Rock & Roll Birthdays

too larry · May 10, 2019

too larry · May 10, 2019

1957 Sid Vicious [John Simon Ritchie], English musician and bassist (Sex Pistols), born in London (d. 1979)

too larry · May 10, 2019

Just because.

too larry · May 10, 2019

1960 Bono [Paul Hewson], rocker (U2-Joshua Tree), born in Dublin, Ireland

Amos Otis · May 10, 2019

Did you know he was briefly in F Mac ?

too larry · May 11, 2019

Amos Otis said:
Did you know he was briefly in F Mac ?

I did skim the wiki wiki when I was getting ready to post, and saw that he had worked with them in '95-96. He worked on a ton of albums, but this cut with his 12 string on All Along the Watchtower stood out to me. I've heard it a million times, and never knew he was on it.

too larry · May 11, 2019

1885 [Joe] King Oliver, American jazz musician (Dippermouth Blues), born in Aben, Louisiana (birth date disputed - could be Dec. 19) (d. 193

too larry · May 11, 2019

1888 Irving Berlin [Israel Isidore Baline], American composer and lyricist considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history (God Bless America, White Xmas), born in Tyumen, Russian Empire (d. 1989)