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Title: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 23, 2026, 05:23:10 PM
Today Django Rheinhardt would have been 116.
Bahtalo bijandipe, Raj![/color][/color]Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: sonicus on January 24, 2026, 07:33:56 AM
Worth the rewards to be gained and thus to be gleaned through ultimate personal determination, although the physical obstacles seem unsurmountable at first inquiry and inspection. 
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 24, 2026, 08:50:03 AM
Today it's Warren Zevon, born this day in 1947.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 27, 2026, 08:51:03 AM
Elmore James (1918)
Buddy Emmons (1937)
G.E. Smith (1952)

Peter (who has a wall calendar full of these, and will continue to post the ones Worth Noting if you so desire.  Of course, that puts you at the mercy of his estimation of noteworthy........)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 28, 2026, 11:12:45 AM
Dick Taylor (1943)
Victor Bailey (1960)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 29, 2026, 08:49:36 AM
Louie Perez (1953)
Johnny Lang (1981)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 30, 2026, 06:14:41 AM
Marty Balin (1942)
Steve Marriot (1947)
Samantha Fish (1989)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on January 30, 2026, 09:08:56 AM
I enjoy seeing the names you're posting.  A moment of reflecting on each person.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 31, 2026, 07:46:00 AM
Terry Kath (1946)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: hg30904 on January 31, 2026, 03:45:32 PM
Appreciated
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 01, 2026, 06:44:47 AM
Don Everly (1937)
Mike Campbell (1950)
Sonny Landreth (1951)
Jason Isbel (1979)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on February 01, 2026, 09:09:30 AM
That's the fourth person you've listed who's younger than me.  I GOT A PROBLEM!!!!

hehehehe

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 01, 2026, 08:39:43 PM
Quote from: lbpesq on February 01, 2026, 09:09:30 AM
That's the fourth person you've listed who's younger than me.  I GOT A PROBLEM!!!!

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

Heck, they're even younger than me!


Peter (who will inform those not in on that dig that Bill lacks 8 days of being one whole year older than I......)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 02, 2026, 09:21:56 AM
Graham Nash (1942)
Peter Lucia (1948)
Al McKay (1949)

Fell better, now, Bill?  :)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 03, 2026, 02:35:36 PM
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935)
Dave Davies (1947)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 04, 2026, 10:42:27 AM
Paul Burlison (1929)
Jimmy Johnson (the Muscle Shoals studio cat, not our Jimmy) (1943)
Clint Black (1962)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 05, 2026, 09:03:29 AM
Al Kooper (1944)
J.R. Cobb (1944)
David Denny (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 06, 2026, 10:05:05 AM
Robert Nesta Marley (1945)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 07, 2026, 08:27:33 AM
Earl King (1934)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 08, 2026, 09:03:01 AM
Tom Rush (1941)
Creed Bratton (1943)

Peter (who includes Mr. Bratton not only for playing guitar in the Grass Roots, but for his role on the American version of The Office - as a character named Creed, who used to play guitar for the Grass Roots.......)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: pauldo on February 08, 2026, 05:00:14 PM
Creed was cool on the Office.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 09, 2026, 09:29:33 AM
Ernest Tubb (1914)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on February 09, 2026, 12:26:34 PM
Two wrongs don't make a right.

Back when I was in the house band at the Long Branch Saloon in Raleigh (a long, long time ago) we played Waltz Across Texas every night.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: edwardofhuncote on February 09, 2026, 04:10:06 PM
Quote from: David Houck on February 09, 2026, 12:26:34 PM
Two wrongs don't make a right.

Back when I was in the house band at the Long Branch Saloon in Raleigh (a long, long time ago) we played Waltz Across Texas every night.


May be the first 3/4-time song I had to learn. Also a good, long while ago. Wasn't in the house band, but regular rotation every weekend.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 10, 2026, 10:22:27 AM
Don Wilson (1937)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on February 10, 2026, 11:56:20 AM
Don Wilson of the Ventures?
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 10, 2026, 01:24:03 PM
Yep.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: hg30904 on February 10, 2026, 04:53:37 PM
Cliff Burton (1962)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 10, 2026, 08:56:40 PM
Quote from: hg30904 on February 10, 2026, 04:53:37 PM
Cliff Burton (1962)

As I said above; you will be at the mercy of my idea who's notable.......

