Rock & Roll Birthdays

[Amos Otis]

1950 Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter

and Dave's brother

 

[injinji]

1942 Heinz [Burt], British rock bassist (The Tornados - "Telstar"), born in Detmold, The Free State of Lippe (now Germany) (d. 2000)

 

[injinji]

1944 Jim Armstrong, Irish rock guitarist (Them), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

[injinji]

1957 Robbie Grey, English rocker (Modern English)

 

[Amos Otis]

1943 Jim McCarty, English rock drummer

 

[Amos Otis]

1948 Steve Goodman

 

[Amos Otis]

1951 Verdine White, American bassist

 

[injinji]

1930 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, born in London (d. 2020)

 

[injinji]

1943 Jim McCarty, English rock drummer

From wiki wiki:

James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance.[1][2] Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only member of the band to feature in every lineup.

Why couldn't they all be that easy?

 

[injinji]

1943 Roy Acuff Jr., American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee

 

[injinji]

1948 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter (City of New Orleans), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)

 

[injinji]

 

[injinji]

1940 Dobie Gray [Lawrence Brown], American musician and singer (Drift Away), born in Simonton, Texas (d. 2011)

 

[injinji]

1943 Mick Jagger, English rock vocalist (Rolling Stones), born in Dartford, Kent

 

[injinji]

1947 Al Anderson, American songwriter and guitarist (NRBQ - "Ridin' In My Car"), born in Windsor, Connecticut

These guys were really good at being bad. Crazy thing is once the real music starts, it has a minute or two where it doesn't suck.

 

[injinji]

1949 Roger Taylor, English rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), born in Norfolk, England

 

[injinji]

1963 Andy Timmons, American guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It), born in Scottsdale, Arizona

 

[Amos Otis]

1938 Bobby Hebb

highly recommended....the first half.

 

[Amos Otis]

1941 Brenton Wood

 

[too larry]

1944 Bobbie Gentry [Roberta Streeter], American singer and songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe), born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi