took me a while, nice and obtuse ...I was actually originally looking for a top-hat emoji to place after 'Luton'
John Bonham, English rock drummer (Led Zeppelin), born in Redditch in 1948, (d) 1980... Dave and Chilcs have covered him already, I'll just add what Dave Grohl said about him.. "John Bonham played the drums like someone who didn't know what was going to happen next—like he was teetering on the edge of a cliff. No one has come close to that since, and I don't think anybody ever will. I think he will forever be the greatest drummer of all time."
55... Wendy Smith, guitarist, backing vocalist for Prefab Sprout was born in Middlebrough in 1963... Paddy McAloon wrote this for her baby daughter...
Quite intrigued to read about the Psychedelic Furs on an earlier post. Not sure if anyone is appreciative that the saxophonist with the is band is Chicago based avant gardist Mars Williams who can be found of a number of albums by the likes of Harrison Bankhead and Ken Vandermark. Here he is with pianist Paul Giallorenzo's "GitGo Quintet" which also includes the wonderful Jeb Bishop on trombone.
With regard to the earlier Miles post, I think most people agree this was his best band. TOny Williams was only 17 when he joined this quintet but he managed to revolutionise drumming. Got to say that Herbie Hancock is probably my favourite pianist but the other members of the band, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter helped elevate this group to what many believe was the greatest jazz group ever.
With reference to the earlier Benny Goodman post, I love the sextet tracks which featured the pioneering electric guitar of Charlie Christian which was not only innovative from a technical point of few but something of a precursor to the way musicians would open jazz up with Be-bop.
71...Ronnie Wood, rock guitarist, songwriter (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones) was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex in 1947... He briefly played in this highly influential, but commercially unsuccessful 60s Garage/Psych Rock band...
44...Alanis Morisette, Canadian-America vocalist,songwriter (Jagged Little Pill), born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1974...
66....Punk rock guitarist John Ellis (of The Vibrators) was born in Kentish Town, London in 1952.. He wrote this...
68...Punk/New Wave singer, songwriter Tom Robinson of Tom Robinson Band was born in Cambridge in 1950... Played Power in the Darkness to death when it was first released, this was the lead track...
Love this . Have seen them a few times live , but only in fairly recent years . Never seen them play this , despite my shouting / pleading with them to play it . Infighting to blame no doubt !
What ever happened to her ? Yes , I could Google it , but I know , you know your stuff . She was great in Dogma
She's got a full album of brand new material in the pipeline, supposed to be out this year, that's about all I know really mate.
Legend of Social and Politically conscious African American music, Curtis Mayfield was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942...