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 11, 2026, 07:05:57 AM
Josh White (1914)
Gene Vincent (1935)
Seymore Duncan (1951)
Sheryl Crowe (1962)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 12, 2026, 08:43:54 AM
Steve Hackett (1950)
Brian Robertson (1956)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 13, 2026, 02:41:01 AM
Peter Tork (1943)

I will be away from my calendar for the next few days, so I fear we'll miss a few.  Catch you on Wednesday.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 18, 2026, 08:26:48 AM
Skip Battin (1934)
Paul Reed Smith (1956)

If anyone is interested in Feb 14-17, let me know & I'll tighten you up.

Peter (who is, as you can see, back home & back on the job)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 19, 2026, 04:00:06 AM
Tommy Iommi (1948)
Mark Andes (1948)
Andy Powell (1950)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 20, 2026, 10:38:54 AM
Buffy Saint-Marie (1941)
J Geils (1946)
Walter Becker (1950)
"Randy California" Wolfe (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 21, 2026, 10:00:22 AM
Andres Segovia (1893)
Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 22, 2026, 09:18:33 AM
Mick Green (1944)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 23, 2026, 09:38:49 AM
Johnny Winter (1944)
Rusty Young (1946)
Brad Whitford (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 25, 2026, 08:15:54 AM
Faron Young (1932)
George (1943)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 27, 2026, 09:55:34 PM
OK, I'm back on; maybe it'll not go all error message when I click "Post" this time.
Catching up, 2/26:
JR Cash (1932)
Paul Cotton (1954)

2/27:
Neil Schon (1954)

Peter

Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 28, 2026, 04:31:24 PM
John Fahey (1939)
Joe South (1940)
Brian Jones (1942)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 02, 2026, 08:35:29 AM
Rory Gallagher (1948)
Larry Carlton (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 03, 2026, 06:15:10 AM
Snowy White (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 04, 2026, 09:28:04 AM
Bobby Womack (1944)
Chris Squire (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: pauldo on March 04, 2026, 02:44:16 PM
Chris ♥️
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 05, 2026, 07:04:46 AM
Jimmy Bryant (1925)
J.B. Lenoir (1929)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 06, 2026, 10:54:23 AM
Furry Lewis (1893)
David Gilmour (1947)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 07, 2026, 09:58:52 AM
Chris White (1943)
Rocco Prestia (1951)
Ernie Isley (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 08, 2026, 02:06:01 PM
Randy Meisner (1946)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 09, 2026, 10:13:06 AM
John Cale (1942)
Robin Trower (1945)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on March 09, 2026, 12:47:53 PM
Are you sure it's not "John Cole"?

hehehehe

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 09, 2026, 03:57:16 PM
Quote from: lbpesq on March 09, 2026, 12:47:53 PM
Are you sure it's not "John Cole"?

hehehehe

Bill, tgo
And again, we are running parallel; I seriously considered adding something to that effect.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 10, 2026, 08:11:20 AM
Norman Blake (1938)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 11, 2026, 07:32:36 AM
Harvey Mandel (1945)
George Kooymans (1948)
Marcus King (1996)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on March 11, 2026, 11:03:39 AM
Had to look up George Kooymans.  Guitarist for Golden Earring.  Radar Love was a great song.  Really nice guitar work.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 11, 2026, 07:39:58 PM
Yeah, me too; I knew I knew the name, I just had no idea where from.
When I was driving from my college in IL to my then-GF's university in OH in my Spitfire (perhaps on occasion with my old pal Bennie co-driving, to make the parallel complete.........), "Radar Love" seemed to always come on the radio about 01:00 just as I crossed the IN-OH line ("No more speed, I'm almost there!").
I mean, every time!  Love that song.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 12, 2026, 05:51:47 AM
James Taylor (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 13, 2026, 09:22:46 AM
Billy Sherwood (1965)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 14, 2026, 07:52:44 AM
Oops - brain fart:  There was no one yesterday, so for some reason I posted Mr. Sherwood a day early.
My bad.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2026, 10:44:38 AM
That's okay; Billy Sherwood is a multi-instrumentalist and is multi-talented, so it's okay if he gets two days in a row since he frequently shows up doing two or more jobs on the same album.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 15, 2026, 09:56:18 AM
Lightnin' Hopkins (1912)
The Greatest Electric Bassist Who Ever Lived, Dr.* Philip Chapman Lesh (1940)
Howard Scott  (1946)
Ry Cooder (1947)

*University of West Virginia awarded Phil an honorary Doctorate in '22.  He is also in the WV Music Hall of Fame.  Why WV?  No idea......

