The Paul Butterfield Blues Band performed at Woodstock just before Sha Na Na, who performed just before final act Jimi Hendrix.
The only surviving station from the Butterfield Stage Line can be found near Warner Springs, California.
Jimi Hendrix was part Cherokee and dedicated his song “I Don’t Live Today” to the Indians on the reservation.
Jimi Hendrix loved to draw as a boy, and several of his war- and football-themed childhood drawings are on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
Paul Revere & the Raiders aren’t in the Rock & Roll HoF
Joseph Carrero Jr. was a drummer for Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was originally the drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.
Wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson played briefly for the Miami Hurricanes football team.
The Rock once played his father Rocky Johnson (also a wrestler) in an episode of That 70s Show.
Gen. George H. Thomas won the nickname “The Rock of Chickamauga” for his brave stand on Snodgrass Hill during the Civil War battle there.
Unusually among Union generals, Thomas was a Southerner - from Tennessee, site of his most famous victory.
The famous headless statue that honors the goddess Nike that is displayed in the Louvre in Paris is actually named Winged Victory.
Adidas, a competitor of Nike, is named after the founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
“Winged Victory”, a WW2 Broadway musical about the Army Air Forces, is the only Broadway hit never to have been revived.
Reconnecting …
Adi Dassler was the brother of Rudolf Dassler, founder of Nike’s competitor, Puma.
Thomas was actually from Virginia.
Cougar and puma are two names for the same large cat.
Rocker John Mellencamp claims that his record company gave him the name “Johnny Cougar” without telling him. After he achieved success, he gradually went back to his real name.
Comedian Albert Brooks’ real name is Albert Einstein.
John Cougar recorded on the Riva label, whose only other notable act was Rod Stewart.
Albert Brooks’ brother is Bob Einstein, better known as his character Super Dave Osborn.