Happy 68th Birthday to The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Asia and most notably Emerson, Lake & Palmer Drummer and Percussionist. Carl Palmer who was born on this day in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1950. Here is one of his famous epic drum solos....
Scottish Indie band Franz Ferdinand Frontman, Musician and Co-Songwriter, Alex Kapranos turns 46 today having been born in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire on this day in 1972...
Any other Roddy Frame fans? He seems to get overlooked when guitar greats are discussed. I think he wrote this one when he was still at school.
I think that is the version from his live LP, Stage that came out in '78. I wore that album out in my late teens... There are superb versions of Heroes and Warszawa on it also.
Yeah, I think I mentioned on his birthday post that I thought that he should've been much bigger than he was, he wrote some fine songs.
Happy 51st Birthday to Electronica/Techno band Prodigy Co-Vocalist and Co-Songwriter, Keith "Maxim" Palmer who was born in Peterborough on this day in 1967...
70's Soul Singer, Russell Thomkins Jr of The Stylistics turns 67 today, having been born in Philadelphia in 1951...
Frontman and Lead Guitarist of Scottish Alternative/Indie Pop band The Soup Dragons, Sean Dickson is 61 today, having been born in Belshill in 1957...
Happy 68th Birthday to Soft Rock band, Supertramp Co-Vocalist, Musician and Songwriter, Roger Hodgson who was born on this day in Portsmouth in 1950...
Canadian Pop Punk band Sum 41's Frontman, Guitarist and Songwriter, Deryck Whibley is 38 today, having been born in Toronto in 1980...