Peter (who should note that these are coming from the Vintage Guitar magazine 2026 calendar - and so he lacks info on skin-beaters, ivory-ticklers, canaries, etc.)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 16, 2026, 09:59:43 AM
Jerry Jeff Walker (1942)
Michael Bruce (1948)
Ray Benson (1951)
Nancy Wilson (1954)  (The Heart guitarist, not the jazz singer)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 17, 2026, 06:24:35 AM
Paul Kantner (1941)
John Sebastion (1944)
Scott Gorham  (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 18, 2026, 10:02:19 AM
Bill Frisell (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 19, 2026, 06:13:05 AM
Paul Atkinson (1946)
Ricky Wilson (1953)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on March 19, 2026, 08:27:58 AM
Had to lookup both Atkinson and Wilson.  Zombies and B-52s.  Will probably listen to "She's Not There" and "Time Of The Season" later today.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 20, 2026, 09:49:32 AM
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915)
Jerry Reed (1937)
Jimmie Vaughan (1951)

Peter (who also had to look up Atkinson & Wilson)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on March 20, 2026, 02:54:08 PM
It's unfortunate that many would have to look up Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an unsung original creator of rock 'n roll.  Here's one of her tunes.  Swing over to the "What Are You Listening To Now" thread where I just posted a one hour documentary on the Sister.

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on March 20, 2026, 04:23:02 PM
I did not have to look up Sister Rosetta Tharpe.  As Bill says, she's one of the earliest pioneers of rock & roll.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 21, 2026, 05:14:02 AM
David Lindley (1944)
Roger Hodgson (1950)
Conrad Lozano (1951)
Danny Miranda (1964)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 22, 2026, 06:23:05 AM
George Benson (1943)
Randy Jo Hobbs (1948)

Peter (who save anyone the Google &sya that Mr. Hobbs was a bassist best known for playing with both Johnny & Edgar - but not Paul - Winter)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 23, 2026, 09:32:21 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on March 22, 2026, 06:23:05 AM

Peter (who save anyone the Google &sya that Mr. Hobbs was a bassist best known for playing with both Johnny & Edgar - but not Paul - Winter)

My keyboard keeps malfunctioning.  On both computers.  Yeah, that's the ticket.......

Stick McGhee (1918)
Phil Keaggy (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 24, 2026, 07:50:33 AM
Carol Kaye (1935)
Nick Lowe (1949)
Dougie Thomson (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 25, 2026, 08:34:35 AM
Bonnie Guitar (1923)
Hoyt Axton (1938)
Nathan Watts (1954)
Jeff Healy (1966)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 26, 2026, 08:03:36 AM
Fran Sheehan (1949)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 27, 2026, 08:12:39 AM
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
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 28, 2026, 10:01:52 AM
Paul Jackson (1947)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 29, 2026, 06:23:12 AM
Sue Foley (1968)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 30, 2026, 08:24:34 AM
Eric Clapton (1945)
David Ball (1950)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 31, 2026, 05:56:54 AM
Mick Ralphs (1944)
Greg Martin (1953) 

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

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 01, 2026, 07:04:21 AM
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (1921)
Ronnie Lane (1946)
Me (1956)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on April 01, 2026, 10:24:06 AM
Well happy birthday, Coz!   Hitting the big 70!   An April Fools day baby ... whooda thunk it!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: pauldo on April 01, 2026, 04:37:08 PM
Nephew shares this Foolish Bday as well!
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on April 01, 2026, 06:07:30 PM
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.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 01, 2026, 08:28:15 PM
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
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 02, 2026, 08:42:44 AM
Larry Coryell (1943)
Kurt Winter (1946)
Leon Wilkeson (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 03, 2026, 07:14:23 AM
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)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: 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
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 03, 2026, 04:29:55 PM
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
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: peoplechipper on April 03, 2026, 08:22:20 PM
did they split up?
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 03, 2026, 09:36:23 PM
Yeah, a year ago last month (for Jason & Amanda; for Richard & Linda it was '82).

