Rock & Roll Birthdays

injinji · Apr 7, 2021

1938 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"; New Riders of the Purple Sage), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)

Amos Otis · Apr 7, 2021

1942 Roger Chapman, English rock vocalist

As great a song as has ever been crafted and executed, featuring John Wetton pre King Crimson and Asia.

injinji · Apr 8, 2021

1947 Steve Howe, English progressive rock guitarist (Yes - "Roundabout"; Asia - "Heat Of The Moment"), born in London, England

injinji · Apr 9, 2021

1895 (Beau De Glen) "Mance" Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist ("Shine On, Harvest Moon"), born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1976)

injinji · Apr 9, 2021

1932 Carl Perkins, American rockabilly singer and songwriter ("Blue Suede Shoes"; "Honey Don't"), born in Jackson, Tennessee (d. 199

injinji · Apr 10, 2021

1947 Bunny Wailer [Neville O'Riley Livingston], Jamaican vocalist and percussionist (The Wailers with Bob Marley), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2021)

Bunny Wailer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Wailer was born Neville O'Riley Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston.[6] He spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two young boys befriended each other quickly.[7] The boys both came from single-parent families; Livingston was brought up by his father, Marley by his mother.[8][9] Later, Wailer's father Thaddeus "Thaddy Shut" Livingston lived with Marley's mother Cedella Booker in Trenchtown and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston.[9] Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with Wailer's sister Shirley, making Andrew his nephew.[10]

injinji · Apr 10, 2021

1950 Eddie Hazel, American pop guitarist (Funkadelic - "Uncle Jam Wants You"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)

injinji · Apr 10, 2021

1957 Steve Gustafson, American bass guitarist (10,000 Maniacs), born in Seville, Spain

Amos Otis · Apr 11, 2021

1971 Oliver Riedel, German bassist

injinji · Apr 11, 2021

1913 John Lee Granderson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, born in Ellendale, Tennessee (d. 1979)

injinji · Apr 11, 2021

1961 Nigel Pulsford, British rock guitarist (Bush - Sixteen Stone), born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

injinji · Apr 11, 2021

1987 Joss Stone [Joscelyn Stoker], English singer-songwriter (The Soul Sessions), born in Dover, Kent
https://www.onthisday.com/people/joss-stone

Amos Otis · Apr 11, 2021

1944 John Kay

perhaps my all time favorite clip

injinji · Apr 12, 2021

1915 Hound Dog Taylor [Theodore Roosevelt], American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1975)

injinji · Apr 12, 2021

1944 John Kay [Joachim Krauledat], German-born Canadian rock singer (Steppenwolf), born in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany

injinji · Apr 12, 2021

1954 Pat Travers, Canadian rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight), born in Toronto, Ontario

injinji · Apr 13, 2021

1934 Horace Kay, American soul singer (Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"; "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1995)