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1902 Langston Hughes , American
poet (Weary Blues),
playwright (Mulatto), and librettist (Troubled Island), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1967)
REK's take on this and other poets.
1938 Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish], American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention, 1965-69; Muffin Men, 1993-200
1939 Del McCoury, American bluegrass guitarist and singer, born in York, Pennsylvania
1948 Rick James [James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.], American funk
musician ("Super Freak"), born in Buffalo New York (d. 2004)
1950 Mike Campbell, American guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - "Breakdown"), born in Panama City, Florida
1951 Clide "Sonny" Landreth, American blues and zydeco slide guitar player, born in Canton, Mississippi The man keeps good company.
1979 Jason Isbell, American singer (Drive-By Truckers), born in Green Hill, Alabama
1942 Graham Nash, British-American musician and singer-songwriter (The Hollies - "Bus Stop"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Our House"), born in Blackpool, Lancashire
Feb. 3, 1947. Dave Davies. The lesser Davies. The Kinks. Tired of Waiting.
Melanie (Safka), Feb. 3, 1947. Look what they've done to my song, Ma.
1941 John Steel, British rock drummer (The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), born in Gateshead, County Durham, England
1948 Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier], American theatrical rock singer and songwriter ("School's Out"), born in Detroit, Michigan
1929 Hal Blaine [Harold Belsky], American pop and rock session drummer (The Wrecking Crew), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1942. Carole King. So far away.
1984 Gary Clark, Jr. American blues-rock-soul singer-songwriter and guitarist ("This Land"; The Story of Sonny Boy Slim), born in Austin, Texas
1950 Rick Medlocke, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Blackfoot), born in Jackson, Florida
1934 Skip Battin, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
1946 Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage; Great Speckled Bird), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2020)
, born in El Paso, Texas (d. 200