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 04, 2026, 10:46:51 AM
Muddy Waters (1913)
Dave Hill (1946)
Berry Oakley (1948)
Gary Moore (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 05, 2026, 06:08:17 AM
"Guitar George" Baker (1938)
Peter Gifford (1955)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 06, 2026, 07:49:10 AM
Merle Haggard (1937)
Warren Haynes (1960)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 07, 2026, 07:31:25 AM
Mick Abrahams (1943)
Janis Ian (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 08, 2026, 07:36:16 AM
Steve Howe (1947)
Mel Schacher (1951)

I include Mel, even though his band was crap, because he himself was excellent.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 09, 2026, 08:21:15 AM
Carl Perkins (1932)
Bill tgo (1955)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on April 09, 2026, 09:33:23 AM
Well then happy birthday to Bill!
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 16, 2026, 02:32:52 PM
So, to catch up:

4/10:
Eddie Hazel (1950)
Brian Setzer (1959)

4/11:
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson* (1934)

4/12:
Pat travers (1954)
Vince Gill (1957)
Josh "Reverend" Peyton (1981)

4/13:
Jack Casady (1944)
Lowell George (1943)

4/14:
Ritchie Blackmore (1945)
June Millington (1948)

4/15:
Roy Clark (1933)
Dave Edmunds (1944)

4/16:
Dave Peverett (1943)
Mike Mitchell (1944)
Stefan Grossman (1945)
Duane Betts (1976)

*Not to be confused with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson 

Peter (who missed you folks)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 17, 2026, 08:21:31 AM
Roy Estrada (1943)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 18, 2026, 08:21:53 AM
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924)
Skip Spence (1946)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 19, 2026, 07:17:23 AM
Alexis Korner (1928)
Mark Volman (1944)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 21, 2026, 08:44:44 AM
Dennis "Mars Bonfire" Edmonton (1943)
John Weider (1947)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 22, 2026, 07:36:42 AM
Glen Campbell (1938)
Peter Frampton (1950)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: pauldo on April 23, 2026, 02:54:59 AM
Lineman for the county... ♥️
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 23, 2026, 08:34:07 AM
Quote from: pauldo on April 23, 2026, 02:54:59 AMLineman for the county... ♥️
Yeah - Jimmy Webb is one of the all-time great songwriters.  And Glen did his stuff pretty OK: "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"; not a bad partnership atall, atall.

No one today.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on April 23, 2026, 09:06:18 AM
I've read that Bob Dylan considers Wichita Lineman to be the best song ever written!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 23, 2026, 09:41:35 AM
Gotta be close, anyway; I mean, how many blue collar love songs are there?
Not C&W "Yeah, I'm a workin' man & yer my woman" ones, but everyday, out-on-a-non-glamourous-but-vital-job blue collar love songs?
It's freakin' brilliant.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 24, 2026, 07:19:36 AM
Glenn Cornick (1947)
Nigel Harrison (1951)

Bottom-heavy today.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 25, 2026, 09:05:34 AM
My favorite King, Albert (1923)
Stu Cook (1947)
J.D. Simo (1985)

Peter (who will emphasize that that first line in no way means he has any problem with B.B. or Freddie)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on April 25, 2026, 10:47:42 AM
My favorite King was Don... for his hair.

hehehehe

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 26, 2026, 08:34:02 AM
Some years back, I saw a cartoon; him as a kid (with the same hair, of course).  From off stage, a speech balloon:  "Donald King, I told you not to stick your thang in that electric outlet!"

Duane Eddy (1938)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: garyhead on April 26, 2026, 11:06:10 AM
Don't forget Ron Wickersham (1940).  He's the reason we're all here together.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on April 26, 2026, 06:57:42 PM
Quote from: garyhead on April 26, 2026, 11:06:10 AMDon't forget Ron Wickersham (1940).  He's the reason we're all here together.

    :)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 26, 2026, 08:47:09 PM
Ya know, it has been rankling me all day since I saw Gary's (greatly appreciated) post that the Vintage Guitar calendar lists people like Ace Frehley & David Cassidy - but not Ron
There oughta be a law!
In fact, let's get one - everybody, write to your elected officials repeatedly, and be such a massive cause of buttockal agony that just to shut us up, April 26 will be declared the federal Ron Wickersham Holiday!

Happy birthday, ron!

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 27, 2026, 09:44:06 AM
Pete Ham (1947)
John Osborne (1982)

Peter
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Post by: David Houck on April 27, 2026, 08:01:44 PM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on April 27, 2026, 09:44:06 AMPete Ham (1947)


The Pete Ham and Badfinger stories are quite sad.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: pauldo on April 28, 2026, 03:01:10 PM
Quote from: David Houck on April 27, 2026, 08:01:44 PMThe Pete Ham and Badfinger stories are quite sad.

