Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil punches Guns N’ Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin in the face during the MTV Video Music Awards.
September 7
1996 Rap star Tupac Shakur is shot five times in a drive-by following a boxing match in Las Vegas. He dies six days later at age 25.
September 8
1993 Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) appear on stage together for the first time, performing at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles. They play “Pennyroyal Tea” and “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”
1990 The New Kids On The Block cartoon series makes its debut. Lasting just one season on ABC, the animated New Kids travel the world and face challenges like getting to concerts on time.
1955 In an attempt to hide the wrinkles in his suit, Chuck Berry does the duck walk for the first time.
September 9
2007 During a performance by Alicia Keys at the MTV Video Music Awards, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock get in a fight, prompting presenter Jamie Foxx to decry the “white on white violence.”
2007 Britney Spears opens the MTV Video Music Awards with a listless lip-synch where she appears dazed and confused. Over the next few months, she loses custody of her kids and is involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility.
September 10
1991 Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is released as a single, forever changing the musical meaning of the word “Alternative.”
1999 Standin’ On The Corner Park opens in Winslow, Arizona. Inspired by the city’s famous mention in the Eagles song “Take It Easy,” the park features a statue of a man with a guitar standing on the corner. The park quickly becomes a popular photo op for folks passing through Winslow.
1990 Starring a young rapper named Will Smith, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuts on NBC. Smith hones his acting skills during his six seasons on the show, which features guest appearances by his musical partner, DJ Jazzy Jeff.
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