Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 19 1961	Noel Stookey of folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary, reads a newspaper story in The Gaslight Caf?, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. The story is about a Father's Day boat cruise up the Hudson River to Bear Mountain that had gone awry due to counterfeit tickets and overcrowding. He shows it to his young friend Bob Dylan, who uses it as the basis of his song Talkin? Bear Mountain Picnic Disaster Blues. (1961)
Jun 19 1963	Medgar Evers is buried with full military honours in Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Evers, a committed anti-segregation campaigner, had been shot in the back just days earlier in Jackson, Mississippi, by a white racist gunman. Evers' death will be the spark for the Bob Dylan song Only A Pawn In Their Game. (1963)
Jun 19 1978	Bob Dylan plays the fifth of six nights live at Earl?s Court, London, UK. (1978)
Jun 19 1984	Bob Dylan plays the first of three nights at Palaeur, Rome, Italy. The tour is a double-header with Carlos Santana. (1984)
Jun 19 1989	Bob Dylan plays at the Palatrussardi Di Milano, Milan, Italy. (1989)
Jun 19 2008	Bob Dylan plays at the Palais des Sports, Grenoble, France. (2008)
Jun 19 2008	The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Argentina. In the film, which claims to be 'Inspired by the music and the many lives of Bob Dylan', six different actors depict separate facets of Dylan's life and public persona. Dylan himself does not appear. (2008)
Jun 19 2010	Bob Dylan plays at the Messehalle, Dornbirn, Austria. (2010)