I always liked Badfinger.  Wiki tells the story... very sad.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 29, 2026, 08:30:20 AM
Lonnie Donnegan (1931)
Willie (1933)
Klaus Voormann (1934)
Tommy James (1947)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 30, 2026, 07:29:21 AM
Johnny Horton (1925)
Wayne Kramer (1948)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 01, 2026, 08:43:22 AM
Orville Gibson (1856)
Judy Collins (1939)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 02, 2026, 07:54:48 AM
Link Wray (1929)
John Glascock (1951)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 03, 2026, 07:07:09 AM
Pete Seeger (1919)
Peter Staples (1944)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 04, 2026, 09:26:36 AM
#3 Son is 41 today; went looking for names to put in a congratulatory e-mail (can't him with the Haymarket riots & Kent State murders every year, ya know), so I have extra today.

Ed "Mr. Skin" Cassidy (1923)
Ron Carter (1937)
Dick Dale (1937)
Tyrone Davis (1938)
David LaFlamme (1941)
Nick Ashford (1941)
Stella Parton (1943)
Darryl Hunt (1950)
Sharon Jones (1956)
Randy Travis (1959)
And, of course, drummer & guitarist David Gerlach (1985)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 05, 2026, 04:27:37 AM
Marshall Grant (1928)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 07, 2026, 07:21:23 AM
5/6
Davy Johnstone (1951)

5/7
Carlos Alomar (1951)
Phil Campbell (1961)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 08, 2026, 07:10:05 AM
Robert Johnson (1911)
Ricky Nelson (1940)
Paul Samwell-Smith (1943)


Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 09, 2026, 07:32:29 AM
Hank Snow (1914)
Richie Furay (1944)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 10, 2026, 07:26:22 AM
Donovan Leach (1946)
Dave Mason (1946)

Peter
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Post by: adriaan on May 10, 2026, 07:49:10 AM
That would be Donovan Leitch, who has his own Showcase topic (https://club.alembicguitars.com/artists-and-their-alembics/donovan/) over here.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 10, 2026, 08:08:43 AM
Quote from: adriaan on May 10, 2026, 07:49:10 AMThat would be Donovan Leitch, who has his own Showcase topic (https://club.alembicguitars.com/artists-and-their-alembics/donovan/) over here.
Right you are.  Should have checked my spelling, but I have a friend named Leach so it just seemed right......

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 12, 2026, 06:57:20 AM
Steve Winwood (1948)
Billy Duffy (1961)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 13, 2026, 07:34:55 AM
Richie Valens (1941)
Peter "Overend" Watts (1947)
Danny Kirwan (1950)
Ana Popavic (1976)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 14, 2026, 06:34:12 AM
Jack Bruce (1943)
Henry Garza (1978)
Dan Auerbach (1979)

Peter (who, recalling Bill remarking that some of these folks are younger than him, will say right up front that 2/3 of today's are younger than his eldest son......)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 15, 2026, 07:51:48 AM
Trinidad Lopez III (1937)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 16, 2026, 08:10:59 AM
Speedy Haworth (1922)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 17, 2026, 08:24:04 AM
Taj Mahal (1942)
George Johnson (1953)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 18, 2026, 08:02:22 AM
Big Joe Turner (1911)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 19, 2026, 08:19:04 AM
Pete Townshend (1945)
The anti-Phil his own self, Dusty Hill ((1949)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 21, 2026, 07:49:10 AM
John Dalton (1943)
Hilton Valentine (1943)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 23, 2026, 07:41:22 AM
Danny Klein (1946)
Doyle Dykes (1954)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 24, 2026, 08:18:46 AM
Dr.* Robert Zimmerman (1941)

Waddy Wachtel (1947)

Rich Robinson (1969)

