February 27

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Happy Birthday: Neal Schon-guitarist for Journey and one time Santana member born in 1954.  Johnny Van Zant-singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd born in 1957.

1970 – Jefferson Airplane was fined $1,000 for using profanity onstage during a concert in Oklahoma City.

1971 – Janis Joplin’s Pearl album posthumously reaches the top of the album charts for the first of its nine week run.

1977 – Keith Richards gets busted for Heroin possession by the Royal Mounted Police in Canada.

1980 – Billy Joel wins two Grammy Awards including album of the year for his 52nd Street album.

2001 – Carlos Santana had quite the day as he was given the key to his hometown of Autlan, Mexico had a street was named after him, and a statue was also unveiled.