Non-musical history for today: 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. The copper rivets are to reinforce the points of stress, such as pocket corners and at the bottom of the button fly. Am I the only one that tends to get burned on them in the summer and you’ve sat out in your Levis in the sun? Yeah? Well, then…
Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 20.
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