*Unlike Brian May, John Tichy, and Woody Paul, King Of The Cowboy Fiddlers, Bob's 3 doctorates are all honorary.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 25, 2026, 08:29:16 AM
Tom T. Hall (1936)
June Millington (1949)
Cindy Cashdollar (1956)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 26, 2026, 07:31:15 AM
Mick Ronson (1946)
Peter "Mars" Cowling
Lenny Kravitz (1964)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 27, 2026, 09:34:37 AM
Peter Sears (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 28, 2026, 05:12:13 AM
Aaron Thibeaux Walker (that middle name is usually pronounced "T-Bone"......) (1910)
John Fogerty (1945)
Leland Sklar (1947)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 29, 2026, 06:37:04 AM
Melissa Etheridge (1961)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 30, 2026, 07:54:38 AM
Lenny Davidson (1944)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 31, 2026, 08:50:02 AM
Peter Yarrow (1938)
Tommy Immanuel (1955)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 01, 2026, 07:09:03 AM
Ronnie Wood (1947)
Michael Landau (1958)
If you're talking to him, please extend our best wishes, Jimmy.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 02, 2026, 07:46:10 AM
Michael "Micki" Steele (1955)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 03, 2026, 05:19:38 AM
Memphis Minnie (1897)
Ian Hunter (1939)
Curtis Mayfield (1942)
Suzi Quatro (1950)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 04, 2026, 08:10:23 AM
Freddy Fender (1937)
Jimmy McCulloch (1953)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 05, 2026, 07:24:26 AM
Michael Davis (1943)
John Du Cann (1946)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 05, 2026, 09:32:23 PM
Heading into the Great White North to visit #3 Grandson (and, I guess, his parents......) tomorrow; I'll catch you up come the 21st or so.

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on June 05, 2026, 10:46:43 PM
Have a good trip, Coz!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 06, 2026, 07:07:08 AM
Thanks, Bill.  And I'll get to play David's build.
Not out the door for a couple hours, so one more entry:

Grant Green (1935)
Steve Vai (1960)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on June 06, 2026, 03:23:55 PM
The 21st ??  What am I supposed to do in the meantime?

Just kidding; I can practice my guitar while a wait.  Have a great trip!
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 21, 2026, 10:17:00 AM
And I'm back.

A great time was, indeed, had - despite Senior Management (as She tends to do if She's travelling) getting bronchitis 1.5 weeks in, and our being a bunch less mobile than we were last time we got up there in '19. 
 
Haven't checked quality yet, but in the next few days there may be some pics in Scenery, and mebbe one of me playing the electric my son built.

And while we were away:

6/7
Clarence White (1944)
 Prince Nelson (1958)

6/8
Boz Scaggs (1944)
Derek Trucks (1979)

6/9
Mr. Lester Polsfuss (1915)
Mick Box (1947)
"Wild Jimmy" Spruill (1934)

6/10 
Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett (1910)
João Gilberto (1931)

6/12
Charlie Feathers (1932)
Roy Harper (1941)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (1977)

6/13
Marv Tarplin (1941)
Howard Leese (1951) Also the name of my next-door neighbor/pot suppler in the     late '70s-early '80s........

6/14
Jimmy Lea (1949)

6/14
Waylon Jennings (1937)

6/17
Cliff Gallup [who I once got mildly drunk with] (1930)
Peggy Seeger (1935)
Chuck Rainey (1940)
Chris Spedding (1944)

6/18
Paul McCartney [the 1st one; don't have DOB for Billy Shears....] (1942)
Carl Radle (1942)

6/19
Tommy DeVito (1928)

6/20
Chet Atkins (1924)

6/21
Ray Davies (1944)
Joey Molland (1947)
Nils Lofgren (1951)

Peter








Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: lbpesq on June 21, 2026, 12:50:20 PM
Welcome back!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 22, 2026, 07:17:33 AM
Kris Kristofferson (1936)
Todd Rundgren (1948)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 23, 2026, 06:28:46 AM
Paul Goddard (1945)
Greg Koch (1966)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: pauldo on June 23, 2026, 02:26:21 PM
Greg, a fellow cheesehead.  ;D

A longtime drummer friend recounts the story of Greg and company stopping over during a Wauwatosa house party, and emptying his dad's liquor cabinet.   This was during high school.
Allegedly the following day Greg came back and replenished that which was empty.  8)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 24, 2026, 06:36:45 AM
Jeff Beck (1944)
John Ilsley (1949)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 25, 2026, 08:34:50 AM
Clint Warwick (1940)
Ian McDonald (1946)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 26, 2026, 05:31:32 AM
Big Bill Broonzy (1893)
Larry "The Mole" Taylor (1942)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 28, 2026, 07:33:16 AM
David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915)
David Knights (1945)

Peter (who will save you the Google; Mr. Knights was the original bassist for Procol Harum; played on the 1st 3 albums)
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on June 28, 2026, 06:42:11 PM
Larry Taylor had an interesting career, and that had me going down the Canned Heat rabbit hole.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 28, 2026, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: David Houck on June 28, 2026, 06:42:11 PMLarry Taylor had an interesting career, and that had me going down the Canned Heat rabbit hole.
Well, since it was Larry, wouldn't "the Canned Heat Mole hole" be a more appropriate excavation to delve into?
Just sayin'......   ;)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 29, 2026, 07:39:46 AM
Bob Brunning* (1942)
Bill Kirchen (1948)

*A trivia question for Greg......

