Just a bunch of random rock trivia that hasn't found a home. You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge...
- Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has given Keith Richards a pardon for an old traffic violation. Richards was fined $162.20 in 1975 after being stopped in Fordyce for reckless driving.When Huckabee talked to the ageless wonder backstage at a Stones concert he suggested that Keith apply for a pardon after joking about his wild past. Asked if Arkansas voters would object, Huckabee declared, "Not from anybody with an IQ above plant life."
- One of Rock greatest love triangles, "Layla" was released in 1970. Written by Eric Clapton about George Harrison’s wife, Patti Boyd, Clapton titled the song after the Persian epic, The Story Of Layla And Majnun, about a doomed romance. Harrison was Clapton's best friend. Slowhand eventually married Patti in 1979 and also wrote “Wonderful Tonight” for her. They divorced in 1988.
- In 1985 Robert Plant formed The Honeydrippers including, among others, Jeff Beck, Paul Shaffer (Letterman's sidekick) and Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page. Their single, a cover of Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love," peaked at number three on the American charts. Led Zeppelin's highest-charting single "Whole Lotta Love," only made it to number four.
- Uncle Mitch
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