Back from the Stones gig tonight at St.Marys. Loved it! Supported by the Vaccines too who I'm also a big fan of. Apparently the Stones haven't played Southampton since 1966, 23 years before I was even born. Unbelievable the show they still put on given their age and the lives they've lived.
63...Topper Headon (drummer for The Clash) was born Nicholas Bowen Headon in Bromley, Kent in 1955. His nickname comes from the comic Topper because he looks like the character Mickey the Monkey. Here's what Wiki says about his distictive drumming style... As a drummer, Headon often employed a distinctive style which emphasised a simple bass-snareup-down beat, accentuated with closed hi-hat flourishes. Such a method can be found in the songs "Clampdown", "Train in Vain", and "Lost in the Supermarket". His drumming on "Train in Vain" has been characterised as one of the most important and distinctive beats in rock music.[15] Writes Scott Kenemore, "his contribution to the music was tremendous, and his drumming remains an undiscovered treasure for too many." He wrote all of the music and recorded most of the the instrumentation before Strummer added the lyrics to this...
51... Tim Burgess, indie rock vocalist, songwriter for The Charlatans (The Only One I Know) was born in Salford in 1967...
52... Stephen Malkmus, American singer,songwriter and musician for Indie/Alternative Rock band Pavement, was born in Santa Monica, California in 1966...
Benny Goodman, clarinetist and bandleader (King of Swing), born in Chicago, Illinois in 1909, (d) 1986...
Missed the anniversary of Carl Radle’s (Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton) death yesterday. “Layla” was the 2nd album I bought and always loved this track ....
You know the one about the drummer who goes into a shop and says: “I’d like to buy a guitar please”, to which the shop assistant replies: “You’re a drummer aren’t you?” “How do you know that?” “Because this is a fishmonger’s”. Seriously, when you hear the noise he was making with a normal kit with just one kicker it’s amazing! Carl Palmer used to tour with a kit that weighed in at 4 tons, and couldn’t hold a candle to Bonham.
