Rock & Roll Birthdays

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• 1926 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), born in Mount Airy, North Carolina (d. 2012)

 

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• 1947 Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)

 

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1974Alanis Morissette, Canadian-America vocalist (Jagged Little Pill), born in Ottawa, Ontario

 

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• 1936 Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (4 Tops-Same Old Song), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 200

 

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• 1939 Gary U.S. Bonds [Gary Anderson], American blues singer and songwriter (New Orleans), born in Jacksonville, Florida

 

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• 1942 Howie Kane [Howard Kirshenbaum], American rocker (Jay and the Americans)

 

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• 1946 Tony [Anthony Frederick] Levin, American bassist (King Crimson), born in Boston, Massachusetts

 

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• 1917 Dean Martin [Dino Paul Crocetti], American singer and actor (Martin and Lewis, The Dean Martin Show), born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1995)

 

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Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016)

 

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• 1921 Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist, born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 199

 

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1940Tom Jones [Thomas John Woodward], Welsh singer (What's New Pussycat), born in Pontypridd, Wales

 

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• 1944 Clarence White, American guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!), born in Lewiston, Maine (d. 1973)

 

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• 1949 Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)

 

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Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016)

 

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I remember when that album came out. I know many people didn't care much for Prince but he was a very talented musician and a very overlooked guitar player.

It seems like yesterday I was cruising around in my 1969 Buick Skylark with Doves Cry blaring through my Pioneer speakers. Good times.

 

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I remember when that album came out. I know many people didn't care much for Prince but he was a very talented musician and a very overlooked guitar player.

It seems like yesterday I was cruising around in my 1969 Buick Skylark with Doves Cry blaring through my Pioneer speakers. Good times.

Yes, Prince was very good. Writer, singer, musician and dancer. It was his dancing that killed him. And it really wasn't even needed. The music would have stood on it's own, but he wanted the fans to have the full show.

Not very long after I got out of the Navy in '83 I got hooked up with a married woman. {crazy ass girl really. I was only 22 myself} Purple Rain got to be our song. We had an off and on relationship until I got married 8 years later. I never knew when she would show up, but it was always interesting times when she was around. Anytime I hear Purple Rain, it reminds me of her.

 

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• 1944 Clarence White, American guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!), born in Lewiston, Maine (d. 1973)

Clarence White was the guitarist that wowed a huge section of musicians in the day. Still referred to by many as "best ever". Was particularly known for his acoustic dread naught flat picking and inventing the b bender guitar along with Gene Parsons. Marty Stuart still owns the original b bender.

He wasn't with The Byrds yet at the time of that recording however, joining in a revamped Byrds with Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, and last original member Roger McGuinn much later.

Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender | Reverb Interview

 

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• 1949 Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)

Three dog Night is playing June 21st at the Elsinore theater in Salem Oregon 50 miles south of Portland down I-5 on June 21st. I'm thinking of going. Probably the last chance I'l get to see them.

https://elsinoretheatre.com/event-details-three-dog-night.html