Happy 78th Birthday to Jazz Fusion Pianist, Keyboardist, Bandleader, Composer and Actor, Herbie Hancock who was born on this day in Chicago in 1940...
shame the sounds so bad but what a concert! (P.S. the exit festival is THE eastern European festival, every July in my home town!)
Belated Happy Birthday yesterday to ex-Skids and Big Country guitarist, the late Stuart Adamson. This song is of course most familiar to Saints fans:
Happy 72nd Birthday to Soul and Gospel Legend, The Reverend Al Green who was born Albert Greene on this day in Forrest City, Arkansas in 1946...
Singer, Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist for 70s Southern Rock band, Little Feat, Lowell George was born on this day in Hollywood, Califonia in 1945... He died of a heart attack in 1979 aged 34.
Original Singer, Songwriter and Rhythm Guitarist for Garage Rock band Flamin' Groovies, Roy Loney turns 72 today having been born in San Francisco in 1946..
Blondie Keyboardist and Co-Songwriter, Jimmy Destri turns 64 today having been born in Brooklyn in 1954... He wrote one of my favourite songs of theirs, here is a live version and a mimed one, can you spot the difference?...