It was on this date in 1969 that the three day Woodstock Music and Arts Festival at Max Yasgur's farm in New York finally ended.  Many had been mired in the mud, the blood and the beer for three straight days, and they needed a shower.

Jimi Hendrix woke up a lot the crowd on that final day with a drug induced version of The Star-Spangled Banner.  The last song played at Woodstock:  Hey Joe.

Another great guitarist hit #1 on the album charts with 461 Ocean Boulevard on this date in 1974. It featured the song I Shot The Sheriff which propelled it to the top of the charts for three straight weeks.  Clapton had holed up in the house in Golden Beach, Florida, while making the album.  In the years following the town changed the address of the house because so many rock fans were showing up.  Now, rock fans just aimlessly parade around town like a bunch of zombies in search of the famous rock landmark.

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My crazy ex-girlfriend: It was on this date in 1979 that Keith Richard's then "romantic partner" was linked to a witches coven by the New York Post.  Richards and Anita Pallenberg had been sharing a house in South Salem, New York, when a local policeman claimed he was attacked by "a flock of black hooded caped people." A local kid told cops  that Pallenberg had invited him to pot smoking sex orgies.  A former bodyguard of Richard's said, "She was obsessed with black magic and began to carry a string of garlic with her everywhere — even to bed — to ward off vampires."  In 1979, a local 17 year-old boy shot and killed himself while sitting on the bed of Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg.  He had been in a sexual relationship with the woman.

Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards - McCarthy/Getty Image
Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards - McCarthy/Getty Image
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Pallenberg had previously been with Brian Jones, the other Stones guitarist. Both Richards and Pallenberg were addicted to heroin at the time, and had two children in their twelve year relationship. She is now 71 years-old.

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