Rock & Roll Birthdays

injinji · Apr 13, 2021

1966 Marc Ford, American guitarist (The Black Crowes - "Hard To Handle"), born in Los Angeles, California

injinji · Apr 14, 2021

1932 Loretta Lynn, American country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter"; "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"), born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky

injinji · Apr 14, 2021

1945 Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist (Rainbow - "Stone Cold"; Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"), born in Weston-super-Mare, England

injinji · Apr 15, 2021

1930 Richard Davis, American jazz bassist described as "the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album" (Van Morrison's Astral Weeks), born in Chicago, Illinois

injinji · Apr 15, 2021

1933 Roy Clark, American country and bluegrass singer, guitarist, and banjo player (Hee Haw; The Tonight Show), born in Meherrin, Virginia (d. 201

injinji · Apr 16, 2021

1943 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), born in London, England (d. 2000)

injinji · Apr 16, 2021

1947 Gerry Rafferty, Scottish guitarist and vocalist (Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You"; solo -"Baker Street"), born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (d. 2011)

injinji · Apr 19, 2021

1928 Alexis Korner, British blues musician (Blues Inc - "Bootleg Him"), born in Paris, France (d. 1984)

injinji · Apr 19, 2021

1942 Alan Price, English rock keyboardist (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), born in Fatfield, Washington, England

injinji · Apr 19, 2021

1947 Mark Volman, American rock and roll musician and songwriter (The Turtles - "Happy Together"), born in Los Angeles, California

topcat · Apr 19, 2021

injinji said:
1947 Mark Volman, American rock and roll musician and songwriter (The Turtles - "Happy Together"), born in Los Angeles, California

"The Phlorescent Leech" :clap:

injinji · Apr 20, 2021

1945 Jimmy Winston [Langwith], British rock organist (Small Faces, 1965), and actor (Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks), born in London, England

injinji · Apr 21, 2021

1947 Iggy Pop [James Osterberg], American singer and lyricist known as "The Godfather of Punk" (The Stooges - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"; solo - "Lust For Life"), born in Muskegon, Michigan

injinji · Apr 21, 2021

1947 John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)

injinji · Apr 21, 2021

1967 Michael Franti, American musician (The Beatnigs, Spearhead), born in Oakland, California

injinji · Apr 22, 2021

1936 Glen Campbell, American country-pop singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy"; "Wichita Lineman"; "Southern Nights"), guitarist, and actor (True Grit), born in Delight, Arkansas (d. 2017)