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1969: Rock band "Blind Faith" pose for a portrait in 1969. (L-R): Steve Winwood, Ric Grech, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton. Photo by Bob Seidemann. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – MARCH 28: Musician Van Morrison plays a Martin acoustic guitar at a Bang Records recording session in the studio on March 28, 1967 in New York, New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – 1969: Singer songwriter Joni Mitchell performs at the Central Park Music Festival in New York, New York in 1969. (Photo by Sherry Rayn Barnett/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
ATLANTA – NOVEMBER 12: John Prine is interviewed live on WRAS-FM at Georgia State College on November 12, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
English singer Morrissey, of the group the Smiths, Red Wedge Tour, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, 1/31/1986. During the latter half of the 1980s, the Red Wedge collective organized a series of music and comedy tours throughout the UK in an attempt to mobilize young fans in opposition to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s then-ruling Conservative Party. (Photo by Steve Rapport/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO – JULY 05: Robert Plant performs at Budweiser Stage on July 05, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images)