And today, if he stuck around, BOB BOGLE of The Ventures would be 85!
Whitefang

JANIS JOPLIN would have been 76 today....

One of her very last....

https://youtu.be/C-GFqhCq2HA

Saw her with BIG BROTHER at The Grande in '69, and she damned near blew the HAIR OFF MY HEAD!!!
Whitefang

May Janis always take a little piece of our hearts...here she is rocking out with Tom Jones. One of those times when she had a little fun and you can tell Tom did too...

And today is the 131st anniversary of HUDDIE LEDBETTER'S (Leadbelly) birth.

Lots of recordings, but VERY LITTLE film footage!
https://youtu.be/xn50JSI0W-E

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Well, CAEVAN hasn't yet got around to HIS annual mention of DJANGO REINHARDT'S birthday...

His 109th today!

And as much fun to WATCH as to LISTEN to!



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Django, will always be remembered by me, as one of the greatest at improvisation. He has inspired me to try and learn to improvise and to play through the pain in my hands due to arthritis as I get older. I'm so glad others can experience his playing on YouTube.

Got plenty of his stuff on CD too. Spent most of yesterday "burning out" my CD player with him burning up the fretboard!
Whitefang

Today( 2/11/19) marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of another of my favorite "old time" bluesmen.....

JOSH WHITE Sr.



His son(Jr.) would be a "regular" on a local '70's children's TV show, HOT FUDGE every weekend morning. My kids LOVED that show!
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Today would have been GEORGE HARRISON's 76th.



LOVE that line!----

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!" (heh! And they always said JOHN was the "profound" one! )
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George is my favorite Beatle...(if I had to pick just one):

Funny but,

My Mom wasn't really a Beatles "fan", bu did like a couple/few of their earlier tunes, and she too like GEORGE. I'd kid her about it because her husband's( my stepdad) name was George too, but she said she thought out of all of them that HE was the most handsome: "Those dark, piercing eyes just seem to go through you."

Early on she used to laugh that, "Those skinny legs could HOLD UP under the weight of that big guitar!"
Whitefang

Today is the 117th anniversary of the birth of ....
EDWARD JAMES "Son" HOUSE.
A name big in the realm of the blues genre. And sadly, a name that too many people think by just KNOWING it, makes them "experts" about blues.
Whitefang

Bluesman ROBERT LOCKWOOD Jr. would be, if still alive, 104 years old today!



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And today marks the anniversary of the birth of a long time forum favorite....
McKINLEY(Muddy Waters) MORGANFIELD whose 106th birthday is today.

And today is the 108th anniversary of ROBERT JOHNSON's birth!



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And if he held out, "Air guitar" extraordinaire JOE COCKER would be 75 today!



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Today would have been the 85th birthday of synth pioneer ROBERT MOOG.



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And in honor of the "Blues awards" thread too,

It's the 109th anniversary of T-BONE WALKER'S birth today!

And look how he holds that axe!......



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