Today Django Rheinhardt would have been 116.
Bahtalo bijandipe, Raj![/color][/color]Peter
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.
Today it's Warren Zevon, born this day in 1947.
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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........)
Dick Taylor (1943)
Victor Bailey (1960)
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Louie Perez (1953)
Johnny Lang (1981)
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Marty Balin (1942)
Steve Marriot (1947)
Samantha Fish (1989)
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I enjoy seeing the names you're posting. A moment of reflecting on each person.
Terry Kath (1946)
Appreciated
Don Everly (1937)
Mike Campbell (1950)
Sonny Landreth (1951)
Jason Isbel (1979)
Peter
That's the fourth person you've listed who's younger than me. I GOT A PROBLEM!!!!
hehehehe
Bill, tgo
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......)
Graham Nash (1942)
Peter Lucia (1948)
Al McKay (1949)
Fell better, now, Bill? :)
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935)
Dave Davies (1947)
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Paul Burlison (1929)
Jimmy Johnson (the Muscle Shoals studio cat, not our Jimmy) (1943)
Clint Black (1962)
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Al Kooper (1944)
J.R. Cobb (1944)
David Denny (1948)
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Robert Nesta Marley (1945)
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Earl King (1934)
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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.......)
Creed was cool on the Office.
Ernest Tubb (1914)
Peter
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.
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.
Don Wilson (1937)
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Don Wilson of the Ventures?
Yep.
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Cliff Burton (1962)
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.......
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Josh White (1914)
Gene Vincent (1935)
Seymore Duncan (1951)
Sheryl Crowe (1962)
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Steve Hackett (1950)
Brian Robertson (1956)
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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.
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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)
Tommy Iommi (1948)
Mark Andes (1948)
Andy Powell (1950)
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Buffy Saint-Marie (1941)
J Geils (1946)
Walter Becker (1950)
"Randy California" Wolfe (1951)
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Andres Segovia (1893)
Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958)
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Mick Green (1944)
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Johnny Winter (1944)
Rusty Young (1946)
Brad Whitford (1952)
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Faron Young (1932)
George (1943)
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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)
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John Fahey (1939)
Joe South (1940)
Brian Jones (1942)
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Rory Gallagher (1948)
Larry Carlton (1948)
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Snowy White (1948)
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Bobby Womack (1944)
Chris Squire (1948)
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Chris ♥️
Jimmy Bryant (1925)
J.B. Lenoir (1929)
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Furry Lewis (1893)
David Gilmour (1947)
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Chris White (1943)
Rocco Prestia (1951)
Ernie Isley (1952)
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Randy Meisner (1946)
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John Cale (1942)
Robin Trower (1945)
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Are you sure it's not "John Cole"?
hehehehe
Bill, tgo
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.
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Norman Blake (1938)
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Harvey Mandel (1945)
George Kooymans (1948)
Marcus King (1996)
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Had to look up George Kooymans. Guitarist for Golden Earring. Radar Love was a great song. Really nice guitar work.
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.
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James Taylor (1948)
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Billy Sherwood (1965)
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Oops - brain fart: There was no one yesterday, so for some reason I posted Mr. Sherwood a day early.
My bad.
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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.
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.)
Jerry Jeff Walker (1942)
Michael Bruce (1948)
Ray Benson (1951)
Nancy Wilson (1954) (The Heart guitarist, not the jazz singer)
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Paul Kantner (1941)
John Sebastion (1944)
Scott Gorham (1951)
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Bill Frisell (1951)
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Paul Atkinson (1946)
Ricky Wilson (1953)
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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!
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915)
Jerry Reed (1937)
Jimmie Vaughan (1951)
Peter (who also had to look up Atkinson & Wilson)
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
I did not have to look up Sister Rosetta Tharpe. As Bill says, she's one of the earliest pioneers of rock & roll.
David Lindley (1944)
Roger Hodgson (1950)
Conrad Lozano (1951)
Danny Miranda (1964)
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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)
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)
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Carol Kaye (1935)
Nick Lowe (1949)
Dougie Thomson (1951)
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Bonnie Guitar (1923)
Hoyt Axton (1938)
Nathan Watts (1954)
Jeff Healy (1966)
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Fran Sheehan (1949)
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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!
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Paul Jackson (1947)
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Sue Foley (1968)
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Eric Clapton (1945)
David Ball (1950)
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Mick Ralphs (1944)
Greg Martin (1953)
And, alas, I just learned Mr. Martin passed Feb 27.
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Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (1921)
Ronnie Lane (1946)
Me (1956)
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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.
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Larry Coryell (1943)
Kurt Winter (1946)
Leon Wilkeson (1952)
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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.......
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did they split up?
Yeah, a year ago last month (for Jason & Amanda; for Richard & Linda it was '82).
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Muddy Waters (1913)
Dave Hill (1946)
Berry Oakley (1948)
Gary Moore (1952)
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"Guitar George" Baker (1938)
Peter Gifford (1955)
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Merle Haggard (1937)
Warren Haynes (1960)
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Mick Abrahams (1943)
Janis Ian (1951)
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Steve Howe (1947)
Mel Schacher (1951)
I include Mel, even though his band was crap, because he himself was excellent.
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Carl Perkins (1932)
Bill tgo (1955)
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Well then happy birthday to Bill!
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
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Roy Estrada (1943)
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924)
Skip Spence (1946)
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Alexis Korner (1928)
Mark Volman (1944)
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Dennis "Mars Bonfire" Edmonton (1943)
John Weider (1947)
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