Happy 68th Birthday to Damo Suzuki, Lead Singer of cult Krautrock band Can, who was born Kenji Suzuki in Japan in 1950....
Happy 37th Birthday to The Strokes Lead Guitarist, Nick Valensi, who was born in NYC on this day in 1981...
Happy Birthday to Indie band, The Ordinary Boys, Frontman, Preston who was born Samuel Preston on this day in Worthing in 1982...
Ray Phillips of Garage Rockers, The Nashville Teens was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff on this day in 1939...
I had no idea that Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues died on the 4th of January. Really sad to hear. He was such a great musician. Here he is with one of his compositions for one of the best bands of all time:
Happy 59th... Birthday to sex kitten Lead Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter of The Bangles, Susanna Hoffs who was born in Los Angeles on this day in 1959... She co-wrote this...
She has teamed up with Matthew Sweet to record three volumes of cover versions of songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s. I like their version of this Kirsty classic...
Happy 62nd Birthday to Blue Eyed Soul Singer, Paul Young who was born in Luton on this day in 1956... He was with these before he went solo...
Happy 63rd Birthday to Country Rocker, Steve Earle who was born in Fort Monroe, Virginia on this day in 1955...
We’d better have this one, featuring Sharon Shannon who according to John Peel has the nicest smile in music:
Sometimes I'm cynical about the digital age; cynical enough to kick the whole thing into touch, go back to vinyl, and confine my listening to analogue recordings laid down before 1989. But without youtube, I never would have discovered this Ozzie retro punk thing going on down under...