A pair of Monkees were born on this day, Guitarist and Songwriter, Mike Nesmith in Houston in 1942 and Singer Davy Jones in Manchester in 1945...
Happy 48th Birthday to Jay Kay, Frontman of Funk/ Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai who was born Jason Luis Cheetham on this day in Wangford, Suffolk in 1969..
A song for Alex and his excellent display today from one of my favourite anti-Thatcher indie bands from the 80s...
Ok, no Birthdays today, but here are a few belated ones from yesterday that I couldn't post. Happy 58th Birthday to Minneapolis Punk band and Alternative Rock pioneers, The Replacements Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter, Paul Westerberg who was born in Minnesota yesterday in 1959... He wrote this tribute to one of my music heroes...
Happy 75th Birthday to The Police Lead Guitarist, Co Songwriter and occasional Lead Singer, Andy Summers who was born Andrew Somers yesterday in Lancashire in 1942... He wrote this instrumental...
"Mother Nature's Son" as Macca described him, Folkie John Denver was born yesterday in Roswell, New Mexico in 1943.. This was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar...
His kids went to the British Primary School in Stockholm at the same time as mine and I stood next to him at the carol concert He was a very nice bloke actually - very approachable and his wife looked the spitting image of Agnetha
Another new A Perfect Circle song. New album should be good if the first 2 songs are anything to go by.