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Music History Events: Band Dynamics

August 26, 1970 After an all-night jam, The Allman Brothers' Duane Allman asks Eric Clapton if he can attend the recording sessions for his new group, Derek & the Dominos. Clapton agrees, only on the condition that Allman also play on the sessions.

August 6, 1970 At the Fillmore West in San Francisco, Christine McVie plays her first gig with Fleetwood Mac. She later becomes the band's first female member, joining her husband John in the group.

May 16, 1970 Randy Bachman leaves The Guess Who to produce an album for Winnipeg band Brave Belt, which he eventually joins. At the suggestion of Neil Young, Bachman recruits fellow Winnipeg bassist and vocalist C.F. Turner, and the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive is born.

January 3, 1970 Davy Jones announces he's leaving The Monkees, essentially dissolving the group, which had dwindled to a duo.

December 30, 1969 Psychedelic rockers The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band announce they're breaking up.

December 25, 1969 16-year-old Robbie Bachman of Winnipeg, Canada, receives his first drum kit for Christmas and begins to play along with his older brother, guitarist Randy. Just three years later, Randy asks him to join his new band, named Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

December 23, 1969 Elton John meets for the first time with what would become his classic team - songwriter Bernie Taupin, arranger Paul Buckmaster, and producer Gus Dudgeon - to begin work on his first solo album.

October 18, 1969 Rod Stewart joins Faces, formerly known as Small Faces.

September 20, 1969 John Lennon leaves The Beatles but agrees to not make an official announcement. The recording of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" marks the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio.

August 20, 1969 Frank Zappa shuts down his Mothers of Invention - he will resurrect the band a few months later.

July 19, 1969 The Spencer Davis Group breaks up. Steve and Muff Winwood left the band in 1967, but the band continued on with less success without them before calling it quits.

July 2, 1969 Mountain form in Long Island with former Vagrants member Leslie West at the helm.

June 4, 1969 Nicky Hopkins leaves The Jeff Beck Group.

April 6, 1969 Original bassist Pete Quaife leaves The Kinks. Nobby Dalton takes his place.

February 4, 1969 In response to the other Beatles hiring Allen Klein as manager the day before, Paul McCartney hires his father-in-law's firm, Eastman & Eastman, as general legal counsel for Apple Corps.

February 3, 1969 Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr hire Allen Klein as the group's new manager, against the express wishes of Paul McCartney, who preferred his father-in-law Lee Eastman. The dissension is a deciding factor in the group's breakup a year later.

January 2, 1969 The Beatles begin work on what becomes their Let It Be album and accompanying film. The project is filled with tension as the band quarrels over the songs and the direction of the band. Both the film and the album are eventually released after the band breaks up.

December 30, 1968 Peter Tork leaves The Monkees, paying $160,000 to buy out his contract.

December 22, 1968 Singer Eric Burdon leaves The Animals for a solo career.

December 8, 1968 Graham Nash plays his last gig with The Hollies, a charity concert in London. He moves on with Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Hollies replace him with Terry Sylvester and continue their hit-making ways with "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress."

December 7, 1968 Lead singer Eric Burdon announces that The Animals will call it quits by the end of the year. Burdon later joins the band War.

November 20, 1968 Janis Joplin's manager Albert Grossman approaches Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites about creating her new backup group, which becomes the Kozmic Blues Band.

September 28, 1968 Questioning the band's commitment, Janis Joplin announces (through her manager, Albert Grossman) that she will be leaving Big Brother & the Holding Company. Her new group, The Kozmic Blues Band, doesn't last long, and she eventually records as a solo artist.

August 22, 1968 In the middle of recording "Back In The U.S.S.R.," Beatles drummer Ringo Starr gets frustrated, leaves the session, and takes a vacation to Sardinia. Paul McCartney takes his place on drums to complete the track. When Ringo returns, he's welcomed back with flowers on his drum kit.

July 29, 1968 Refusing to play in front of the country's segregated audiences, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds on the eve of a South African tour.

July 10, 1968 Eric Clapton announces the breakup of the supergroup Cream, currently finishing up its last tour.

July 7, 1968 The Yardbirds disband immediately after a gig in Luton, England. Jimmy Page begins forming what will become Led Zeppelin.

May 5, 1968 Buffalo Springfield play their last concert, a show in Long Beach, California. They would get back together in 2010 and tour in 2011.

April 10, 1968 Bill Kreutzmann invites Mickey Hart to join Grateful Dead as its second drummer.

January 1, 1968 The Berkeley, California, swamp-rockers The Golliwogs change their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival.