birthday
Happy birthday to Nils Lofgren, born on 21st June 1953, American musician. He joined Neil Young’s band aged 17, playing piano on the album After the Gold Rush. From 1971 to 1974 he recorded four albums with his own band, Grin. He had the 1976 solo album, ‘Cry Tough’. Joined Bruce Springsteen E Street Band […]
The Kinks’ Ray Davies celebrating his 74th birthday today. Ray is one of those guys we could go on for days about, but we are sure you are familiar with his work. We’ll ask you one of our normal question though. If you could go to Ray’s birthday party tonight, and Ray told you he […]
Happy birthday to Brian Wilson, born on 20th June 1942, American singer, songwriter with The Beach Boys who scored the 1966 UK & US No.1 single ‘Good Vibrations’, plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles. The 1966 classic album Pet Sounds is widely considered to be one of the most influential albums in music […]
Heart’s Ann Wilson has one more candle on her birthday cake today. Ann is regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history. She was listed as one of the “Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time” by Hit Parader magazine in 2006. We would think she is also one of the […]
Harry Nilsson would have been celebrating his 77th birthday today. Harry is one of those people we could go on for days about. His music, his friends, his partying etc. But we think this comment kind of sums it all up. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce […]
Brad Carlson is celebrating his 68th birthday today. Brad in his own way is responsible for how live music is played today by many. You will know Brad better as Cheap Trick’s original drummer Bun E. Carlos. Back in the early 70’s when Trick was just starting, they took a little different approach to how […]
ZZ Top’s drummer, Frank Beard is celebrating his 69th birthday today. When ZZ Top started, Beard was known by the nickname “Rube” and was credited as “Rube Beard” on the first album and on Tres Hombres, the band’s third album, but is listed under his real name on Rio Grande Mud, their second album. After […]
Pinky Tuscadero’s little sister ‘Leather’ is celebrating her 68th birthday today. OK, if you’re not familiar with the 70’s TV show “Happy Days” you probably have no clue what we are talking about. Let’s try it this way. One of the first and biggest female ‘real rockers’, Suzi Quatro is celebrating her birthday today. She […]
Happy birthday to Ian Hunter, born on 3rd June 1939, vocals, guitar with Mott The Hoople, who had the 1972 UK No.3 & US No.37 single ‘All The Young Dudes’ which was written for them by David Bowie. Other hits include, ‘All the Way from Memphis’ and ‘Roll Away the Stone’. As a solo artist […]
If it was the birthday of a guitarist for The Rolling Stones, we would make sure we told you about it. If it was the birthday of a guitarist for The Jeff Beck Group, we would tell you about it. If it was the birthday of a guitarist of The Faces we would tell you […]