Rock & Roll Birthdays

[Amos Otis]

1954 Wreckless Eric

 

[too larry]

1942 Rodney Dillard

Rodney on guitar and last vocal. Maybe the inspiration for Tommy Smothers, if you're old enough to remember him.

Guitar and vocals

Called by Rolling Stone magazine the fathers of country rock.

covering John and Paul

Who you calling old? I've got 6-7 months left in my 50's. His shtick does look a lot like theirs.

 

[Amos Otis]

1949 Dusty Hill

 

[Amos Otis]

1951 Joey Ramone, [Jeffrey Hyman]

 

[Amos Otis]

1954 Phil Rudd, Australian rock drummer

 

[Amos Otis]

1972 Jenny Berggren

 

[injinji]

1940 Shorty Long [Frederick Earl Long], American soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1969)

 

[injinji]

1944 Joe Cocker, English rock vocalist (With a Little Help from My Friends), born in Sheffield England, (d. 2014)

 

[injinji]

1946 Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian], American singer and actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask), born in El Centro, California (a shining light for drag queens everywhere)

 

[injinji]

1954 James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)

After reading A Painted House by John Grisham I got some insight into how these boys might have turned out like they did.

 

[injinji]

1955 Steve George, rock keyboardist (Mr Mister)

 

[injinji]

1958 Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer, guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)

 

[injinji]

1954 James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)

After reading A Painted House by John Grisham I got some insight into how these boys might have turned out like they did.

Not James Henderson, but his bandmate. Still quite an insight into life in and around Black Oak Arkansas back in the day.

 

[Amos Otis]

1960 Susan Cowsill

with Vicky Petersen and band. Tight band.

 

[injinji]

1904 Fats Waller [Thomas Wright], American jazz singer and composer (Ain't Misbehavin', Hot Chocolate), born in NYC, New York (d. 1943)

 

[injinji]

1941 Ronald Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

 

[injinji]

1943 Hilton Valentine, British rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) born in North Shields, Northumberland, England

 

[injinji]

1954 Marc Ribot, American guitarist (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn), born in Newark, New Jersey

 

[injinji]

1955 Stan Lynch, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers), born in Gainesville, Florida

 

[injinji]

1942 Calvin Simon, American rock vocalist (Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove), born in Beckley, West Virginia