Robert Junior Lockwood (1915)
Johnny Copeland (1937)

Johnny sat in for a goodly chunk of SRV's Rockpalast gig; that dude was so badass that he made a short-sleeved powder blue leisure suit look cool!

Peter

Paul Jackson (1947)

Peter

Sue Foley (1968)

Peter

Eric Clapton (1945)
David Ball (1950)

Peter

Mick Ralphs (1944)
Greg Martin (1953) 

And, alas, I just learned Mr. Martin passed Feb 27.

Peter

Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (1921)
Ronnie Lane (1946)
Me (1956)

Peter

Well happy birthday, Coz!   Hitting the big 70!   An April Fools day baby ... whooda thunk it!

Bill, tgo

Nephew shares this Foolish Bday as well!

Happy Birthday Peter!

And as regards Arthur Smith, I grew up in a small town near Charlotte, NC, and early in the morning one of the two local tv stations hosted the Arthur Smith show (I don't recall the actual name of the show).  It was Arthur Smith and his band; and they were good.

Thanks, guys.

We never got that one in SE OH, Dave.  Ernest Tubbs, yep.  Porter Wagoner, you betcha.  Jimmy Dean, of course.  But not Arthur Smith, alas.

Peter

Larry Coryell (1943)
Kurt Winter (1946)
Leon Wilkeson (1952)

Peter

Richard Thompson (1949)
Carl Verheyen (1954)

I will pause here to note that there are great guitarists who write songs, and there are great songwriters who play guitar.  There aren't many who are great at both; Mr. Thompson is right up at or very close to the top of that short list.

Peter (who you will not convince that "Walkin' On A Wire" isn't the greatest breakup song ever recorded - especially considering that he wrote & Linda sang it on their last album as musical and matrimonial partners)

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on April 03, 2026, 07:14:23 AM
Peter (who you will not convince that "Walkin' On A Wire" isn't the greatest breakup song ever recorded - especially considering that he wrote & Linda sang it on their last album as musical and matrimonial partners)

I'll try, anyway.   Best breakup song is actually two as there are two perspectives of breakups, the dumper's and the dumpee's.   From the dumpee's perspective, the greatest breakup song is (perish the thought) the Eagles "Wasted Time".   As for the dumper's point of view, the greatest breakup song has to be Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover".

Now discuss it amongst yourselves.  I'm ferklempt.

Bill, tgo

Quote from: lbpesq on April 03, 2026, 09:06:00 AM

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on April 03, 2026, 07:14:23 AM
Peter (who you will not convince that "Walkin' On A Wire" isn't the greatest breakup song ever recorded - especially considering that he wrote & Linda sang it on their last album as musical and matrimonial partners)

I'll try, anyway.   Best breakup song is actually two as there are two perspectives of breakups, the dumper's and the dumpee's.   From the dumpee's perspective, the greatest breakup song is (perish the thought) the Eagles "Wasted Time".   As for the dumper's point of view, the greatest breakup song has to be Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover".

Now discuss it amongst yourselves.  I'm ferklempt.

Bill, tgo

Well, to divide it that way, I'd have to say that second place is a tie between Jason Isbel's "Death Wish" and just about any song on Amanda Shires's Nobody's Girl -  and not only because they're singing about each other.......


Peter

did they split up?