Rock & Roll Birthdays

injinji

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Jun 3, 2021

• #4,381

• 1897 Memphis Minnie [Lizzie Douglas], American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Bumble Bee"; "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"), born in Algiers, Louisiana (d. 1973)

 

injinji

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Jun 3, 2021

• #4,382

• 1924 Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), born in Ruleville, Mississippi (d. 1997)

 

injinji

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Jun 3, 2021

• #4,383

• 1939 Ian Hunter, English rock singer (Mott the Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"; "Roll Away The Stone"), born in Oswestry, England

 

injinji

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Jun 3, 2021

• #4,384

• 1942 Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and soul musician ("Freddie's Dead"; "Superfly"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)

 

injinji

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Jun 3, 2021

• #4,385

• 1944 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969-71; Firefall, 1974-80), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1993)

 

injinji

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Jun 3, 2021

• #4,386

• 1965 Mike Gordon, American rock bassist, banjo player (Phish), and filmmaker, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts

 

injinji

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Jun 4, 2021

• #4,387

• 1937 Freddy Fender, American musician ("Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"; "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"), born in San Benito, Texas (d. 2006)

 

injinji

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Jun 4, 2021

• #4,388

• 1957 Tinsley Ellis, American electric blues guitarist, and singer, born in Atlanta, Georgia

 

injinji

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Jun 5, 2021

• #4,389

• 1937 Floyd Butler, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction - "Grazing In The Grass"), born in San Diego, California (d. 1990)

 

injinji

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Jun 5, 2021

• #4,390

• 1946 Frederick "Freddie" Stone, American rock guitarist (Sly & The Family Stone - "Dance To The Music"), born in Vallejo, California

 

injinji

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Jun 5, 2021

• #4,391

• 1947 Tom Evans, British rock guitarist, bass player, and singer-songwriter (Badfinger -"Without You": "Maybe Tomorrow"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1983)

 

injinji

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Jun 6, 2021

• #4,392

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

 

injinji

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Jun 7, 2021

• #4,393

• 1944 Clarence White, American session and country-rock guitarist (The Byrds, 1968-73 - "Ballad of Easy Rider"), born in Lewiston, Maine (d. 1973)

 

injinji

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Jun 7, 2021

• #4,394

1958 Prince [Rogers Nelson], American funk, rock, R&B singer-songwriter and musician ("1999"; "Purple Rain"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2016)

 

injinji

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Jun 8, 2021

• #4,395

• 1944 Boz Scaggs [William Royce], American rock singer-songwriter ("Lowdown"; "Lido Shuffle"), born in Dallas, Texas

Let's see if YT will let this one stand.

 

injinji

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Jun 8, 2021

• #4,396

1951 Tony Rice, American bluegrass guitarist (J.D. Crowe and the New South), born in Danville, Virginia (d. 2020)

 

injinji

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Jun 8, 2021

• #4,397

• 1979 Derek Trucks, American guitarist and founder of Grammy Award-winning The Derek Trucks Band (Tedeschi Truck Band), born in Jacksonville, Florida

 

injinji

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Jun 9, 2021

• #4,398

• 1915 Les Paul [Polsfuss], American guitarist, songwriter and inventor (solid-body electric guitar), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin (d. 2009)

 

injinji

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Jun 9, 2021

• #4,399

• 1934 Wild Jimmy Spruill, American blues guitarist, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 1996)

Once in a while you have to scratch.

 

injinji

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Jun 9, 2021

• #4,400

• 1941 Jon Lord, British keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"; Whitesnake), born in Leicester, England (d. 2012)

On the Saipan I worked in the shop that was in charge of the PA systems. We hid an amp between two bins and put the speakers up in the ribs along the bulkhead. We played the hell out of this song at very high volume way too much. Don't really care for it now, but at the time we all loved it.