Columbia Records re-sign Bob Dylan, despite opposition from MGM, for whom he appeared to have already signed. MGM never countersigned the contract and subsequently went out of business.
Appearing at the Tregye Festival, Truro, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Hawkwind, Duster Bennett, Brewers Droop, Indian Summer, Graphite and second from the bottom on the bill, were Queen.
Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane was arrested after a fight broke out on stage during a concert when the police had been called 'pigs'. Grace Slick was 'Maced' and another group member injured at the show in Akron.
Born on August 21st, 2008
Budgie/Peter Clarke - drummer; Siouxsie and the Banshees/Creatures Kim Sledge - vocals; Sister Sledge Nick Kane - guitar, 12 string guitar; The Mavericks
Dead on August 21st, 2008
Robert Moog (71) - inventor of the synthesiser/ built his first electronic instrument, a theremin when only 14 years old (brain tumor). Rose Bampton (99) - American opera singer; a mezzo-soprano, later a soprano, who made her debut as "Siebel" in Gounod's Faust in 1929. She sang primarily at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, but also at major opera houses worldwide.
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