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March 28

1917 R&B singer Rufus Thomas born in Collierville, TN.
1948 Jethro Tull keyboardist John Evans born.
1951 Rupert Greenall of the Fixx born.
1960 New York Congressman Emanuael Celler blames payola for the popularity of rock'n'roll.
1964 Britian's first pirate radio station launched, Radio Caroline.
1974 Bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, best known for the original versions of "That's All Right Mama", and "My Baby Left Me", two of the first songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
1982 Singer David Crosby is arrested and charges with possession of drugs, carrying a concealed weapon and driving under the influence of cocaine. When asked why he carried the gun, his reply was. "John Lennon."
1993 Among the 15,000 in Dublin protesting an IRA bomb that killed two kids, is singer Sinead O'Connor.
1994 The Exodux Recovery Center at the Daniel Freeman Hospital in Marina Del Rey, California welcomes it's latest celebrity addict, Kurt Cobain.

At a Pearl Jam concert in Miami, FLA, 2000 fans without tickets swarm over the fences, tossing bottles and stones, until held in check by the riot squad. 5 hurt, 4 arrested - about the same as an average day at the local mall.