Browsing: this day in rock july 29

He was living in bucolic Woodstock, having sought sanctuary from the noise, chaos—and drugs—that had consumed his life during the past year. Then he took his motorcycle for a spin

The singer, once prominently a member of the singing quartet the Mamas & the Papas, tried a solo career when the group broke up

The band’s first and biggest hit spent three weeks at #1 in the summer of 1967 and we’ve got some facts you may not know