And on drums.......

[cozmik_cowboy]

Well, it's after midnight here, so technically I missed it - but I'm still up, so I say it counts: Happy Birthday Bill The Drummer! Mr. Kruetzmann is 74 today (May 7).


Also (it apparently being a day for percussive babies), Vince Welnick's old bandmate Charles Lempriere "Prairie" Prince is 70 today.

Peter

[edwin]

I heard three different shows where Bob announced his birthday. Only one was correct, 5/7/77.

[cozmik_cowboy]

My first 2 shows, consecutive nights, he announced Billy's birthday both nights.  It was December.  Seems to be a theme with ol' Ace, eh?

A few months later, spring '80, he gave us "I'd like to take advantage of one of our interminable tuning breaks to announce Billy's write-in candidacy for President; 'A vote for Kruetzmann is a vote for dancing in the streets!'".  That was the year we were faced with the choice of Carter or Reagan.  I gave it all due consideration, and there was at least one ballot marked "William 'Fairplay' Kruetzmann"........................

Peter

[rv_bass]

According to Bob Weir, Chuck Berry has numerous birth dates throughout the year as well.

[cozmik_cowboy]

All some of his milder humor; I heard/read/saw somewhere a while back one of the Dead's entourage (sorry, couldn't tell you who; might have been Parish) say that typical Bobby yuks is something like (as the person said had happened to him) standing in line at the airport & Mr. Weir turns to him and asks (just loud enough to be heard at the counter) "Do you really think that fake passport's going to work?"

Peter