The Allman Brothers Band played the Boston Tea Party on this night in 1970. What album had they released only weeks earlier?

Answer: Idlewild South

Here’s the rest of the Rock n’ Roll Diary for November 19:

• 1975: J. Geils Band played a show in Detroit, which would become part of the group’s live album Blow Your Face Out. Tracks recorded at the Boston Garden around the same time are also used.
• 1978: The Doobie Brothers play the Music Hall.
• 1979: Chuck Berry is released from a two and a half month stint in prison for income tax evasion. Berry had shortchanged the government to the tune of $200,000.
• 1984: Don Henley releases his very successful solo album, Building The Perfect Beast, in 1984.
• 1987: It was John Mellencamp at the Boston Garden.
• 1995: Part 1 of The Beatles anthology documentary miniseries aires on ABC-TV. The program features the debut of the first new Beatles song in 25 years, “Free as a Bird.” The show attracted 47 million viewers.

• 2002: Queen’s Brian May receives an honorary degree in astronomy from Hertfordshire University in England. Before joining Queen he was studying astronomy.
• 2004: Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is named the greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone.

From the WZLX ticket stash…The Allman Brothers played the Boston Tea Party in 1970.

That’s it for the diary, from the college of classic rock knowledge, 100.7 WZLX, Boston’s classic rock!