Chapter 01 — Today in music
On a day like today April 11
rewound 1 time
1961
An unknown Bob Dylan debuts in the Village opening for John Lee Hooker
A 19-year-old Bob Dylan, fresh from Minnesota, played his first professional New York show: opening for John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village. He was paid little, played Woody Guthrie covers, and nobody suspected that scruffy kid would rewrite popular song. Within a year he had written «Blowin' in the Wind».
Bob Dylan
1955
Neville Staple is born, the original energy of 2 Tone
Neville Staple was born in Jamaica, vocalist of The Specials and stage dynamo of the 2 Tone movement that united ska, punk and anti-racism in Thatcher's England. "Ghost Town" portrayed a country on fire and hit number one as the 1981 riots burned. Rarely has pop been so timely.
Neville Staple
The Specials
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