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Sammy Lawhorn, best known as a guitarist with Muddy Waters' band, dies aged 54 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, of natural causes. In a long career, he also although he also accompanied many other blues musicians including Otis Spann, Willie Cobbs, Eddie Boyd, Roy Brown, Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton and Junior Wells.
The Oak Ridge Boys play at The F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. 
Nirvana play 
Don Henley plays at The Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Acclaimed and influential old time banjo player Snuffy Jenkins dies in Columbia, South Carolina, USA, as a result of colon cancer.
On her Heart Of Stone tour, Cher plays the last of three nights at The Copa Room, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. 
On their 
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour, Janet Jackson plays the second of four nights at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
On their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, England, UK.
Floyd Butler, co-leader of successful late60s/early 70s pop-soul combo The Friends Of Distinction, dies of a heart attack, aged 52, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beautiful South play at The Philipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, USA, honours a former student, folk singer Burl Ives, by naming an art studio after the 81-year-old recording artist and actor, who enrolled at the college in 1929 but dropped out in his third year as his grades slipped. Ives attends the naming ceremony and says it felt good to be back at Eastern, despite not having a degree.
Jerry Garcia, Pete Sears, Nick Gravenites and Animal Mind perform Born In Chicago at the Brian Willson Defense Committee benefit in The South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California, USA. Jackson Brown and Mimi Farina also play at this event.