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on June 29, 2026, 08:26:13 PM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on June 29, 2026, 07:39:46 AMBill Kirchen (1948)


Peter

Seeds and Stems
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 30, 2026, 05:30:01 AM
Stanley Clarke (1951)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 01, 2026, 06:02:46 AM
Quote from: David Houck on June 29, 2026, 08:26:13 PM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on June 29, 2026, 07:39:46 AMBill Kirchen (1948)


Peter

Seeds and Stems
I have been doing that one for over 50 years (but not as long as Mr. Kirchen has).

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 01, 2026, 06:03:12 AM
Willie Dixon (1915)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 02, 2026, 06:50:42 AM
Johnny Colla (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 03, 2026, 07:14:09 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on June 28, 2026, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: David Houck on June 28, 2026, 06:42:11 PMLarry Taylor had an interesting career, and that had me going down the Canned Heat rabbit hole.
Well, since it was Larry, wouldn't "the Canned Heat Mole hole" be a more appropriate excavation to delve into?
Just sayin'......  ;)

Peter
So, I've been thinking. Canned Heat was big on nicknames; Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, Bob "The Bear" Hite, Larry "The Mole" Taylor, Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine, Harvey "The Snake" Mandel:  But I have never of anything except "Fito" for Adolfo de la Parra.  No "bluesman" handle.  Anyone know?

In the meantime:
Anthony "Top" Topham (1947)
Paul Barrere (1948)
Andy Fraser (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 04, 2026, 06:48:08 AM
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (1943) (touching on that last post)
Jeremy Spencer (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 05, 2026, 06:05:46 AM
Robbie Robertson (1943)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 06, 2026, 07:25:40 AM
Jet Harris (1939)
John Jorgeson (a956)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on July 06, 2026, 08:22:16 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on July 06, 2026, 07:25:40 AMJohn Jorgenson (1956)


Jorgenson came to my attention quite some time ago as a member of the Hellecasters.  On of my favorite tunes of his is Son Becomes Father on the Hellecasters' Escape From Hollywood album.  Beautiful melodic playing.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 06, 2026, 08:42:39 AM
Quote from: David Houck on July 06, 2026, 08:22:16 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on July 06, 2026, 07:25:40 AMJohn Jorgenson (1956)


Jorgenson came to my attention quite some time ago as a member of the Hellecasters.  On of my favorite tunes of his is Son Becomes Father on the Hellecasters' Escape From Hollywood album.  Beautiful melodic playing.
And I recall seeing ads for him in the title role for a biopic on Django; alas, never came across the flick.
Seems he's got some range......

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on July 06, 2026, 08:48:41 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on July 06, 2026, 08:42:39 AMSeems he's got some range......

Peter

Yes; Desert Rose Band, Elton John's band, Django, etc.
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 07, 2026, 07:39:27 AM
Iris Colleen Summers, AKA Mary Ford (1924)
Jim Rodford ((1941)
Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (1948)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 08, 2026, 07:02:17 AM
Joe B. Mauldin (1940)
Michael Dunford (1944)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 10, 2026, 06:59:18 AM
Jerry Miller (1943)
Arlo Guthrie (1947)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 11, 2026, 05:14:11 AM
Jeff Hanna (1947)
Charlie Starr (1974)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 12, 2026, 08:05:50 AM
Wilko Johnson (1947)
Philip Kramer (1952)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 13, 2026, 07:30:29 AM
Roger (née Jim) McGuinn (19442)

Peter
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 15, 2026, 07:42:04 AM
Julian Bream (1933)
Peter Lewis (1945)
Johnny Thunders (1952)
Joe Satriani (1956)

Peter
Title: Re: Worth noting
Post by: David Houck on July 15, 2026, 08:15:59 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on Today at 07:42:04 AMJulian Bream (1933)


I saw Julian Bream play around '73-'74 in Greensboro, NC.